Posts tagged hormones
Why Stress is One of the Hardest Lifestyle Challenges for Modern Dogs
Why Stress is One of the Hardest Lifestyle Challenges for Modern Dogs

Stress is the hardest lifestyle factor to address in our dogs and is more than mental/emotional, it’s addressing environmental stress (including indoor/outdoor and veterinary chemical stressors) and physical stress, including endocrine stress. Research is beginning to show irreversible physiologic changes that can occur when dogs are desexed.  Listen in to learn from Dr. Karen Shaw Becker about not only the environmental stressors that are putting our dogs over the edge, but the health consequences of early spay/neuter and how that brings forth a very long list of health issues and disease. But Dr. Becker does share some great alternatives and how to desex our dogs in healthier ways.

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HealthKrista Karpowichdog, veterinarian, Dr. Karen Becker, stress, neuter, spay, stressors, research, disease, endocrine, hormones, chemicals, vasectomy, tubal ligation, sterilizeComment
Natural Cushing’s Control
Natural Cushing’s Control

According to Washington State University, an estimated 100,000 dogs are diagnosed with Cushing’s disease in the United States every year. So, this is a pretty common disease where our dogs’ adrenal glands produce too much of the stress hormone, cortisol. Join us as Dr. Zac Pilossoph shares the causes, the different types, how it is usually treated with conventional medicine and how CBD is successfully being used in the treatment of Cushing’s. This is pretty much brand new science that is showing encouraging benefits. Listen and learn!

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HealthKrista KarpowichCBD for your Dog, CBD for pets, cbd, dog, cushing, cushing's, tumor, cannabis, condition, cancer, canine cancer, disease, hormones, salve, topically, endocannabinoid systemComment