Lahta – Integrative veterinary care for allergies, heart and kidney disorders

Lahta celebrated her  20th birthday this year!

She was plagued for 15 years with what we were told where allergies. Being a Persian, she has a tiny nose and minute nostrils which don’t help.  She had been to an allergy clinic for 20-25 visits over a couple of years and was treated for her allergies, BUT the interesting thing is that when we first  met our integrative veterinarian, he diagnosed her heart murmur and started treating her heart.  Her "allergies" simply vanished and she has remained free of them for a long time! So, was it ever allergies, or was it just undiagnosed heart problems? Integrative medicine studies the connections of the body and this case is remarkable to us.

Mocha's Story: Bladder Difficulties and Laser

A beautiful long-hair ragdoll cat came into our local shelter. She had spent her 5 years of life in a basement. She was so anxiety ridden that she was living under a blanket. I took her home to socialize her, so that she could be adopted.

In addition to extreme anxiety, Mocha Latte was  experiencing an ongoing series of bladder infections. She was also diagnosed with chronic cystitis and had extreme constipation. Medications for the bladder infection and cystitis were partially helpful but were not providing a long term cure. Nothing seemed to help the constipation.

RE: Andrew Starr (the Dog)
Current Date: 2012
On Set Date of Conditions: 2004

Andrew, the dog is a Boston terrier (male)

Andrew joined our family at about the age of 6-7 months of age

And so the story begins:

Age 9 months: I noticed that he did not want to jump up on a chair and since my last dog became paralyzed, I instantly recognized the red flag and went to my local veterinarian who diagnosed Andrew with a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Immediate surgery was recommended So there was Andrew at only 9 months of age having surgery and being housebound in a cast for the next three months of his life.

Note: I was warned that usually when one ligament blows the other one will go within the year. To date 9 years later that has never happened. I attribute this to the following series of events.

My dog Ruby was in the hands of an excellent vet whom I respect very much, but the vet could not get to the bottom of my dog’s sensitive stomach issues. My dog would become ill regularly, vomiting and defecating blood. Even after removing the food and grasses that were revealed by allergy testing, my dog still had regular occurrences.

“Cute” the Dog
Re: How Homotoxicology Helped
Date: Current Date (2012)
Symptoms and Problems Began: (2004)

Cute the dog is a female Jack-Rat (part Jack Russell/part Rat Terrier)
She was approximately 3 months old when we brought her into our family.

Within the first year of her life, I noticed a large patch of hair missing, literally balding to the point you could see the pink of her skin, soft and smooth, not even a follicle. The hair simply fell out. There was no itching or redness, but it did turn dark after a while. It resembled a large scar. It was about 3 inches long and wide and was located on the back of her neck. I took a picture of this and apologize for the quality, but it is all I have.

When my dog Estie, an Italian Greyhound, was about 2-3 years old, she developed seizures and severe allergies. We visited several veterinary clinics around the South Bay area of southern California to find out the reason for her seizures and to control her allergies.

We received the same advice: once a day medicine for seizures.

We decided not to take that route and tried to control it with diet instead.