Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats (85 page)

Information from “Are Spot-On Flea Killers Safe?” by Kathleen Dudley.
Whole Dog
Journal
, February 2002, pp. 18–22.

C
HAPTER
14

Helen Caldicott, MD.
If You Love This
Planet: A Plan to Heal the Earth
(W. W. Norton & Company, 2002).

Marc Lappé.
Chemical Deception: The Toxic
Threat to Health and the Environment
(San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1991).

Paul Devereaux et al.
Earthmind: Communicating
with the Living World of Gaia
(Rochester, Vermont: Destiny Books, 1989), p. 20.

Lyall Watson.
Beyond Supernature
(New York: Bantam Books, 1988), p. 39. For a discussion of the experiments see pp. 37–38.

INDEX

Underscored
page references indicate boxed text and tables.
Boldface
references indicate illustrations.

A

• Abscesses
  
  • in cats,
    1
    
  • in dogs,
    1
    ,
    2
    
• Accidents.
  See also
  Emergencies
  
  • car
    
    • affecting pets and people,
      1
      
    • first aid for,
      1
      
    • tooth and gum damage from,
      1
      
• Acupuncture,
  1
  
• Addison’s Disease,
  1
  
• Additives, in commercial pet foods,
  1
  
• Adoption.
  See also
  Pet selection
  
  • placing pet for,
    1
    
• Aggression
  
  • of cats,
    1
    
  • of dogs
    
    • biting from,
      1
      
    • causes of,
      1
      
    • preventing,
      1
      
• Airline travel,
  1
  
• Air pollution, indoor,
  1
  
• Alfalfa, for easing switch to natural diet,
  1
  
• Allergies
  
  • causes of,
    1
    
  • ear problems from,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • food,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    
    • diets for identifying,
      1
      
  • symptoms of,
    1
    
  • treating,
    1
    
  • vaccinations and,
    1
    
• Allopathic medicine, characteristics of,
  1
  
• Anal gland problems,
  1
  
• Anatomy, of dogs and cats,
  1
  
• Anemia,
  1
  
  • jaundice and,
    1
    
• Antibiotics,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  
• Antifreeze poisoning,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Anti-inflammatory drugs,
  1
  ,
  2
  
  • cortisone,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    
• Appetite problems,
  1
  
  • fasting for,
    1
    
  • force-feeding for,
    1
    
• Arachidonic acid, for cats,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Arginine, for cats,
  1
  
• Arthritis,
  1
  
• Artificial coloring, in commercial pet foods,
  1
  
• Artificial flavorings, in commercial pet foods,
  1
  
• Asbestos,
  1
  
• Automotive products, toxins in,
  1
  

B

• Bach flower essences,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Barking,
  1
  
• Bathing
  
  • of sick animals,
    1
    
  • technique for,
    1
    
• Beans
  
  • essential fatty acids in,
    1
    
  • in natural diet,
    1
    ,
    2
    
• Beans ’n’ Millet,
  1
  
• Bedding,
  1
  
• Beefy Oats,
  1
  
• Behavior, rules for,
  1
  
• Behavioral patterns
  
  • in cats,
    1
    
  • in dogs,
    1
    
• Behavior problems,
  1
  
  • in cats,
    1
    
    • aggression,
      1
      
    • litter box problems,
      1
      
    • retraining for solving,
      1
      
    • scratching and biting,
      1
      
    • spraying,
      1
      
• • in dogs
    
    • aggression,
      1
      
    • barking,
      1
      
• Biological value of protein,
  1
  
• Birth,
  1
  
• Birth defects
  
  • from breeding,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • in cats,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • in dogs,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    
  • from environmental hazards,
    1
    
    • preventing,
      1
      ,
      2
      
  • preventing,
    1
    
• Biscuits, as snack,
  1
  
• Bites
  
  • cat,
    1
    
  • diseases caused by,
    1
    
  • dog,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • insect,
    1
    
• Bladder problems
  
  • causes of,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • kidney failure and,
    1
    
  • symptoms of,
    1
    
  • treatment of,
    1
    
    • in cats,
      1
      
    • in dogs,
      1
      
• Bladder stones,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  
• Bleeding.
  See
  Hemorrhage
  
• Bloat,
  1
  
• Bone fasts,
  1
  
• Bone meal
  
  • calcium in,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • lead contamination from,
    1
    ,
    2
    
• Bones, as snack,
  1
  
• Brachycephalic head, in cats,
  1
  
• Brain and skull problems, in cats,
  1
  
• Breast tumors,
  1
  
• Breathing and heart both stopped, first aid for,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Breathing stopped, first aid for,
  1
  
• Breeding
  
  • effects of,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • preventing birth defects from,
    1
    
  • profit incentive behind,
    1
    
• Breeds
  
  • cat selection based on,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • dog selection based on,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • physical and behavioral characteristics of,
    1
    ,
    2
    
• Broken bones, first aid for,
  1
  
• Bronchitis.
  See
  Upper respiratory infections
  
• Broth, in liquid fasts,
  1
  
• Brushing and combing,
  1
  
• Burdock, for easing switch to natural diet,
  1
  
• Burgers, veggie, as snack,
  1
  
• Burns, first aid for,
  1