Pet Lover's Guide to Natural Healing for Cats and Dogs

by Barbara Fougere

Book Overview

648 pagesFull-color line art and photographs illustrate various plants and herbs, and also techniques such as manual therapies, massage, and other hands-on healing techniques in a user-friendly and easily identifiable manner.Special boxes labeled "Where We Stand" present the author's strong opinions on specific (sometimes controversial) issues in a highlighted, easy-to-find format.Key terms are highlighted, making them easy to locate and reference...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416029869
• ISBN13: 9781416029861
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 628 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Best herbal and homeopathy advice for treating my ill cat

I have used this book since my 5 YO cat was diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. I have used the Bach remedies to treat her anorexia (Gorse) and Beech to manage her brother's aggression who had stalked her. I have recommended to my sister-in-law Rescue Remedy to manage her cat's OCD and chewing her cat fur off in manic fits based on the information contained within this book. The book provides diets, and holostic practices in addition to not ignoring western medicine. I do not know what caused my cats's hypercalcemia, bladder infection with subsequent stones, and ultimately IBD, but she was near death and being managed by 5 vets. It was the homeopathic vet (in an other state by telephone consultation) that advised remedies, that I believe, detoxified my cat and made receptive to addtional medical therapies. It was due to her homeopathic remedy treatments that got me interested in these therapies and this book. The book is written at a laymen's reader's level without a lot of medical terminology to confound the reader. I still have a very sick cat, but at least she is eating and putting on weight. I am still giving her remedies based on this book's information. I would recommend it to anyone who has a cat or dog and obtain some of these remedies (Whole Foods has a homeopathy section) available at home for when needed to manage stress, seperation anixiety, anorexia, etc. You may find you will start taking some yourself since they are for humans and animals. I bought this book and gave it to my holistic vet who is managing my cat since I believed she would be open to the suggestions contained in this book since she does acupuncture. Good Luck and be careful of those excessive vaccines and overuse of antibiotics, the underlying etilogy of my cats IBD......STS

great book

This book has everything you have ever wanted to know on how to treat all dog and cat"ailments" with natural medicine. It's written in plain and simple to understand language by a qualified Australian vet.

Great advice, great photos

Dr Fougere offers some excellent, balanced advice. Readers will appreciate the fact that she views alternative modalities as a valuable adjunct to, and not a substitute for, traditional veterinary medicine. The colour photographs are stunning and the price makes this a perfect gift for the keen pet owner.