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Originally Posted by BobbiB  I would loooove to find a vet with a more holistic approach, too. Not so much as to ignore traditional treatment, but one that is open to different ideas than just traditional as well. |
Be careful with this. There are some vets who are conventional but who use some more natural approaches if there is science to back it up. I recently posted about this elsewhere but basically I've had "regular" vets who have worked in more natural things for my dogs when warranted. I don't believe in testing using holistic methods as they rely on subjectivity and intuition instead of tried and true scientific methodology. Once a diagnosis is made, however, I think some holistic approaches can be integrated if they make sense. I'll give an example. I have a dog with a kidney issue who takes a therapeutic dose of omega 3 fatty acids daily because there is some science that holds that sclerosis of parts of the kidney can be delayed which can prevent further the glomerular filtration system of the kidney from further "dropping" protein into the urine and being lost from the body. It makes real sense that an anti-inflammatory would prevent inflammation but the fact that it might actually tighten up the structures in the kidney is what makes using it worth it. There is no harm in using the fish oil. But I draw the line at tinctures of 100,000,000x dilution of lamb organ and slippery elm bark and flower essence to prevent any various number of diseases that these profiteering holistic gurus try to peddle.