sas Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Hi Guys, I'm writing an article for my clubs Digest and I've noticed a few people talk about their dogs who apepar to self-medicate. If you have one of these dogs, It would be great if you could share your experiences, either here in this thread or via PM. Thanks heaps in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puggy_puggy Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Mine will have a nibble on herbs but I would say it's because they like the taste of them rather then self medicating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachiie Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 There was an article in Dogs Life about dogs and herb gardens. I've moved twice since I read it, so I dont know if I can put my hands on it now. But it was very interesting. Certain herbs for mozzies, certain herbs for arthritis. I bought a bunch after I read it, and my GSD loved the lemongrass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted February 14, 2009 Author Share Posted February 14, 2009 There was an article in Dogs Life about dogs and herb gardens. I've moved twice since I read it, so I dont know if I can put my hands on it now. But it was very interesting. Certain herbs for mozzies, certain herbs for arthritis. I bought a bunch after I read it, and my GSD loved the lemongrass. Ah Ok, I might check with them to see if I can get the article for a gander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trifecta Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 I don't know about dogs but I have an anecdote about a mare who had a retained placenta after foaling. She actively sought out the raspberry canes growing through the fence into the paddock from the garden. A short time later she passed the placenta. This was the first time in three foals that she had ever passed the placenta by herself. On two previous occasions she had needed veterinary intervention. Some months later I read in a homoeopathic book that wild raspberry is one of the remedies for this very same condition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachiie Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 There was an article in Dogs Life about dogs and herb gardens. I've moved twice since I read it, so I dont know if I can put my hands on it now. But it was very interesting. Certain herbs for mozzies, certain herbs for arthritis. I bought a bunch after I read it, and my GSD loved the lemongrass. Ah Ok, I might check with them to see if I can get the article for a gander. If it's any help, I think it was 2006 when I read it. Or 2005. They only put out 6 mags per year dont they? Hopefully that's not too many issues to search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachiie Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Hi Sas. I am starting another herb garden for my dogs, and in the process I remembered that I posted here a few years back with all the various herbs. My thread is over here: http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?s=&a...st&p=577656 It's probably too late to help you out now, but I thought if you were interested you could take a gander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 Na, right on time actually as I hadn't been able to get enough information for the previocu Journal, I'm actually putting together my own herb garden as we speak! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 (edited) Hi Guys,I'm writing an article for my clubs Digest and I've noticed a few people talk about their dogs who apepar to self-medicate. If you have one of these dogs, It would be great if you could share your experiences, either here in this thread or via PM. Thanks heaps in advance Well I beleive mine do. I copied most of this from another thread, with a bit more explanation added, My dogs eat grass and lots of other plants/weeds they sniff out themselves (clivers, wild mustard). They also love raw veggies, pumpkin, carrots, lettuce, any of the cabbage family, tomatoes, bananas, apples, pears, nectarines, watermelon and cantaloupe skins, I find it harder to say what they wont eat. The very first thing I noticed my dogs eat out of the ordinary was Comfrey, I'd had some growing in the garden for years and the dogs ignored it. Then one day Kibah was running past it, and did a double take, then went back to it and started eating the leaves. Then the other dogs copied her. I rang a naturopath and told her and she said not to worry, she's self medicating. Since then it's almost always been Kibah who starts eating new things and the others copy her. She's my little shaman dog. seeing what my dogs choose to eat themselves is the reason why I dont agree with an all meat diet. Puck with the remains of stolen nectarines "sorry mummy" and Tag "am I in trouble?" Puck stealing my rocket even through the wire I'd tried to protect it with. I've just started growing some wild mustard at home purely for the whippets now. I got some of the dirt and seedlings growing wild at the park and planted them. Puck couldn't wait for them to grow and was stealing them through the wire like he was doing here. I just took the cover off yesterday and he went nuts for it. Kibah eating wild mustard, a weed at the park and clivers Edited April 23, 2009 by Kirislin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravyk Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 My dogs just sit on my herbs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 (edited) another pic, I dont know if this is self medicating or just liking different foods. Raw pumpkin, they all love it. Edited April 24, 2009 by Kirislin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekhbet Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 (edited) my dogs take nibbles from all the edible plants around my garden. I bought some herbs and potted them up they all just loved standing about and sniffing them. My dogs prove to me they are not completely carniverous. If they have too high a protein diet I find they will up their plant/fruit intake to compensate. Diesel yesterday was at the nursing home being fed apples, orange, banana ... he ate all of it once I told him it was OK and loved it. Edited April 24, 2009 by Nekhbet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TangerineDream Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 My Dobermann bitch Tegan used to self medicate.....when she was pregnant and had a case of the runs we couldn't give her antibiotics. Found her one day digging down in a pile of grass clippings from the mowed lawn...got down to the horrible slimy bit, ate a couple of mouthfuls.....and was fine the next day - have never seen her do it again, but then she never needed to after that! Bacteria I reckon she was after........green Yakult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Oh, the other thing all of mine do is eat dirt, so much so, they've made a little quarry in the backyard. I find it hard to imagine they're lacking in minerals because of the already varied diet they get, but if they are lacking I hope their dirt eating solves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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