As we learned in part one of this series of articles, immune mediated or autoimmune disease occurs when the immune system becomes confused and unable to distinguish self from foreign invaders. Vaccination is one likely cause of this confusion. Young animals are afflicted with autoimmune diseases more than older animals. Based on this information, it stands to reason that the… Read more →

Conventional medicine offers very limited treatment options for immune mediated diseases. What are some of the more common auto-immune diseases in dogs and how can holistic medicine help?  This is the first article in a three part series on this topic. Your dog’s immune system helps to keep him healthy every day. A properly functioning immune system can protect him from bacteria, parasites, viruses and even… Read more →

My life is proof that a curse can become a blessing. I was diagnosed with allergic asthma at age 2, and when two rounds of allergy shots and specialists proved unsuccessful, I learned to live with the disease. Admittedly, as I grew up, my habit of collecting every half-starved cat or dog, hamster, or rat did little to help my… Read more →

A gregarious twelve-year old yellow Labrador, named Lucy sniffed every nook and cranny of my exam room, curious about everything and everyone! She came in for a stiff and painful left hip and chronic intermittent diarrhea. Her human described a lifetime of a love for life and it’s subsequent hard knocks. Diving off the dock into a lake, jumping and… Read more →