If you share your life with a dog, or a cat, you may have found the world of nutritional supplements to be a confusing impenetrable jungle. In fact, most people are so confused that they often resort to the extremes. They either use no supplements at all or fill their kitchen cabinets and counters with dozens of bottles. Almost everyday I am asked by clients for an opinion about supplements and my curiosity has led me to explore the supplement world which often reminds me of sailing uncharted ocean waters.
Many people believe that if they feed good quality food or the best natural food that their dogs or cats diet will be complete. This is not true.
Intensive agriculture has caused a severe degree of soil mineral and nutrient depletion which has caused deficiencies in the whole food chain including plants, herbivores and finally carnivores. We have seen sailors dying of scurvy, iodine deficiency causing goiter, vitamin B deficiency causing beri-beri, a neurologic disease and death. It is a paradox that most people and even medical practitioners do not ask the (more…)
Recently, I have had the pleasure to interview one of the Vancouver’s most talented healers, Ryan Carnahan on a very interesting topic of detox. Heavy metals are one of the most serious pollutant and disease causing factors out there. Learning how to detox naturally may ad months and years to your best friends life. I hope you will enjoy this interview.
With gratitude,
Dr. PD:
Hi Everyone, I have the pleasure to introduce you to Ryan Carnahan who has been very kind and agreed for me to interview him. He is a person who has a deep knowledge on the level of nutrition, supplements and energy healing and I would like you to hear a little about minerals and their (more…)
For many decades, people have been resorting to wound care products that are toxic to the bacteria but also to the body’s own cells. Hydrogen peroxide, Hibitane soaps and antibiotic creams damage the skin cells around the margin of the wound and delay healing and cause more visible scars.
In most situations, wound healing can be done naturally and here is how.
Yes, you are reading correctly and most likely are as amused as I am, the world’s very first sex toy for dogs was designed and successfully launched in France, the country of love.
I swear that originally I had no intention to write a blog on dogs and their sexuality. My very pure intention was to reply to a few questions of my readers about spay, neuter and false pregnancy and then I did some research online discovered a dog toy of a very different kind.
We all have seen dogs expressing themselves freely in many different ways. Sometimes to our amusement and at other times are embarrassed when Fido decides to hump the leg of our mother in law or a dignified official visitor.
So today, I would like to start a very public discussion on dog sexuality, holistic approach to false pregnancies, spay and neuter procedures and yes, the world’s first sex doll for dogs.
False pregancy
When I was a child we used to have a dachshund named Gerda. In fact she was on top of the children’s hierarchy when it came to my father’s rating because she adored him and never talked back.
Spaying dogs was not as common back than and I remember Gerda wearing special pants that my dad called “the heat pants.” They not only prevented the carpet from being spotted with blood but also the heat vents prevented undesired pregnancies. They were kind of a canine version of the chastity belt. (more…)
If you have ever seen a dog dressed in a T-shirt laced up the back or another one looking like a punk with bald spots shaved all over his body, his owner doesn’t need to be an eccentric dog person. The poor pooch may be dressed or shaven because of hot spots.
Depending on what hemisphere you are in, summer may be in full swing and hot spots are likely to be a hot topic under the even hotter summer sun. It is also one of the most misunderstood problems under the sun.
Things often are not what they appear to be.
For years, I lived in oblivion, believing that hot spots were the result of hot weather, swimming and scratching, sometimes fleas may be in the equation. Frequently, a dog with hot spots is pronounced allergic which stands (more…)
Eye discharges are one of the most common problems in dogs. Whenever I see my clients with concerns about their dogs eyes, the first question I ask is what they’re concerned about the most. Most people reply that they’re concerned about infection and that their dog would loose eyesight which is very unlikely in most cases. This is why I decided to write a blog to clarify some of these misconceptions.
I’m not planning to rediscover the universe here, neither am I eager to make things more complex. What I would like to do today is to bring more clarity into what you may call conjunctivitis, eye discharges, redness or an eye infection.
The anatomy of an eye
Most of the problem conditions that are seen in daily practice relate to the conjunctiva, eyelids and the cornea. A conjunctiva is the layer of tissue on the inside of the eyelids that connects directly to the cornea, the clear layer covering the eye itself.
The inner structures of the eye are a little more complex. The sequence of the parts of the eye are as follows: cornea, anterior chamber (the space in front of the lens), the iris ( the coloured and constricting part) , the lens that is attached to the eye by a very sophisticated focusing system, called a irido-corneal muscle, then there is the posterior chamber filled with the clear translucent mass called vitreous body and beyond is the retina, the canvas of the eye that is connected to the optic nerve conducting the visual images to the brain’s visual center and the cortex.
The functions of the eye
Most people see the eye as an organ of vision but there is another important function – cleansing. In fact many openings of the body including the eye serve as cleansing and detoxification areas. If the body needs to get rid of impurities it does it really well through the eyes, ears, feces, urine, lungs and the saliva.
This cleansing process is usually manifested by increased local inflammation and redness that is often misperceived as an infection. In fact most of the cases that my clients consider an eye infection would in fact be cleansing reactions of the body and nothing to do with bacteria and infections.
This fact is often ignored and the most common conventional prescription for eye redness are, yes, you guessed right, antibiotics and steroids. It may also surprise you that for majority of cases this medication is unnecessary or even contraindicated. (more…)
Today, I have decided to write on the topic of the big C word – Cancer. If you have ever attended a cancer fundraiser, the common suggestion is that we have to “fight cancer” or “wipe out cancer.” I wonder if you too find it strange that the words of warfare are used in healing and medicine.
Can we fight cancer?
In my opinion the results of “fighting cancer” are similar to the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan. The more we fight it, the more damage is done, in other words the higher the cancer rates are.
After years of treating cancer in my practice and also witnessing it when my brother and father died of cancer under conventional medical care, I have reached the conclusion that *cancer cannot be fought but it has to be understood*. (more…)
Quite a few people have asked me what to do to protect your pets from RADIOACTIVE FALL OUT and if they should use Potassium Iodide for their pets. While the risks of increased radiation in North America are low, it never hurts to learn the important facts.
What does Iodine do?
Following a radiological or nuclear event, radioactive iodine may be released into the air and then be breathed into the lungs. Radioactive iodine may also contaminate the local food supply and get into the body through food or through drink. When radioactive materials get into the body through breathing, eating, or drinking, we say that “internal contamination” has occurred.
In the case of internal contamination with radioactive iodine, the thyroid gland quickly absorbs this chemical. Radioactive iodine absorbed by the thyroid can then injure the gland. Because non-radioactive Iodine acts to block radioactive iodine from being taken into the thyroid gland, it can help protect this gland from injury.
What an Iodine supplement cannot do
Knowing what a good source of Iodine cannot do is also important. It cannot prevent radioactive iodine from entering the body. It can protect only the thyroid from radioactive iodine, not other parts of the body. It cannot reverse the
Someone just asked me what I would do about heartworm in the Eastern United States. It is a tough question because I’ve never practiced or lived there and don’t have the practical experience of seeing many dogs with heartworm. However, I treated one dog from New Orleans a few years back using black walnut hulls. His tests have been repeatedly negative for the presence of heartworm since that time. At the time my client and I knew that black walnut hulls were toxic, however we saw no signs of toxicity and all bloodwork parameters were fine as well.
One of our readers, Lisa Snyders, has shared her experience with raw food and I thought it would be nice to share it:
“I started feeding raw to my 2 dogs 10 years ago. One a 7 year old basset had just quit eating. We could find nothing wrong with her other than she would not eat. At the same time our then 8 year old blue heeler/shepard cross had become extremely aggressive and we were thinking we would be putting both dogs down. Thankfully a friend of a friend suggested we try a raw diet.
At that point we were willing to try anything. Our basset immediately started eating again and slowly put weight back on. Our other dog took to the food right away, though her transformation was a little slower. After only 2 months, there were huge differences in both dogs. The basset was eating,energetic and just happy, The heelerX had calmed down considerably and was no longer acting in an aggressive manner, as she was no longer being poisoned by her food. In the end we had another 7 years with both dogs.
At the ages of 14 (basset) and 15 (heelerX) we said goodbye. Never an easy thing to do, but it was easier knowing we had been able to double the years they spent with us, and they were good years. We now have 4 other mixed breed dogs, and we feed all of them a raw, natural diet!
Lisa Snyders
If you have a raw dog food story to share, send it to us at contact@peterdobias.com . We would love to hear from you.
Today, I have decided to write on the topic of the big C word – Cancer. If you have ever attended a cancer fundraiser, the common suggestion is that we have to “fight cancer” or “wipe out cancer.” I wonder if you too find it strange that the words of warfare are used in healing and medicine.
“I started feeding raw to my 2 dogs 10 years ago. One a 7 year old basset had just quit eating. We could find nothing wrong with her other than she would not eat. At the same time our then 8 year old blue heeler/shepard cross had become extremely aggressive and we were thinking we would be putting both dogs down. Thankfully a friend of a friend suggested we try a raw diet.