I received a message from Dogster member Dixie about a new clinic in the Chicago area.
I’m passing on the info for other Dogsters who live around there and may want to check out the new facility at this weekend’s open house.
Exciting news for Chicago-area pups whose pawrents are looking for cutting edge, state-of-the-art veterinary care for their four-legged family members. The Chicago Center for Veterinary Medicine has opened a new clinic on Chicago’s Near West Side.
You’ll love the name. Furnetic. And what we love even more than the name is that this clinic is affiliated with the prestigious University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine at Champaign-Urbana. When the Crew fell ill from various diseases/cancers, the UofI Vet Med School was suggested by many people as a place we could go to pursue treatments above and beyond those available at regular veterinary clinics. With the opening of this new Chicago-area vet center, we will have local access to UofI specialists and equipment that can save lives.
Thank you, Chicago Center for Veterinary Medicine, and thank you University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine at Champaign-Urbana, for answering the prayers of many pawrents in the Chicago metro area and opening Furnetic.
To learn all about Furnetic visit their website and if you have time stop by their open house this weekend.
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If you have an older dog you are probably quite familiar with cataracts. Any dog that is lucky enough to become a senior is in all likelihood going to get them.
Cataracts cause a clouding over the lens of the eye, which blurs vision and can potentially cause blindness if not treated. The standard treatment to remove them is with surgery, which can be costly.
Donita Mason, from the Salt Lake Alternative Pet Examiner, wrote an article on treating cataracts using alternative remedies.
One of the heartbreaks that happen as animals age is the development of cataracts. This is much more common in dogs than in cats. When it gets to the point that the animal can no longer see, traditional medicine says the only thing they can do for it is surgery to remove the cloudy lens. The surgery is expensive and many loving owners would find it difficult, especially in today’s financial state, to come up with the funds for the surgery. The chances of helping an animal with surgery is even less if the animal has shown up at a rescue group. For these situations it has just been accepted that the animal was blind.
MSM and Flaxseed oil
In talking with a local vet he has assured me that this treatment would be “safe for any mammal.” You are going to need a couple of eye droppers, some saline solution or a very mild eye drop, pure MSM with no additives, and cold pressed flaxseed oil. On the flaxseed oil, you want to make sure it is the cold pressed that you get from the refrigerated section of your local health food store. You want the cold pressed to insure that in the process of getting the oil, it has not been altered in any way. Flaxseed oil is easily affected by heat and light. The bottles that are in the cooler are dark to prevent the light from affecting it. In addition, doctors view the cold pressed oil to be the most effective.
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