Inside this issue

NEW PRODUCTS *Canine Boost Omega Oil

*Complete Calm Chews

*Balanced Life Raw food

*Krillpet Omega 3 Oil

*Meal for Mutts Clinical Nutrition single Protein

HORSE TESTIMONIAL

CUSTOMER FEEDBACK ARTICLE TOPICS

* Hyperactive Pets: A natural approach

* Herbal Medicine for Animals

Issue 73 SPRING 2017

A WORD FROM THE OFFICE

Do you share your life with a neurotic cat or a hyperactive dog?

Then maybe you need to look further than simply behavioural training…… Read full article on page 2

HORSE TESTIMONIAL

Duke’s Story “The first few times I rode him, he was just as good as when I looked at him but he soon deteriorated and every time I caught him, he would try to bite me. One time he even reared up and started lashing out at me with his front legs. It was like he thought I was a ghost”….. Read full story on page 5

NEW PRODUCTS CANINE BOOST Canine Boost Omega Oil is a revolutionary product that improves the nutritional intake of your dog, because com-mercial canned and dry foods simply aren’t enough! Like their owners, a dog’s balanced diet is the foundation for good health. Canine Boost is rich in Omega 3 Fatty Acids which will enhance your dog’s immune sys-tem. Canine Boost Omega Oil is also rich in: Vitamin E – A powerful antioxidant that can eliminate the metabolic by-products that play a role in allergic skin disorders. Vitamin A – Critical for the growth and re-pair of body tissue, especially the skin and linings of the mucus membranes, and also promotes good eyesight. Vitamin D – Crucial for growth and mainte-nance of teeth, bones, and for strong heart function. Cod Liver Oil – Assists the regulation of sodi-um balance, water retention, and fat metab-olism. This is especially important if your dog has weight issues which is a catalyst for other illnesses. Evidence of poor nutrition in a dog is easily identifiable and showcases signs that the immune system is under threat. This includes: Bad breath Allergic skin diseases Dull coat By giving your dog Canine Boost, you can be assured that all the ingredients are natural – with no additives or preservatives Avail in 200ml & 500ml pump bottles

** AT LAST ** We now have Dr Goodpet

Canine and Feline Digestive Enzymes and the Dr Goodpet

Probiotic back in stock

We apologise for any inconvenience and we shouldn’t have any fur-

ther issues with supply

HYPERACTIVE PETS:

A NATURAL APPROACH

Do you share your life with a neurotic cat or a hyperactive dog? Then maybe you need to look further than simply behavioural training.

Whether this is in the form of exces-sive barking, aggression, excitability, obsessive personality, irritability, extreme nervousness or erratic behav-iour, then this may not necessarily be due to inadequate training. Highly strung animals are often trying to tell you something or simply cannot help the way they feel due to outside influences. In these cases, any form of training seems to be totally ineffective.

Poor breeding can contribute to nerv-ous traits in some breeds, but so can boredom, past traumas, stress and lack of stimulation or exercise. It may even be due to a reaction or side effect to routine vaccinations.

The underlying cause of hyperactivity may even be due to a chemical cause such as food sensitivity or toxicity from heavy metals or other toxins. If you are unsure whether your dog or cat has a food allergy, then you may email our Animal Naturo-path regarding dietary advice or check our article pages online for natural diets for dogs and cats.

Some processed foods are high in sugars and other common allergen foods which may cause problems in sensitive dogs or cats.

Canned foods are often high in heavy metals such as lead, phosphates, nitrates and sulphites which can contribute to hyperactivity along with other health problems.

A Hair Mineral Analysis is the most accurate method of testing for heavy metals in the body, and natural treatments can be used to detoxify these toxins from the body, safely and effectively. (This service is available through Greenpet)

An allergy-free natural diet is the first step to take to rule out dietary imbal-ances as a causative factor. (Dietary advice is available on our website)

If you have an animal companion that needs help to overcome unacceptable behaviour such as jumping up on people, biting, or not coming when called, then training techniques will be needed.

Greenpet stocks a variety of natural treatment options that may assist hyperactive or stressed pets:

Greenpet Nerve Tonic Capsules

Greenpet Herbal CAL Tonic

Natural Animal Solutions Calm

HomeoPet Anxiety

Greenpet AromaCalm Spray

PAW Complete Calm Chews

PetArk Calm powder

Greenpet Separation Anxiety Flower Essence

Love Me Doggie Tea

The following books are also a great help:

Emotional Healing for Cats

Ask your Animal

The Dog Listener

Ask your Dog

** Or our animal naturopath can make up a flower essence remedy especially suited to your animals personality **

MORE NEW PRODUCTS..

PAW COMPLETE CALM CHEWS PAW Complete Calm Multivitamin Dog Chews are a tasty kangaroo based chews that contains key ingredients such as Trypto-phan (180mg per chew), B group vitamins and a blend of multivitamins and nutri-ents to support the gen-eral health and nervous function in dogs. Why use Complete Calm Dog Chews?Tryptophan has been demonstrated to benefit dogs displaying signs of: Territorial aggression Dominance aggression General anxiety driving changes in sero-tonin levels (eg. separation anxiety, travel anxiety) When to Use Complete Calm? For dogs that benefit from increased nutritional levels, particularly pets that would benefit from: Tryptophan supplementation Comprehensive B Group vitamin supplementation Ingredients: Kangaroo meat & meal, rye flour, flax-seed, soy flour, water, tryptophan, pro-cessing aids, sodium chloride (salt), vit-amin C, methylsulfonyl methane (MSM), colour & flavour, omega-3 fatty acids, zinc sulphate (zinc), pantothenic acid (B5), iron sulphate (iron), vitamin E, niacin (B3), riboflavin (B2), thiamine (B1), manganese oxide, pyridoxine (B6),vitamin K3, vitamin A, calcium io-date (iodine), selenium, folic acid, cyan-cobalamin (B12), biotin, copper sul-phate (copper). Approx 60 chews per pack

BALANCED LIFE RAW FOOD

Balanced Life Natural Raw Dog or Cat Food is a truly natural diet that im-proves longevity and health in your pet. A paleo friendly solution to mealtime, it mimics the same nutritional habits your dog or cat would have in the wild. Formulated by Vet’s All Natural’s Dr Bruce Syme, this diet draws upon 20 years of pet nutrition and vet knowledge, so you know that you’re giving your dog or cat the best. What are the benefits of feeding

Balanced Life? Air dried at low temperatures for fresh-ness, Gluten free, Grain free, Full of natural prebiotics and loaded with vitamins and minerals. Suitable for all life stages There is a healthy serve of fruits and veggies in Balanced Life. How do I prepare the food? Step 1: Add the suggested amount of warm water to match the serve of Balanced Life. Step 2: Stir the food and water togeth-er to absorb. This can take up to 2 minutes to fully combine. Step 3: Once the food has hydrated, serve to your dog or cat. Try Balanced Life today and give your pet what nature intended! Available in Salmon, roo, chicken & lamb for canines and salmon & roo for felines

KRILLPET OMEGA 3 SUPPLEMENT Krillpet Omega 3 Supplement for pets is an Australian quality nutritional supple-ment containing pure Antarctic krill oil & Tasmanian salmon oil. KrillPet is specially formulated for pets and contains NO artifi-cial colours or flavours. Essential fatty acids are just that ‘essential’ to your pets health and immune system. Pets cannot synthesise essen-tial fatty acids by themselves so we do need to add them to their diet. Krill & Salmon Oil do not ac-cumulate heavy metals, as other fish oils do. Krillpet comes in a stainless bottle rather than plastic. Made in Australia 100% natural ingredients No added gluten, yeast, sugar, artificial flavours, colours or preservatives 150ml pump bottle

MEALS FOR MUTTS Clinical Nutrition COOL—FISH & VEGETABLES Meals for Mutts Clinical Nutrition Cool Health Holistic dry food uses single pro-tein - Fish, combined with seasonal veg-etables to optimise your dogs health. With added coconut oil, this may assist with improved health in relation to pancreas health, skin health, digestive health, immunity health, joint health & mobility health. Meals for Mutts CN Cool holistic remedy diet is formulated specifically to address issues asso-ciated with inflam-matory response in dogs by providing the following nutritional support: Avail in 2.5kg, 9kg & 20kg packs Also comes in Turkey & Vegetables flavour.

problems and is a blood tonic and anti-fungal. can be used internally or exter-nally.

CELERY SEEDS – Digestive tonic, espe-cially beneficial when run down or chilled. diuretic and anti-inflammatory action.

CHAMOMILE – This is a soothing and calming herb, it is beneficial for diges-tive weaknesses, headaches, colic and irritable bowel conditions.

CHASTE TREE BERRY – This is one of the best hormone balancers for mares. Moody mares and to help with symp-toms associated with PMT.

CLEAVERS – A very soothing anti-inflammatory herb for the urinary sys-tem and as a lymphatic stimulant. Not recommended for diabetics.

COUCHGRASS – A good source of nutri-ents and an excellent urinary antiseptic herb.

DANDELION – One of the best known liver tonic herbs available, it is also beneficial as a kidney tonic due to it’s gentle diuretic action and poor diges-tive disturbances and poor appetite.

DEVILS CLAW – This herb is an excel-lent anti-inflammatory with analgesic properties beneficial for the muscular & skeletal system. It is beneficial for arthritis and rheumatism. Also known as an effective natural pain reliever.

ECHINACEA – Widely used for viral and bacterial infections or weakened immune system. It can be used to help prevent infection and as a beneficial aid in the treatment also.

EYEBRIGHT – An excellent tonic for the eyes, this herb may be used as an eye bath for eye irritations and internally helps to relieve mucous conditions.

FENUGREEK – Helps to stimulate appetite and for gastric disorders. It can also help to increase milk production during lactation. It is also a valuable source of nutrients. Combines well with garlic. Best avoided by mares with hormonal imbalances.

GARLIC – Natures antibiotic, one of the finest herbs for medicinal use such as excess mucous conditions, blood cleansing, for infections and much more. Garlic is also a good source of sulphur and other essential minerals. Garlic is totally safe to use in modera-tion.

GINGER – Has many, many therapeutic uses and is widely used in both western and eastern herbal medicine. It helps to restore digestive function and assist with nausea and vomiting.

HAWTHORN BERRY – A major heart and circulatory tonic.

Dried herbs and liquid herbal extracts available from Greenpet Continued next issue…..

HERBAL MEDICINE FOR

ANIMALS (Part 1)

Most animals are natural herbalists, often seeking out particular herbs when needed, if they have access to a wide variety of species. Dogs and cats will occasionally be seen chewing on lemon grass, comfrey, couch grass and other plants. Horses, cows, sheep and goats have been seen to eat some herbs only at particular times of the year, or if they have a specific need for them.

Most pets today, do not have access to the range of herbs, grasses and trees they would have in the wild. So by growing a few common herbs around your garden or along the fence line of paddocks you can provide a variety for them to nibble on if they choose. Many herbs have medicinal value and can be used to help your dog, horse, cat or other pet to overcome a range of common ailments both safely and effectively. ALFALFA – This herb is high in nutrients as well as being beneficial for over-acid conditions, for stomach and digestive ailments, as a blood purifier and as an appetite stimulant.

BURDOCK – Beneficial for conditions such as arthritis, skin conditions, this herb is a powerful blood cleanser and helps to promote perspiration. It is a diuretic herb and supports the digestive system also.

CALENDULA – Mostly used for skin complaints it can also benefit gastric

HORSE TESTIMONIAL

“I bought Duke in early January, 2010. When I went to try him he was a calm, unflappable horse who seemed to take everything in his stride. I brought him home and put him in a large paddock with lots of feed because he was a little skinny. The first few times I rode him, he was just as good as when I looked at him but he soon deteriorated and every time I caught him, he would try to bite me. One time he even reared up and started lashing out at me with his front legs. It was like he thought I was a ghost.

After that we decided to lock him up in a smaller paddock with not as much green grass and feed him more hay. He stopped biting me as much and was getting better to ride so I decided to take him to the local pony club camp. He only lasted two out of the three days before he started nipping again and his back got so sore that I could barely sit on him; he would just col-lapse in his back end. We took him home and got the chiropractor out the next week but by that time his back had magically gotten better and the chiro-practor could not find anything wrong.

After that, Duke was going really well for a while and was looking very good so I decided to take him to top teams dressage. When the day came, mum and I drove him down to Werribee (which for us takes two and a half to three hours) and got him settled down for the big competition. I started to tack him up so I could get on to warm up but I could not even touch his back let alone put a saddle on and ride him.

Because I could not ride Duke, we decid-ed to start heading home. He went on the float fine but as soon as he was on he started freaking out, he was shaking and he was rocking the float. We had to take him out and stay the night in the pouring rain so he could calm down a bit. It was then that mum’s friends told us about the Calm healthy horses ProvideIt Plan and how their horses had improved once they put them on it. We left Werribee early in the morning and when we got home mum rang and ordered some of the vitamins because there was no harm in trying it. Duke could not have gotten any worse than he was.

It has been six months roughly since we received our first batch of vitamins and Duke’s behaviour has been improving ever since then. Something else that has also improved and in fact stopped com-pletely is he was very stiff before in one hind leg, sometimes looking quite uneven, particularly in the canter. He would do a bunny like hop and in dressage tests I would get comments from the judge like ‘appears uneven’.

This has all but gone now and he can final-ly pick up a right canter lead plus track up properly in the walk and trot instead of stepping very short. Recently I took him back to the same camp as I had last year and all of the instructors told me that he had improved so much since the last time they had seen him. One of them thought I had even gotten a new horse he had changed so much.”

Feel free to send us an email if you are having any issues like this with your horse

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