Are there any alternatives? Of course there are. There are always as many ways of treating an ailment as there are sufferers of the ailment.
Here, we’re focussing on its natural treatment.
First of all, it’s worth knowing what the cause is. The cause of any health disorder comes down to a low immune system. In dogs, this is usually as a result of a poor diet. A diet of processed, commercial dog food, even those recommended by veterinarians, are the main cause of a lowered immunity. (In private, vets may tell you not to feed commercial dog food.)
A good diet is essential for a healthy body. Garbage in, garbage out.
Dogs evolved to eat raw meat and bones. Not the meat by products, the cheap filler, the highly toxic preservatives, the isolated and synthetic low cost nutrients that passes for nutritious dog food.
So this area needs to be addressed as quickly as possible, before further ailments start to appear.
However, a urinary tract infection in dogs needs immediate treatment, in the short term.
The best way to do this is with homeopathy. Homeopathy raises the immunity quickly. In moments.
So your best option would be to consult a professional homeopath who treats animals.
But if you don’t mind doing a bit of work yourself, you may be able to work out the most appropriate medicine for your dog/s condition, yourself.
Homeopathy works by matching the patient’s symptoms to those of the most appropriate medicine. This is more difficult in animals than in people as we most of us can’t access their subjective symptoms. We can only use their objective symptoms.
Bear in mind that homeopathy doesn’t rely on the disease label. Instead it relies on the individual symptoms of the patient. So the labels ‘urinary tract infection’ or ‘cystitis’ or ‘bladder infection’ are not important in the selection of the most appropriate homeopathic medicine.
The homeopathic medicine Nux vomica is one of the most common medicines for a frequent urge to urinate, but only small amounts are passed. Sometimes you will notice a tinge of pink, indicating blood is present.
Other important symptoms to consider are:
- feels the cold very much, great desire for heat and warmth
- worse first thing in the morning - moods, sneezing
- may be constipated, only able to pass small amounts or none at all despite the urge
- is more irritable than normal
Nux vomica is a great liver medicine. It will help de-tox the liver, which is the organ most affected by ingesting toxins.
