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kimw30
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11-02-2013, 12:19 AM

Any thoughts on a holistic vet for a dog with health issues

Hey I have a dog who is 4 years old and her name is Prissy and she has inflammatory bowel that is immune related and she has Pancreatic insufficiency, vitamin B12 deficiency and she has allergies to different things, currently she is on Prednisone, not sure how long she will have to be on that, I am not to crazy about her being on it because her liver enzymes are already high and she has to have blood test often to check the levels. I been hearing people talk about holistic vet may be able to help her with her allergies and inflammatory bowel disease. It is like she really doesnt even care about eating, I have to make her eat most days, Some days she will eat without me having to make her. Anybody ever took there dog to a holistic vet and any thoughts on holistic veterinarian.
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11-02-2013, 07:04 AM
In the UK there are two organisations for vets other than allopathic

http://www.bahvs.com/find-a-vet/

For homoepathic vets

and

http://www.herbalvets.org.uk/

For herbal vets

It may be possible by following their advice that you can reduce some of the allopathic remedies.
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11-02-2013, 12:56 PM
Since you're in the US, have a look at the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association vet list: http://ahvma.org/Widgets/FindVet.html

Have you tried her on a natural, species-appropriate diet? That would be my first port of call. Then I'd get an opinion from both a conventional vet and a holistic one.
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