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By China at 7:28 PM

What did pet owners do before there were so many options for assisting their pets when they are in need of pet meds. I suppose there were known plants and herbs that were available. Actually, I suppose there still are more natural remedies than just the pet meds your veterinarian offers. I have no problem with giving my Hannah, a beautiful but smallish golden retriever, natural, more holistic foods and health care products. I just really do not know very much about them. And I honestly don't want to take a chance with something as important as heartworm medication when I live in an area that gets absolutely infested with mosquitoes every summer. And as far as fleas go, I don't want to take a chance with giving her garlic supplements or some such thing to ward off the fleas when I live in an area that has such sandy soil, where the fleas love to breed. I do give Hannah some supplements that contain garlic as well as brewer's yeast which is supposed to help her develop healthy skin and shiny fur, but I am not convinced that it is doing her much good thus far. She seems to have very sensitive skin and scratches often enough that even when I cannot find a flea on her, I know something itches! Have you ever had itchy skin for any reason? Well, it will drive you crazy if you don't get something to help you with it. You cannot sleep, you cannot think for scratching and scratching. And even though I make sure I give her whatever pet meds the vet recommends for fleas, she still scratches a lot. Recently, she had scratched one spot on her belly completely raw and scratched off all the fur. It was on her underbelly and when I did not have anything on hand from the vet over a long weekend, I used a cream that I always used on my children when they had a scrape or bug bite of minor injury of some kind. It worked like a dream and within twenty-four hours, she began to get some serious relief. I guess sometimes you just have to use common sense when you cannot get to a veterinarian and the need does not call for an emergency animal hospital. I did have to use an emergency facility once before on a weekend when my regular vet was not available and though they attempted to take care of her immediate problem, Hannah certainly did not get the special attention as she does at our veterinarian.