NATURAL DETOX FOR DOGS: Which herbs to use and how to use them with Canine Herbalist Rita Hogan

Herbalist.

Herbalist. Hello, Rita.

Thank you so much for joining us.

Hi.

How are you guys doing?

We're doing great.

You were so welcome.

Yeah. How are you? Good.

I'm doing really great. So life is pretty good. I'm actually in Minnesota right now. I don't live here. I'm just visiting. And we are in, you know, lockdown right now, so might as well make the best of it, right?

Exactly.

Yeah.

Thank you for social distancing with us today.

Yeah. Social distancing. I am social distancing.

Yeah. So, yeah, we got a pretty cool. This was actually a request from one of our friends and followers, Alenouche, who wanted to know more about spring detox in Dogs for Dogs. So, yeah, we thought, who better to talk to than you, right?

I love spring detox. So, I mean, herbal detox. That's all I can speak to is herbal detox. But, yeah, I love it. What was that?

No, Alanous. Just joined. So.

Okay.

Hi, Philippa. All right. So, yeah, let's just start while Larry is doing something over there. Okay, sorry.

So I'll just. I'll just start. I'll just start talking.

Yeah, I mean, maybe let's start with the question why.

Okay.

Why is it important to at all detox our dogs? When is the best time of the year to do it? Should we do it more than once and kind of like. Yeah, how it works, how many days, what should we look out for? I know it's like many questions in one, but that's basically.

Oh, that's okay. So it's really important to do spring detox because it's when the energies of the. The body start to wake up and they move upward and outward. And so you're looking at the immune system, the liver. The liver is really important here. Lymphatic system, which is a system of. It's basically, it brings your lymph system all around your body, and it's a huge part of your immune system and the skin. So those are. Those are like what you focus on with detox, spring detoxing. But you're basically assisting the liver in dealing with the onslaught of things that are coming at the body inside and outside. Because during winter, the body has been sleeping. So everything kind of closes down and shuts down in wintertime. And so spring detox is really important because you see a lot of lipomas, which are like fatty tumors, pop up in the spring and late winter. And you see a lot of eye discharge. And the liver just kind of getting moving, and you're going to assist the liver in doing that. So that's pretty wide corn. And, like, how long do you do spring detox? I like to assist the liver for pretty much two to three months. I would say at least eight weeks during spring, like the beginning of spring and into, like, almost summer. And I, you know, I focus heavily on the lymphatic system and the liver and basically opening up the elimination channels. So. But like, I think kind of like some goals for spring detox is definitely herbal support. And then exercise is super important. You know, getting. And it doesn't matter. Age appropriate exercise. So if, you know, if you've got a little old guy that's limping, you know, just get him out there kind of moving a little bit. Any type of exercise. You got a young dog, you know, walk them, walk them, walk them. And circulation is super important. I am wondering if I. You guys disappeared. I don't. Okay. Sorry. I was like, well, am I. I'm by myself. Yeah. So circulation and elimination are really important aspects of this. Of spring detox. Not just the liver, because there's a lot of liver congestion in the spring. So circulation and elimination are super important, along with supporting the lymphatics. So. And the lymphatics are a lot of times completely ignored in a lot of healing. And it's one of the most important things in spring. Yeah.

All right. Okay. So. And would you say detox in general is only once a year? Only in spring, very important, or also again in fall or how does it work?

I usually detox twice a year, and yes, in spring, and then in the middle, it's a late fall. But the spring detox, I would say, is most important. It's very important.

Yeah.

But, yeah, I usually do it twice a year, but this. This one is basically focused on spring. Okay, but you can use both, like, everything that I'm going to go through, you can use them for spring and fall.

Okay, awesome, awesome. So, like, can you take us through the process of the spring detox? Like, how do we prepare? Like, how do we prepare our dogs for the detox? Do we need to prepare?

And one of the things that. Did you say something? I'm sorry, Did I.

You can start with maybe how to prepare them, and then we'll go through. Through the process of detoxing.

Okay. So one of the biggest things that I think is often overlooked is energetics. Kind of getting to know your dog's energetics, and that equals, like, there's a spectrum. So some dogs, Very few dogs are neutral, but it. It goes from like neutral and then way over here is hot and way over here is cold and in between. So there's, you know, neutral to slightly warm. Warm, slightly hot, hot, very hot and then neutral to slightly cold. Cold. I'm slightly cool. Cool, slightly, slightly cold, cold and very cold. So those are, that's kind of like your energetic spectrum. And each dog is an individual. So your dog is going to fall somewhere in that line. And your dog can like when they're born, they're born with an energetic. But like things like vaccines and antibiotics can change their energetics. But you want to deal with like what you have with your dog at that point, like how to deal with it. And so one of the ways to figure out if your dog is like, I would say warm to hot is like so warm to hot symptoms is like a warm to hot dog. It has a kind of a warm head and warm paws. And that's on a consistent basis, not just after exercise. They tend to, yeah, they, and I can give you a, like a slide that you can post on this if you want. And then they tend to seek out cool places. They do some excessive panting, they overheat easily. They're not huge on exercise. They kind of has, you know, can have slight exercise intolerance. Warm to hot dogs can be more restless, anxious and nervous. Some of them can have like more loose stool than other dogs. They tend to suffer from hot spots in the summer. They have a kind of a healthy, really healthy appetite. You can see yellow discharge from the eyes sometimes. Chronic food sensitivities and chronic allergies are more prone to warm to hot dogs than cool to cold dogs. So those are some just like a little list of things that like oh yeah, my dog's, oh yeah, my dog has like six of those. Then most likely they're probably more warm to hot and they don't like to sleep covered up. You know, they like to sleep out. They're seeking cool places in the house. They sit in the shade when the sun's out. Certain things like that. Now cool to cold dogs again have a cool head and paws consistently. Maybe not after exercising, but just when they're hanging out. They like to snuggle up, they like to be warm, they like to sleep under the covers. They're more chilled, like warm to hot dogs are more restless. They're more like in your face where cool to cold dogs are more chilled out. They have more lethargy. They, they, their body energy, their kind of vital force is a little bit more low. Their digestion is Slower they tend to go towards constipation versus kind of more loose stool or going to the bathroom more. They lack thirst where they're not that thirsty, whereas a warm to hot dog is drinking a lot. Cool to cold dogs, they tend to suffer a little bit more from yeasts or bacterial overgrowth, hypothyroid and kind of a stagnant lymph system. So they just kind of like a little bit more low. So you can kind of try to figure out if your dog is warm or your dog is cool. That's a really big factor into what you're going to choose to, to detox. Milk thistle is a good like if you're going to do anything, milk thistle is really good. It's more of a neutral herb because herbs actually are governed by the same warm to cool system. So milk thistle is a little bit on the neutral side. So warm dogs can take it, cool dogs can take it, like to do it, you know, for about four to six weeks. But all the other herbs that I'm going to go over kind of you want to figure out if your dog is cool to cold. And so what we're working on when we're thinking about detoxing again is establishing your energetics of your dog. Always think about stagnation, which means that when things are slowing down in the body in winter and there's they want to move, exercise, fresh air, even massage can help. You want to open up the channels of elimination and you want to support the liver and kidneys. That's pretty much the goal of detoxing. So I want to go over what I would call the cooling track which is bringing that heat down in the body for warm to like warm to hot dogs. Those herbs include dandelion and dandelion root cleavers, violet and chickweed. So cleavers is a really great herb for the lymphatics for a dog that is more on the warm side. And it helps support the kidneys, the spleen and the liver, which are the organs that you're really looking at for this type of detox. Cleavers helps nourish and cleanse the lymphatic system. It clears heat out of the body. And any herb that you're going to use for spring detox needs to have that liver skin connection because you're going to see a lot of things happening with the skin in the spring and you want to have that liver skin connection. And cleavers has that. And it also checks that box of elimination. So it helps open up those Channels of elimination. And cleavers can be. I'm going to focus on tinctures because they're kind of universal and all of your listeners can find them. But if you have fresh cleavers in your area, and their Latin name is gallium apparent aperine, which is G A L L I U M A P A R I N e. If you have cleavers and you know that it's cleavers, you can actually chop that up while it's in flour and add it to your dog's food if you'd like, or you can make a tea with it and add it to your dog's food. And usually when you do that, it's kind of size appropriate where if you, you know, you have a little small dish for your tiny little dog, you know, you're just gonna drizzle some over cool tea right over the food, or you can chop up like, you know, a couple teaspoons of it and put it on the food and mix it in if you want. But I'm gonna give you some amounts for tinctures, okay? So usually you'll give a tincture before eating and you give it twice daily. So, and that's the same for almost all of the herbs that I'm going to go over before eating. Twice daily, you give in the mouth with a little bit of water and you can mix the tinctures together and it's pretty simple. So if you have an extra small dog, and we're talking like a Chihuahua, you know, a little pug, I don't know what the kilograms is.

We can convert that.

Can you convert that? So if you were like two to ten pounds would be one drop. So just one little single itsy bitsy drop coming out of the tincture dropper. A small dog is kind of like a large pug or 11 pounds to 25 pounds, two drops. And then a medium dog is like 26 to 50 pounds and that's three drops. And then large dogs, 51 to 85 pounds, which is a pretty good sized dog, four drops. And then the extra large dogs, like a St. Bernard or a Irish wolfhound, you know, a Greyhound Big Dog, 85 to 100 pounds, Great Dane, five drops. So we're talking very little, little amount of medicine to stimulate the body into getting those lymphatics going, opening up those elimination channels and nourishing the body so that it's able to help the liver. So cleavers is a really good place to start for those warm dogs. And then we have another Lovely little spring plant called chickweed, which its Latin name is Stellaria medea. Chickweed is anti inflammatory and it, you know, you get a lot of inflammation in the spring. It helps break down fatty deposits, which helps with keeping dogs from getting lipomas in the spring. It helps detoxify the body through the kidneys. It helps clear heat and stagnancy. So it helps move the lymphatic system. It has that liver and skin connection and it's pretty well available in most areas except for deserts. But you can, you know, you can order like a chickweed online and never really had a problem finding it internationally. But again, Stellaria medea, it's called chickweed. And basically it is about the same exact dosage for cleavers as it is chickweed. Same instructions before eating twice daily in a little water in the mouth. You can give a little bigger dosage for chickweed. Like extra smalls, like 1 to 2 drops medium, 7 to 10 drops small dogs, 3 to 6 drops large, 11, 15 drops. Hold on, I've got a cat here. Okay, kitty. Sorry. They always want to come around when you're doing something on the computer. And an extra large, extra large dog is 16 to 20 drops, and that's twice daily.

So I just have one question. I'm not sure if you said this already. We broke up a little bit for us for a second, but how do we make the tincture? Did you say that already? Like, you purchase it? Okay. You purchase it. Okay.

Unless you're, unless you're an herbal medicine maker, I would purchase it. Okay. Yeah, got it. So. And there I have, you know, the tinctures that I picked for today are pretty available internationally. You can find them all over the place. So they're not hard to find. They're not the hard to find ones. So.

Okay, before you continue, I just want to say for anybody who's watching right now, please do drop your questions and Rita will answer your questions later.

So I will answer all your questions for sure. And questions are important. So. All right. Yeah. Whenever I listen to a talk and you're not allowed to ask any of these, ask any questions, it gets a little frustrating. Okay. So going through the warm to hot herbs, as in warm to hot dogs, the next one is a really great, great spring herb that when you look down in most places, you'll see these little purple flowers. They're violets and they're looking up at you and they're just adorable. And they're super wonderful for springtime. And they're there in the springtime. A lot of these plants are there in the springtime for usage and they address the body's needs when the body needs them. So a lot of my dogs will graze on violets in my yard because I have tons of them. Violets, it's Viola odorata V I O L A O D O R A T A that is the violet that I'm talking about. You use the leaf and the flower. A lot of times you'll find a tincture with just the leaf and that's fine. Violets work really well on lymphatics, the lymphatic system, which is super important for spring detox. They help dissolve tumors, which helps address those lipoma issues. They nourish and cleanse the body and they support the liver, they increase elimination through the kidneys and they clear heat. So they have like all of the qualities that you want in a plant for spring detox. And again, violets are the same dosage as cleavers. So one drop for small, for extra small, two for small, three for medium, four for large and five to six drops for extra large. So and you really, you know, one to two drops this way or that really isn't going to make a huge difference because what we're doing is we're stimulating the body. We're not forcing it, we're helping the body help itself. So with herbs you can do fresh violets, you can chop them up and put them in the food. You can do fresh chickweed, you can do fresh cleavers, chopping it in the food and just adding it to the food. Again, bowl appropriate. That's what people are like. Well, how much bowl appropriate. So if you have a little small bowl, a little bit of covering on the top, mix it in and that would be bowl appropriate. So if the bowl, if you've got a Great Dane and your bowl is this big, then I would add, you know, maybe a handful to two handfuls of violets in the food. If you can't do a tincture. Another thing with violets along with chick, along with not cleavers but chickweed. Chickweed and violet can also be made as a tea and what we would call a tonic, an infusion. So and that is 2 tablespoons of the herb, dried or fresh. Because you can use dried into like almost boiling water like you're making a tea at home. And you steep it for like 20 to 30 minutes and then you just pour again bowl appropriate amount on the food and that helps all the water soluble constituents. So it makes A really good tea. So you can do that with your dogs as well. And again, I can give you a little slide with that information on if you guys want.

Yeah, we can drop it in later.

Yeah, you could drop it in there. So not a problem. Our next one is some of our favorite, which is dandelion. And I like to use the flower and the leaf in the springtime, but we can also use the root. So dandelions are very popular. They're everywhere as far as you know when you have like when you're. The base of your topography is covered in grass. Anti inflammatory, they break up fatty deposits. One of the best things they do is they increase in circuit, they increase circulation, which is really important for, for decreasing stagnancy. They help clear heat in the body. So they're really good for dogs that are warm. They have that liver skin connection which is very important for detoxing in the springtime. And they, they're bitter. So they help break down fats in the body. And that really helps when like the body is trying to form like fatty tumors and things like that. So like a combination of like violet and dandelion is a really good combination. Or cleavers, dandelion and violet, really good combination. These all can be combined. And dandelion, you can use them fresh, you just chop them up. I would not pick the root in the springtime because the root doesn't have a lot of energy in it when it's flowered, when the plant is flowering. So I would just use the flower, the stems and the stalk in the springtime fresh. But if you're using a tincture, then you could use a tincture that has the root and the stem and the flower, which will address both the kidneys and the liver. Again, the tincture dosage for dandelion is the same as the cleavers. It's just one drop for extra small, two for small, three for medium, four for large. It can vary, you know, it can go one drop this way or two drops that way. It's not that big of a deal. But we just want to stimulate the body. And again, bowl appropriate for using it fresh or using it as an infusion or as a tea. So a lot of people are very concerned about the amount. And when you use fresh herbs like these guys, which are completely non toxic, you really want to just do bowl appropriate size. What were you gonna say?

So you mentioned a couple of different herbs. Do we have to decide for one or two of them or can we use all together or how you can.

Use them all together or you could, you know, say for instance, you can, in your area, you can find cleavers and violet, then use cleavers and violet or you can find all you can use. I use all four of those. Those are basically my warm to hot dog detoxification herbs. But like for warm to hot dogs, because they are, because they have so much heat, you can also use things like spirulina or chlorella or wheat grass. They can be added into the diet for detoxing as well. Whereas we're about to talk about cool dogs, they're less tolerant of those types of herbs because it adds for. It adds more coolness to the body. Spirulina is one of the warmest, like power greens out there. A lot of power greens are very cooling, so it actually makes things worse for dogs that are already cool. So. But then again, cool dogs actually have more choices as far as herbs are concerned because many, many, many, many herbs are very warming. So it's kind of a.

Before we go into cooling dogs, I have a question. I think a lot of people in Dubai might have. So like in Dubai, it's very hot and do you think that the location of the dogs also puts the dogs into more of the warm side of dongs? Because, for example, like our dog, for example, she's a French bulldog who I would think they are more on the warm side anyway. But like, if I go out with her, of course she starts panting quickly or quicker than other dogs. But then at home she would also be the one who lays in the sun.

So geographic location doesn't really have much to do with your dog's energetics. That would be more temperature. So, you know, you have a Frenchie, a super cute one, by the way, a Frenchie who, you know, has to has some respiratory issues just as a breed, so going to get very hot no matter what when they go out into the heat. I don't know if Dubai is humid.

Is it humid there Summertime? Yeah.

Okay, so that's more temper, temperature, temperature tolerance. However, if your little Frenchie was a warm dog, that it is going to have a harder time in high temperatures than cool. So. But if it's laying in the sun and it's warm out, then it's probably more on the cool side. I've met a lot of cool Frenchies, so yeah, geographic location does not indicate internal energetics. Yeah, that's a really good question.

Yeah, that's good to know.

Good question.

Awesome.

Yeah, just as person, you know, I've met A lot of really warm dogs that live in cold, cold climates.

Okay.

Yeah. And they have an easier time in the cold climate just because of the temperature outside. However, they. Doesn't make them colder. Okay, so any other questions?

We just have a question from our comment section from Diane. She wants to know if you're chopping up dandelion. If you don't use enough, does it still help? So does a low amount of.

Yes, with detoxing? It does. Because what we're not. We're not. What we're not doing is we are not trying to heal some type of disease or chronic illness with this. So we're not dealing with. We're not dealing with dosage. We're stimulating. We're stimulating the body to help the body support the liver, eliminate, open the elimination channels and move the lymphatics. So you don't want to get caught up in dosage because you're stimulating. And plants, you know, plants have intelligence. So when the plants enter the body, Right. They don't just focus on, oh, well, I guess my intent is to detox. Here they go. And they seek out things in the body that need balancing. And it may be doing things you don't even know about. But we just, with this, we just want to stimulate. So, yeah, just, you know, if you've got like, I don't know, four dandelion plants, chop them up, throw them in the bowl if it's bowl appropriate.

Awesome.

I think Diane actually has a larger dog. I'm pretty sure if I can remember right. Hi, Diane.

Great.

Thank you.

Awesome. All right, so, okay, so now, okay.

So we're gonna go over. We're gonna go over cool to cold dogs, okay. And we're gonna deal with three herbs. For cool to cold dogs, we're gonna deal with burdock root, calendula, and self heal. And like I said before, you can add milk thistle into this if you'd like to. And with milk thistle, you could do a tincture where the dosages would probably be the same as, like cleavers. You know, the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Or you can do a dried herb, like a capsule, and just open the capsule and mix it with the food. And for that, I would probably do like 150mg twice a day for a extra small dog, probably 2 to 250 for a small dog, 300 for 3 to 350 for a medium dog, 4 to 500mg for a large dog, and 5 to like 700mg for an extra large dog, twice daily for milk thistle and do that for about eight weeks if you're doing the dried herb. Yeah. So with these herbs I'm talking about, you can add milk thistle in there with these. So the first one that's for cool to cold dogs is calendula and it is my like number one go to for cool to cold dogs because it helps warm the core of the body and it's really good at moving the lymphatics. It's bitter, so it helps warm digestion. And a lot of these cool to cold dogs will have a lot of problems with digestion in the spring. You'll see like undigested particles in the stool and you know, overall kind of like not so interested in food in the spring. And calendula will help turn that around. It's really good at pushing through stagnation. It helps warm up the tissues of the body. It helps assist with nutrient assimilation, which is very important for cool to cold dogs because a lot of them will suffer from malnutrition not assimilating nutrients from their food. And it also has that liver skin connection that we're looking for. So calendula is just a lovely little plant. The one thing with calendula you want to use a tincture. So because it's a very resinous plant, you can like use like dried calendula on the food. But I don't find it very effective because of the fact that it needs to be extracted. So I would use the tincture. And with calendula it's the same as cleavers. It's the one drop for extra small, two drops for small, four, three drops for medium, five drops for large and six drops for extra large. And again you can, if you do true drops, it's, you know, it's not going to be at the detriment or anything like that. The next one is burdock root, which is arteum lapa, which is a rctium lapa. And because it's a thistle, I want to give you the Latin name because it can get very confusing sometimes. But it's burdock root. And burdock root helps enhance digestion, it helps digest fats in the body. It's really good at moving the lymphatic supporting the liver and also the kidneys. And it helps detoxify the liver. So it helps the body, the liver deal with those spring toxins and it helps nourish the body. And it's very oily, so it's going to help with the fats and oils in the body and dryness. A lot of dogs that are cool to cold suffer from either dampness, which is excess moisture, or dryness. So it helps with dryness in the body. It's the same basic dosage as calendula. And again, you want to give it before eating in a small amount of water. You just suck it up in the dropper and just shoot it right in the mouth. And I usually give a really yummy treat afterwards, something they hardly ever get unless they get their tank when they get their tincture. And a lot of people say, you know, can you put it on food? Can you put tinctures on the food? Yes, you can. However, I don't find them as effective. But if your dog is like, I don't want that without food. Go ahead and give it on the food. Last but not least, we have Self Heal, which is Prunella vulgaris. And Self Heal is warming. It helps draw toxins out of the body. It helps support the liver and strengthen the kidney. It really helps the body process metabolic waste. And metabolic waste sounds like this big word, but all it is is the waste that the body produces by being alive. Okay. And you get a lot of metabolic waste when the body wakes up during the spring and starts, you know, trying to push through that, that winter stagnation. It's trying to support the liver, it's trying to eliminate, eliminate, eliminate. And so Self Heal is really good at that. And Self Heal also helps shrink tumors, which can be a real problem in the springtime. The dosage for 4 self heal is the same. It's the 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and 6 for extra small to large dogs. 4 self heal is the same. It's the 1,2,3,4 and 5 and 6 for extra small to large dogs. Same feeding instructions on there before they eat twice daily in a small amount of water. And the tinctures can be added together. Self Heal is one of those herbs that can, unlike calendula and burdock root cell feel, can actually be chopped up and added to the food, if you know how to identify it. And that are the herbs that I definitely would use for spring detoxification. So I thought we'd spend some time answering questions.

Yeah, I do have one more question. So it's just actually Ananush just asked this question. It's just the milk thistle that we give dried. Correct. All the other ones, it's better to give them tinctures.

The milk thistle. Yes, you can. Now the violet. The violet can be. I mean, okay, let's just go through them really quick. Cleavers can be given fresh. If you have it chopped up, it's not good as a infusion like a tea. Cleavers is sensitive to heat, so it's not good for that. But. And it's not good in a dried form. Okay. Chickweed can be given as a tea and a tincture. I don't find it very beneficial in dried form, but if that's all you have, that's fine. Then go ahead and give it. And I would make a tea out of that dried chickweed. I use it as a tea. The violet can be given fresh and I don't know if I said chickweed can be given fresh too. Violet can be given fresh, it can be given dried. I would use it as a tea when I was giving it dried. And a tincture. Dandelion can be given fresh or in a tincture form. You can also do dandelion tea, but I don't find that the leaf does that well with the tea, but you can do it. Calendula I would use as a tincture. Burdock root I would use as a tincture or a dried herb in capsule form. And you can just open up the capsule onto the food. And it would be the same milligrams as the milk thistle. 150 for extra small, 250 for small. I believe I gave you those. So it'd be the same as the milk thistle. And then self heal can be used fresh, it can be made into a tea and it can be used as a tincture.

Awesome. Okay. All right, guys, so now you have time to drop your questions and Rita will answer them.

And if you guys have any. Sorry, my glasses are fogging up. If you guys have any questions, let me know. I mean, I think that like why they are typing their questions. I think that people struggle, especially people who haven't used a lot of herbs before. With dosage, they get really caught up on dosages. Right. When we're using these tinctures as a stimulus. And when you're chopping it on the food. Again, bowl appropriate for fresh chopping. When you're using a tea, a bowl appropriate. So let's just like say that you were doing like an extra small dog tea. So you had like, you know, an extra small bowl. I would say probably maybe a tablespoon or two. For a small dog, I would say maybe two to three tablespoons. And then you've got a medium dog, maybe a quarter cup large dog, half a cup extra large Dog maybe like, I mean, you know, like a Great Dane just pour a cup, mix it in with the food. So that's kind of what bowl appropriate looks like. And then with dried or I mean not dried but chopped fresh herbs, you know, like if it was, let's just say a Great Dane size bowl, like a real big bowl, I'd probably use three or four plants, chop them up and throw them on the food. And like a medium dog, maybe like a plant or two chopped up and throw and just mix them in. I don't think I can hear you. Quarter, quarter cup large dog, half a cup extra large dog. Maybe like, I mean, you know, like a Great Dane. Just pour a cup of, mix it in with the food. So that's kind of what bowl appropriate looks like. And then with dried or I mean not dried but chopped fresh herbs, you know like if it. Oh, now I can.

All right, so I did gather some questions from people. Okay, this live. So I'll just ask some of them. Is there during the detox period, is there anything that we need to avoid, any foods that we need to avoid or anything at all that we need to think about and consider while our dogs are detoxing?

I think the most important thing is to try to feed the healthiest diet you can was let's just say a Great Dane sized bowl, like a real big bowl. I'd probably use three or four plants, chop them up and throw them on the food. And like a medium. With detoxing you can get some symptoms like EDM dog, maybe like a plant or two chopped up and thrown and just mix them in. You can get some, like some dogs get zits, little pimples that usually just. I don't think I can hear you. Go away. You can get, especially with any type of herb that's going to move the lymphatics. You can get more urination. So you could say, oh my dog's peeing so much. But the thing is that you want them to pee, you want them to go to the bathroom, they might go to the bathroom more and said like one dog. Oh, now I can.

All right. So I did gather some questions from people.

Okay. Goes to the bathroom twice a day. I mean, you know, if they poop twice a day, they might poop three times. They might, if they pee twice a day normally, they might pee three or four.

So I'll just ask some of them. Is there during the detox period, is there anything that we need to avoid, any foods that we need to.

Four times. And that's not anything unusual or anything.

At all that we need to think about and consider while our dogs are.

You want to do these. Like I said, you know, six to eight weeks, you can do them up to three months. But six to eight weeks is kind of the. The main detoxing time. And. But yeah, those are, like, things that have things that you should avoid. I would avoid kitchen sinking your dog. Okay. So that means, like, detoxing. I think the most important thing is to try to feed the healthiest diet you can. With detoxing, you can get some symptoms. Like, you can get some. Like, some dogs get zits, little pimples that usually just say that you found, like, a list of 15 things you can give your dog for detoxing in the spring. Giving them all 15, you know, I'm going to give them spirulina, I'm going to give them wheatgrass, and then I'm going to give them chlorella, and then I'm going to give them every herb that Rita talked about. No. So. And people do it. And it's only because, you know, while we're seeking these alternative practices for our dog, I think people get really desperate. You know, they want to find something that will work alternatively for their dog. They're not sure which one they should use. And that's why I talk about energetics, because when, you know, if an herb is warming, you don't want to give it to a warm dog, because what happens is it causes inflammation in the body, and inflammation is the mother of all disease. So we want to bring down inflammation. So. So using energetics as a means to pick herbs and supplements for your dogs can go a long way. So, like, we wouldn't want to use Violet on a cool dog unless we were. We could use it, like, just specifically, like, if the dog had a breast tumor, because it's really good at, like, mammary congestion. And we would use it in a different way, but for detoxing, we wouldn't want to do that because it's going to cause more stagnancy than it is pushing through stagnancy. So I think that if you kind of learn, try to learn about the energetics, go away. You can get, especially with any type of herb that's going to move the lymphatics. You can get more urination. So you could say, oh, my dog's peeing so much. But the thing is, is that you want them to pee. You want them to go to the bathroom. They might go to the bathroom more instead. Like, one Dog goes to the bathroom twice a day. I mean, you know, if they poop twice a day, they might poop three times. They might. If they pee twice a day normally, they might pee three or four times. And that's not anything unusual. You want to do these, like I said, you know, six to eight weeks. You can do them up to three months. But six to eight weeks is kind of the, the main detoxing time. And. But yeah, those are like things that have things that you should avoid. I would avoid kitchen sinking your dog. Okay. So that means like of your dog. I think that can be a really good thing. As far as what not to do. I'm just thinking, you know, just don't. Kitchen sink your dog. Don't try to chew too much at one time. One thing I do like to do is say, for instance, you were going to say that you found like a list of 15 things you can give your dog for detoxing in the spring. Use all four herbs or all three herbs. I like to put giving them all 15. You know, I'm going to give them spirulina, I'm going to give them wheatgrass, and then I'm going to give them chlorella. And then I'm going to give them every herb that Rita talked about five to seven days between adding each one.

Oh, okay. That's good to know.

No, so. And people do it and it's only because. So that you can see how your dog reacts to it. The first 72 hours of anything new that you give your dog is when you're going to see an issue. That's when you're going to see something come up. And you know, while we're seeking these alternative practices for our dog. Like I was working with a human client yesterday and she said that she tried. She was, she's a cold person and she was using calendula and she had a headache the first day she used it. I think people get really desperate. You know, they want to find something that will work alternatively for their dog. They're not sure which one they should use. And that's why I talk about energetic. And she peed a lot. But that all went away like into the second, like almost all the way through the second day. She was on it it all. Because when, you know, if an herb is warming went away and it hasn't come back, so that's what you call an aggravation. And usually they happen between like 0 to 72 hours on a new. You don't want to give it to a Warm dog. Because what happens is it causes inflammation in the body, and inflammation is the mother of all disease. So we want to bring down inflammation. So using energetics as a means to pick herb. And so that's why I like to leave about three days to five days in between adding herbs so that you can see anything that's kind of abnormal, like, say, for. And supplements for your dogs can go a long way. So since you gave cleavers. Cleavers can be really good for itching. So you gave cleavers and your dog was itching, like, pretty consistently for like a day and a half. Oh, like, we wouldn't want to use Violet on a cool dog unless we were. We could use it, like, just specifically if it. Like if the dog had a breast tumor, because it's really good at, like, mammary congestion. And we would use it in a. That would probably be the cleavers. And it should go away at maximum 72 hours. And if it doesn't, then you probably discontinue that herb or discontinue it for a week and then give it at a lower dosage and see how it goes. But at least that way you can tell how your dog is reacting to each herb when you leave a few days in between a different way. But for detoxing, we wouldn't want to do that because it's going to.

So is there any cause more stagnancy.

Than it is pushing through stagnancy? So I think that if you kind of learn. Try to learn about the energetics of your dog, I think that can be a really good thing. As far as what not to do.

You kind of answered this question already, but is there any situation where we would have to abort and, like, not do the detox anymore? Like any.

Yeah. So anytime you have a respiratory issue. So anytime. I haven't had this happen hardly ever. I'm just thinking, you know, just don't. Kitchen sink, your dog. Don't try to chew too much at one time. One thing I do like to do is say, for instance, you were going to use all four herbs or all three herbs. I like to put. But dogs are individuals, so it could happen, like, anytime you have a respiratory aggravation that's causing any type of breathing issue, you don't want to do that. If you say, for you gave an herb and for two days straight, you had. Or for five. No, let's say not two, three days straight. You. Five to seven days between adding each one.

Oh, okay. That's good to know.

So that you can see how your dog reacts to it. The first 70 had bloody stool. You probably want to stop. And then you would wait a week, you give less dose of the herb and if the bloody stool came back, you would not give that herb again.

Okay.

Something severe, you know, like, oh, two hours of anything new that you give your dog is when you're going to see an issue. That's when you're going to see something come up and that's. Or vomiting can happen. With spring detoxing, vomiting is like. I was working with a human client yesterday and she said that she tried, she was, she's a cold person and she was using calendula and she had a headache the first day she used it and she peed a lot. But that all went away, like into the second, like almost all the way through the second day. She, she was on it. It all actually very natural for dogs. You just don't want chronic vomiting where they're vomiting like three, four times a day for like four days in a row. If they vomit once or twice in the, like three day period where you start or the five day period where you start that herb and by day five, four or five, you haven't had any vomiting, you should be fine. But when you got something chronic going on where it just won't stop. Discontinue. Yeah.

All right, awesome. Guys, do you have any more questions for Rita?

Rita went away and it hasn't come back. So that's what you call an aggravation.

See the questions as well.

Yeah, I can, I'm looking. It says, can we also just give dried herbs mixed in with food? Yes, we can. Just the ones that I, I told you that can be dried like the burdock root and the milk thistle, but you can also, and usually they happen between like 0 to 72 hours on a new. Mix any kind of fresh herbs into the food. How about infused herb? And so that's why I like to leave about three days to five days in between adding herbs so that you can see anything that's kind of abnormal, like, say for calendula. Infused calendula is fine. I don't use it a lot. However, if you're going to infuse calendula, you can do dried, which you can, since you gave cleavers. Cleavers can be really good for itching. So you gave cleavers and your dog make it into a tea and you can get dried calendula pretty, pretty easily. You want to infuse that for about 20 to 30 minutes dog was itching like pretty consistently for like a day and a half. That would probably be the cleavers. And it should go away at maximum 72 hours. Now if it's fresh calendula, it's going to be very resinous. So you got to do really hot hot water and you're going to. You're going to infuse that for about. And if it doesn't, then you probably discontinue that herb or discontinue it for a week. 45 to 50 minutes to practice. Probably over an hour with the cap on. With a cap on it. And then you could use that. Any other questions? I don't see any others.

Larry's checking right now on Facebook. I'm not sure if we're missing anything.

Yeah. And if anybody's watching the replay of this and then give it at a lower dosage and see how it goes. But at least that way you can tell Facebook Live they can always tag me in the how your dog is reacting to each herb when you leave a few days in between questions.

Yeah, my boy has environmental allergies. His poop becomes loose this time of the year. And of course.

So is there any. You kind of answered this question already, but there any.

Skin. What can I use to support his immune system and gut support, please.

I'm thinking that he's probably a more.

Warmer dog situation where we would have to abort and like not do the detox anymore.

Did you say loose stool and itchy skin?

Yes.

Yeah.

I would probably use. I would probably start with the cleavers like any. Yeah. So anytime you have a respiratory issue. So anytime I haven't had this happen hardly ever. But there's dogs are individuals so it could happen like anytime you have a respiratory ag. And you can actually. Or the. Or the chickweed. Like you could get dried chickweed and make like an infusion and you can invasion. That's causing any type of breathing issue. You don't want to do that. Actually use. Use it as a rinse for the dog. Itchy skin. It's really good for itchy skin. But I would use either the cleavers or the chickweed or the combination of both for that do.

Okay, awesome.

If you say for you gave an herb and for two days straight you had. Or for five. No, let's say not two, three days straight.

You someone else Belinda is asking when is the ideal time to give her had bloody stool.

You probably want to stop and then you would wait a week herbs before or after? I didn't hear that? I heard. To give herbs before or after. I'm gonna wait for you guys to come on. It's a little frozen. There you go. The best time to give herbs before or after what you give less dose of the herb. And if the bloody stool came back.

Yeah. Before or after food? But you already said. I think it's before food, right?

Yeah, before food, with the tincture, with food, with the dried or fresh, you would not give that herb again.

Okay.

Something severe, you know, like. Oh, that's. Or vomiting can happen with spring detoxing. Vomiting is actually very natural for dogs. You just don't want chronic vomiting where they're vomiting. Yeah.

Okay.

And if you can't give the tincture before food, you can give it on the food.

Okay.

It's preferable. Not. But if you have to, sure. Like three, four times a day for like four days in a row. If they vomit once or twice in the like three day period where you start or the five day period where you start that herb, and by day five, four or five, you haven't had any vomiting, you should be fine.

Okay, so Diane is asking, so how are you sure if your dog is hot and cold? One of mine seems to be a little of both.

But when you got something chronic going on where it just won't stop, do.

You go with what is most prevalent at the time of the year? Does it. Does it actually change throughout the year?

Some dogs can change. Discontinue. Yeah.

Awesome.

Very little. They'll go like a little this way or a little that way. I would. I would probably go with their behavior inside the house. You know, are they sleeping under.

Guys, do you have any more questions for Rita? Rita, can you see the questions as well?

Yeah, I can. I'm looking. It says, can we also just give dried herbs mixed in with food? Yes, we can. Just the ones that I threw the covers. Do they come out of the. Like, do they want to sleep a little bit under the covers or do they come out of the covers? Do you see them sleeping on dog beds or on the floor? Are there, you know, when they're just laying around not exercising, you know, feel their head and paws. Do they feel cold or warm or. I told you. That can be dried like the burdock root and the milk thistle. But you can also mix any kind of fresh herbs into the food. How about infused calendula? Infused calendula is fine. I don't use it a lot. However, if you're going to infuse calendula, you can do dried, which you can make into a tea, and you can.