Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats (89 page)

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• Labels, on commercial pet foods,
  1
  
• Lead exposure,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  
• Legumes in natural diet,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Leptospirosis,
  1
  
• Leukemia, feline,
  1
  ,
  2
  
  • vaccine for,
    1
    ,
    2
    
• Lice,
  1
  
• Licenses, dog,
  1
  
• Lifestyle of modern pets vs. wild ancestors,
  1
  
• Limb defects, in cats,
  1
  
• Linoleic acid,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Linolenic acid,
  1
  
• Liquid diet, for fasting,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Liquid medications, how to give,
  1
  
• Liquid vitamin A and D,
  1
  
• Litter box, for car travel,
  1
  
• Litter box problems,
  1
  
• Liver Brownies,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Liver problems,
  1
  
• Lost pets
  
  • euthanized,
    1
    
  • finding,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • from moving,
    1
    
• Lyme disease,
  1
  

M

• Mackerel Loaf,
  1
  
• Mad Cow Disease,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Mammary gland abnormalities, in cats,
  1
  
• Mange,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Meats
  
  • increased consumption of,
    1
    
  • in natural diet
    
    • advantages and disadvantages of,
      1
      
    • fat content of,
      1
      
    • Mad Cow Disease and,
      1
      ,
      2
      
    • protein, fat, and carbohydrate content of,
      1
      
    • selecting and preparing,
      1
      
    • storing,
      1
      
  • production of,
    1
    
• Meat Supplement for Dog Kibble, Fresh,
  1
  
• Medications
  
  • avoiding homeopathic treatment with,
    1
    
  • herbal treatments with,
    1
    
  • liquid, how to give,
    1
    
  • side effects of,
    1
    
  • solid, how to give,
    1
    
  • superficial effects of,
    1
    
• Metritis,
  1
  
• Mexi-Dog Casserole,
  1
  
• Micro-chip, for identification,
  1
  
• Milk, mother’s, formulas replacing,
  1
  
• Milk products in natural diet,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Millet, Beans ’n’,
  1
  
• Minerals
  
  • in commercial pet foods,
    1
    
  • for pollution protection,
    1
    
• Mini Doggie Oats,
  1
  
• Mites, ear,
  1
  
• Mosquitoes, West Nile virus from,
  1
  
• Motion sickness,
  1
  
• Mouth problems, congenital,
  1
  
• Moving, preparing pet for,
  1
  

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• Nail trimming, in cats,
  1
  
• Natural diet,
  1
  
  • basic food groups in
    
    • eggs and dairy products,
      1
      
    • grains,
      1
      
    • legumes,
      1
      
    • meats,
      1
      
    • vegetables,
      1
      
  • best ingredient choices for,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • of European pets,
    1
    
  • flavorings in,
    1
    
    • garlic,
      1
      
    • yeast sprinkle,
      1
      
  • how to use,
    1
    
    • principles for,
      1
      
  • introducing
    
    • animals’ resistance to,
      1
      
    • cleansing reactions from,
      1
      ,
      2
      
    • feeding schedule for,
      1
      
    • healing crisis from,
      1
      ,
      2
      
    • herbs for help with,
      1
      ,
      2
      
    • interpreting reactions to,
      1
      
    • methods of,
      1
      
  • recipes for (
    see
    Recipes)
    
  • snacks in
    
    • biscuits,
      1
      
    • bones,
      1
      
    • fruit,
      1
      
    • nuts and seeds,
      1
      
    • veggie burgers,
      1
      
  • success stories about,
    1
    
  • supplements with (
    see
    Supplements)
    
• Naturopathy,
  1
  
• Nausea, from travel,
  1
  
• Neighbor relations, pets affecting,
  1
  
• Nervousness, during travel,
  1
  
• Nervous system disorders, in dogs,
  1
  
• Neutering.
  See
  Spaying and neutering
  
• Newborn care,
  1
  .
  See also
  Kittens; Puppies
  
• Nose, cleaning discharges from,
  1
  
• Nosodes, homeopathic,
  1
  
• Nutrient deficiencies, lowering natural resistance,
  1
  
• Nutrition.
  See also
  Diet(s); Natural diet; Special diets
  
  • animals’ quick response to,
    1
    
  • author’s interest in,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    
  • importance of,
    1
    
• Nutritional standards, in recipes,
  1
  
• Nuts, as snack,
  1
  

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• Oats
  
  • Beefy,
    1
    
  • Doggie,
    1
    
  • for easing switch to natural diet,
    1
    
  • and Eggs, Quick Canine,
    1
    
  • Mini Doggie,
    1
    
  • Quick Canine Oatmeal,
    1
    
• Obesity,
  1
  
• Oils
  
  • for cats,
    1
    
  • as supplement,
    1
    
• Omega-3 fatty acids,
  1
  
• Omega-6 fatty acids,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• One-on-One recipe for dogs,
  1
  
• Oriental medicine,
  1
  
• Orphaned kittens and puppies, feeding,
  1
  
• Overpopulation problem,
  1
  ,
  2
  

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• Pancreatitis,
  1
  
• Panleukopenia, feline,
  1
  
• Paralysis,
  1
  
• Parasites
  
  • ear mites,
    1
    
  • skin (
    see
    Skin parasites)
    
  • worms (
    see
    Worms)
    
• Parvo vaccine,
  1
  
• Periodontal disease,
  1
  
• Pesticides
  
  • contaminating pet foods,
    1
    
  • exposure to,
    1
    
  • on produce,
    1
    
  • safer alternatives to,
    1
    ,
    2
    
• Pet foods.
  See
  Commercial pet foods; Natural diet
  
• Pet Puree, for force-feeding,
  1
  
• Pet selection
  
  • based on behavioral patterns and birth defects in cats,
    1
    
  • based on behavioral patterns and birth defects in dogs,
    1
    
  • considerations for
    
    • genetic characteristics,
      1
      
    • health assessment,
      1
      
    • lifestyle and preferences of owner,
      1
      
• Pet-sitting,
  1
  
• Pills and capsules, how to give,
  1
  
• Poisoning.
  See also
  Toxins
  
  • causes of,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • first aid for,
    1
    
  • of free-roaming pets,
    1
    
• Polenta for Cats,
  1
  
• Polenta for Dogs,
  1
  
• Pollution
  
  • in food,
    1
    
  • indoor air,
    1
    
  • precautions against,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    
  • water,
    1
    
• Pottenger Cat Studies,
  1
  
• Poultry Delight,
  1
  
• Pregnancy,
  1
  
• Pressure-treated wood, toxins in,
  1
  
• Protein
  
  • in commercial pet foods,
    1
    
  • in ideal pet foods,
    1
    
• Pulse, normal values for,
  1
  
• Punctures, first aid for,
  1
  
• Puppies
  
  • orphaned
    
    • diarrhea and constipation in,
      1
      
    • feeding,
      1
      ,
      2
      
  • predicting adult size of,
    1
    
• Puppy Formula,
  1
  
• Pyometra,
  1