Dog Care Guide

Psychological Illness – Neutering or Sterilization

If you do not want to breed your dog there are several options

(1) You can try to keep your female away from encounters with males twice each year for the 10 or more days while she is in heat

(2)  You can have the female spayed.

(3)  You can have a male dog castrated.

(4)  If the dog has been mated unintentionally, you can have her treated with a hormone injection to prevent pregnancy. This is not a good solution except for emergencies because it enhances your dog’s susceptibility to cancer and diabetes.

If (1) is excluded, you should get the animal sterilized, castrated, or spayed. Sterilization involves the severance of the oviduct of a female and the severance of the vas deference in the male. Castration is referred to as the removal of the testicles in the male. Spaying, or ovariohysterectomy, refers to the removal of the ovaries and uterus in the female.

Neutering may result in behavioural changes such as lethargy or lazy and listless attitudes Urinary incontinence may also be observed. The altered hormonal system may in some cases lead to skin disorders Homeopathic and other home remedies are not indicated because the organs that would need to be stimulated are removed. In order to replace the missing hormones they must be injected.

If your dog underwent a neutering procedure (whatever the reason) and you observe the symptoms described above, seek the advice of a veterinarian as soon as you can. Homeopathic single remedies may be selected that will attempt (!) to stimulate the remaining hormonal systems (e.g., the adrenals) to participate in the production of sex hormones In order to revitalize a potential weakness of the hypothesis the veterinarian trained in holistic techniques can apply the use of homeopathic cell preparations and, to stimulate regenerative processes cytoplasm therapy might be used.

Surgeries

For the treatment of some diseases nothing can prevent the use of anaesthesia and/or surgery. A tooth extraction or the removal of tartar would fall into this group.

Even if your dog undergoes surgery or an aesthetic procedure in a veterinary clinic, you can aid your patient’s recovery by administering home remedies

Treating your dog before the surgery will enable the animal to tolerate the aesthetic procedure much better, and the psychological stress is greatly reduced.

Home treatments after the surgery will minimize the aesthetic effects and it will greatly aid in the recovery and healing processes

Post surgical Care

Approximately thirty minutes before the anaesthesia is scheduled you can administer five drops of Rescue (Bach flowers) medication. Dilute the drops in one teaspoon of bottled spring water, and place the liquid inside the mouth. Add 5-10 drops or one tablet of Arnica C30.

Warning: Check with a veterinarian first Any physical alterations prior to anaesthesia could alter the actions of the aesthetic agents used and pose an aesthetic risk. It depends on which agents are to be used.

Post surgical Care

As soon as your animal arrives back at home, repeat the administration of Rescue drops and Arnica. Subsequently, continue treatment for three days with one tablet of Trammel five times each day. On the following three days give one Trammel tablet three times each day. After that slowly taper off the treatment until you can stop altogether.

Oct 21, 2009 | 1 | Dog Health