Canine Holistic Medicine

Feline Holistic Medicine

If you are interested in canine holistic medicine or feline holistic medicine for your pet, you need to look for a holistic vet. The following holistic veterinary organizations and teaching center websites offer practitioner referral lists to search:

Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy: www.theavh.org

American Academy of Veterinary Acupuncture: www.aava.rog

American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association: www.ahvma.org

American Veterinary Chiropractic Association: www.animalchiropractic.org/

Animal Natural Health Center: www.drpitcarin.com/referrals/anhc-referrals.html

Chi Institute (traditional Chinese veterinary medicine): www.tcvm.com

Healing Oasis Wellness Center: www.the healingoasis.com (click on graduates)

International Veterinary Acupucture Society: www.ivas.org

Veterinary Institute of Integrative Medicine: www.vim.org

When you talk to vets who specialize in canine holistic medicine or feline holistic medicine here are some questions you can ask:

What types of holistic treatments does the vet offer?

What kind, and how much, holistic training has the vet completed?

How holistic is the veterinarian? Some vet schools only offer introductory classes in canine holistic medicine and feline holistic medicine. Find out the extent of your vets training.

Do you foresee any conflicts? Vaccinations and diet are often a source of disagreements among vets and pet owners. Make sure you know where the veterinarian stands on these issues and any others you feel strongly about.

If you need a better understanding about

Canine Holistic Medicine or feline holistic medicine see our post

Holistic Pet Health for a more detailed explanation of holistic medicine for pets.

Benefits of Alternative Medicine for Pets

Integrative Complementary Medicine for Pets

Alternative medicine also called integrative, natural and complementary medicine, holistic medicine takes a broader approach to health than allopathic.

The conventional medical model focuses on x-rays, blood panel results, and other lab test. Allopathic veterinarians look for path ology – a detectable physical change in the tissues that signals disease and forms the basis for a diagnosis. But this approach looks at only a very small part of the picture.

Holistic treatment methods, also known as modalities include homeopathy, chiropractic, nutritional consulting, massage, flower essences, traditional Chinese medicine (acupuncture, herbs)

A holistic practitioner studies the whole patient, taking into account not just pathological symptoms (say changes in blood chemistry) but also alterations in normal function (such as bowel changes), emotional state, sensation, prior illness and more.

Holistic vets consider the whole body. Holistic vets incorporate more than one type of treatment, including the best of conventional medicine, to make a more inclusive ‘whole’ system of wellness. Holistic medicine puts a bigger emphasis on having the body heal itself.

For example an allopathic veterinarian would likely prescribe an antibiotic to fight a bacterial infection, while a holistic vet might prescribe nutritional supplements to boost the body’s natural defenses.

With a holistic vet you get the best of both worlds, knowledge of conventional medicine but also possible alternatives to convention that are less harmful to your pet.

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