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How to Achieve and Maintain Good Health in Your Dog
Supporting the body to achieve and maintain good health (including how to reverse effects of ill-health), through natural, safe, ethical, and effective nutrition, nutritional supplements, and remedies.
We all want our dogs to be healthy and to be with us for many years.  Sadly, dog ownership isn’t as simple as that.  The following are amongst the most common illnesses you might see in your dog:

  • Allergies (to food and the environment)
  • Arthritis
  • Autoimmune diseases
  • Bacterial disease (leptospirosis, kennel cough)                          
  • Brain and behavioural problems
  • Cancer
  • Dental disease
  • Diabetes
  • Digestive problems
  • Ear infections
  • Endocrine diseases (thyroid, adrenal)               
  • Eye diseases
  • Fungal/yeast infections
  • Obesity
  • Organ damage/failure (heart, liver, kidneys)
  • Parasites
  • Skeletal and muscular disorders
  • Skin problems
  • Urinary tract infections
  • Viral disease (parvo, distemper, hepatitis)

Illnesses in dogs are mostly caused by:
  • hereditary factors
  • environmental toxins
  • diet
  • parasites
  • viruses or bacteria
  • drug reactions
  • stress

As we have sought to reduce viral and bacterial disease, there has been a corresponding increase in allergic and immune system illnesses in dogs (and humans).  Why might this be, and how can you protect your dogs from viral disease, whilst at the same time avoiding and alleviating diseases that affect the immune system?

For example, a dog with arthritis will typically be prescribed powerful non-steroidal-anti-inflammatory (NSDAID) drugs.  Although they can reduce pain, they can also cause kidney damage and even lead to death.  Are there safer but effective alternatives?  Which foods, nutrients and herbs will do the job without unwanted side-effects? 

Similarly, if your dog is allergic, what’s behind it, and how can you help him long-term?  Why might your dog have recurrent skin problems or ear infections, and how can you put a stop to them, rather than just manage the symptoms? 

If you love dogs and want to know how to make your dog’s life so much better, join us for this really interesting and useful evening lecture by Catherine O’Driscoll, founder of Canine Health Concern and author of best-selling books on canine health. 
 

Prices and Booking
Evening talks and day seminars are usually hosted by third parties who wish to help raise funds for
Canine Health Concern, and they set their own attendance fees. These range between £5.00 and £25.00, although are typically under £10.00 for evening talks. Please contact the host listed on the dates
and venues page (see link above) for the attendance price for individual dates.
Catherine is the founder of Canine Health Concern, a non-profit animal welfare organisation which shares information about naturally healthy dogs.

She is the author of best-selling books - “What Vets Don’t Tell You About Vaccines” and “Shock to the System”. Her film, “In Search of the Truth About Dogs” was awarded Best DVD by the Dog Writers’ Association of America. She also lectures on canine health in the UK, Europe, and North America. Catherine writes for Dogs Naturally magazine, Raw Instincts magazine, Dogs Today, and many other dog titles, and her work was featured in a prime-time TV documentary World in Action.
Whereas the seminar tour is also designed to help raise much needed funds for Canine Health Concern (as a non-profit animal welfare organisation), talks/weekends hosted by others can also generate funds for the host. Contact us for details.