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| wild whippies | May 9 2009, 06:45 PM |
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In this situation, no. Really because I have no expertise in the area with this particular situation and with it being a potentially life threatening one, I prefer to go with evidence based medicine basically because I'm so familiar with it. I know our vet does use homeopathic products and has recently invested in a laser for low level laser therapy. I've had dogs treated with LLLT for ligament strains and had excellent results and I will probably discuss this treatment with Paul when we're further out the woods as it were. I do think it'll be worthwhile supplementing Jack with a probiotic though due to some of the anti-biotics being indiscriminatory in their bacterial culling. Whilst were on the subject, all the dogs do have regular attendences with vets and specialist practitioners for osteopathic treatment, physiotherapy, chiropractic treatments, hydrotherapy, magnotherapy, LLLT and electro-muscle stimulation in relation to racing injuries and I do tend to supplement them to boost their immunity when infections are doing the rounds in racing (e.g. kennel cough, stomach upsets etc) I can't proove the supplements are effective as I couldn't disproove that their own immunities have coped with exposure but I did find it interesting that neither mine or my friends dogs succumbed to kennel cough last year when other people's dogs where dropping down with it. But both myself and my friend was extremely OTT over hygiene during this period as well. In fairness as with any infection, if you can keep the amount of bacteria that your dogs exposed to an absolute minimum, it can greatly reduce the chance of them developing an infection. With regards to the racing injury treatments they've received, I do feel they've all massively benefitted the dogs providing they've been the right treatment for the particular situation, e.g. magnotherapy is particularly beneficial in fracture repairs because it works better with bone than soft tissue. |
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| Jack Seven · Health and Diet | |
3:45 AM Nov 27
