Therapies & Medications for Senior Pets

The following help improve symptoms our senior dogs & cats experience due to aging:
• Acupuncture
• Chinese Herbs
• Omega 3 Fatty Acids
• Flower Essences
• Pheromones
• Homeopathics
• Medications to Strengthen Liver & Brain

Acupuncture
This simple therapy of inserting needles into specific points will tune up your pet’s system. Your pet will be more comfortable and will have optimum organ function—just as tuning up a car helps it to function as it should. Dogs and cats tolerate the tiny needles very well, and those that don’t can benefit from photon therapy or moxa.

Chinese Herbs
Over two thousand years have gone into the development of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) herbal formulas for senior pets. TCM formulas can address all problems for which we typically use drugs, such as arthritis, kidney disease, liver disease, allergy, anxiety and confusion.

Omega 3 Fatty AcidsOmega 3 fatty acids benefit the brain because 60% of the brain is fat. The cell membranes of all nerve cells, and the myelin sheaths that wrap around and insulate the nerves, contain a high percentage of fat. Omega 3 fatty acids provide the materials that produce healthy nerve cells and have been proven to positively influence mood, behavior, and learning. The best sources of Omega 3 fatty acids are fresh ground flax seed, such as MegaFlax Digestive from Designing Health and fish oils, such as Nordic Naturals’ Omega 3 for Pets.

Flower Essences
Probems with psychological or spiritual aspects benefit from flower essences. Check out SpiritEssence (www.SpiritEssence.com) for a wide range of medications that can be dropped into your pet’s mouth, put into its water, misted into the room, or misted onto the pet.

Pheromones
Pheromones are chemical messages that alter behavior. Humans do not smell the pheromones in Comfort Zone D.A.P. for Dogs or in Comfort Zone Feliway for Cats but these pheromones have a calming effect on pets. D.A.P. can help make your dog feel as though it is back in the nest box with its mother; and Feliway can help make your cat feel as though the entire world is at its command.

Homeopathic
Homeopathic medications can be given safely without interfering with other medications. Among best meds for seniors are Zeel for arthritis and Traumeel for injury. If you’re creating a first aid kit, Traumeel is the single most important homeopathic med to put into your kit.

Medications to strengthen aging liver & brain
One of the liver’s jobs is to control the proteins circulating in the blood. As the liver ages, it allows proteins into circulation that are detrimental to the brain. Cholodin, Marin, S-Adenosyl (SAMe), and Denosyl help the brain, in part, because they promote liver health. As an additional benefit, S-Adenosyl (Zentonil) also increases mobility in pets with arthritis.