TessaBella Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 I've heard heaps of people suggesting this for all sorts of cures and preventions...my question is, where can you get it? I'm guessing local supermarket, where would it be if so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKat Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 All the health shops will stock it, and those supermarkets that have the 'healthfood section' - they are the better ones to get as they are the cloudy murky ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TessaBella Posted October 9, 2006 Author Share Posted October 9, 2006 Oh, Thanks so much. I live in a country area, so I'm not sure that I'll be able to find it in a store, any suggestions for online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 I get it from the supermarket - seems to work ok. Probably a country one would stock it, and perhaps,if not , would order it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKat Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 You can usually get the more processed version of it (just not 'quite' as good as the murky stuff) in amongst the brown, white, etc vinegars It's great for knocking off weeds as well...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Hmm, Kitkat, must try the murky stuff - never seen it. Just grab some as I go through the supermarket, on my 5 minute dash!! Thanks for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oonga Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 how much ACV should dogs be getting a day? is it based on their weight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunrij Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Try your local chemist, we get ours from there. Brand is Melrose organic apple cider vinegar, if they don't stock it see if they can order it in for you, comes in a 500 ml bottle or a 9 litre cask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellz Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 If you live in the country, try your local produce store. It is used for horses as well. You'll be able to buy it in bulk which is a huge saving. Some produce stores also have it with garlic if you intend to add it to food, but for adding to water it is best to just use the plain stuff. If you purchase from the supermarket be sure to check the label and make sure it has no colours, preservatives or flavours in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TessaBella Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 Cool, thanks all. Will be down the store later so I will have a look... how much ACV should dogs be getting a day?is it based on their weight? I was also wondering this... KitKat - Might try it on the weeds, they seem to be taking over lately... :D Ellz - Good idea, I'll have a look there too and see how prices differ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-time Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Hi Tessa Bella ;) If I could get my dogs to drink ACV pure I would! (Just kidding - but honestly, I think it makes a big difference to the general health of my dogs plus tear staining is reduced for my littlies ;) ) With any dog who hasn't had apple cider vinegar, I would just add the tiniest amount - like 2 mls per litre at the beginning and then increase the amount over time. My dogs have a large bowl which holds about 3 litres of water and I now put 10 mls of ACV in it - that has been built up over a long period of time and I wouldn't bother putting in any extra. In water, the idea is that the ACV clears impurities in the water which in turn helps the tearstaining. :D I also add 5 mls per dog to their food - just because I believe its good for them :p If you started a Cav puppy off putting 1 ml ACV in the food, I think this would be an easy option My dogs range in weight from 3kg to 10kg and they all get the same dosage. I do double the dose for my BCX Cattledog just because she's a fatty and closer to 20kgs :D And she'd eat your arm if it wasn't attached so there's no eating issues there :p The littlies were a little more fussy about it to start with (the dogs can smell it in the water particularly) so if I added too much for them,they wouldn't drink it so I would just go back to the previous dosage until I could sneak in an extra ml without them complaining The cloudy ACV is the one to get - it is actually the "mother" as it's known, which does the job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnapps Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 So, there seems to be an element of truth in nursery rhymes. Jack and Jill went up the hill. When Jack fell down and broke his crown, the treatment was vinegar and brown paper. It has always intrigued me what the signifance was of the brown paper tho. Any medicinal qualities with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-time Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Yeah the vinegar would've been apple cider in those days Hmmm...brown paper....would probably have been rough and made with a particular tree bark which could account for further medicinal qualities :D I wouldn't be trying the brown paper cure these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PepitoVFR Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Interesting read. I'll definately be trying ACV in Katie's water to see if it helps clear up her tear stains around the eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-time Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Morita - it's not an instant fix - over the space of 1 -2 months as you can increase the dosage, you should notice a decrease in tear staining Have you tried the commercial tear stain preparations? As long as you are religious about wiping eyes at leat twice a day, you should have relatively little tear stain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappie Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 I've heard of vinegar being used to reduce tissue oedema, through soaking bandages in it and wrapping joints etc. I guess the brown paper would soak some of it up...used to be use to wrap horses legs when a koalin poultice was applied to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-time Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Have you tried it Rappie? I think a lot of these old remedies have something going for them Look at how they are using leeches in hospitals now Really amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappie Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 (edited) No I haven't tried it. I'm not sure what mechanism it is supposed to work by (compared to quite specific information available on it's use in cancer treatment and box jelly fish etc). Apart from making you smell like a pickle, I can't see it doing any harm (unless of course you get it in an open wound ) Might as well say now that I have no objection to alternative / natural / complementary therapies - I just like to know how they are supposed to work - because you're right, they can and do! (Although I have to concede that I find some of them just a bit wacky, but that's another story). Edited November 30, 2006 by Rappie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellz Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Something to add here. Brown paper apparently undergoes a different "purifying" process to white paper which leaves it still quite primitive in its form. Something to do with the bleaching and preparation process according to Mr Ellz who is a printer. Perhaps that is why the vinegar and brown paper poultice was seen as being medicinal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldielover Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 I recently used ACV on my goldens hotspot. It didn't heal it, but it did stop it from becoming inflamed and infected, which is the main problem. I then used Lucas' Paw paw ointment and it has now completely healed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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