Nov 25 2008
Smart Pets and Their Health
You do realize, in some ways, your pets are smarter than you? Humans often second guess themselves. When intuition is telling you something, we most often don’t listen. Especially if we can’t match it up with a logical explanation. Of course, we don’t know why pets (animals) intermittently know certain things without learned responses. There are many theories, I’m sure. But, until your cat or dog can tell you why they do something, we won’t know for sure.
On occasion our dog will eat grass and sometimes even dirt. My husband always yells at her to stop, but I think she is just trying to replace something she isn’t getting in her diet. She simply is self medicating. After all, feeding her commercial pet food (although I try to get the best I can afford), stress, environmental pollutants and so many other things cause her to be drained of nutrients.
The first thing you can do to make sure your pets stay healthy is to get them natural vitamin supplements made for the particular kind of pet and their age. After all, you take at least one daily supplement (if you don’t, you should consider it. Our foods don‘t retain the same vitamins and our environment steals them from us these days).
If you aren’t spending enough time with your pet, they can become bored and depressed. Because they usually are in a confined area, they may eventually find it bored to entertain themselves. If you find your life becoming too busy and your pet is getting the short end of the deal, schedule in time to spend with them. Make sure your dog, horse, even your cat get’s exercise and fresh air.
Make sure your pets get regular check ups and inoculations. Whether you believe in every vaccine that comes along for yourself, pets can get and pass along (to other animals) some pretty heavy duty diseases, even lethal ones. And, of course, make sure your pet is spayed or neutered if you aren’t a breeder.
Your pet is a “family member.” Make sure your treat her like one.
