Took a dog to the vet this week -- it was a rescue dog and he had serious irritations on the front of his neck and he had just been neutered to get him ready for his new home.
The clinic that did the neutering gave me some spray for the neck and said I could also use it on the incision site. The dog really fought me -- no way did he want me to do that. So I took him to my vet the next day, and she took one look at the name of the spray and said that that product contains alcohol and of course that would really burn the skin, making the irritation worse and causing his incision to be quite pinkish read. I asked her what to use instead. Now, she is NOT an alternative vet, but she is a great diagnostician and she respects the health of our dogs. She said that the best thing to use for skin irritations on dogs is colloidal silver. I brought the dog home, started using colloidal silver (my husband makes ours and we always have plenty available). The dog still struggled, but the irritation started to heal. The dog left for his permanent today, and I sent the CS with him, both the little spray bottle and another bottle so they can refill the spray, and told them what our vet said to do. This is something that I will be posting to the dog lists that I own and the dog lists that I am on, but before I do, I wanted to ask this list if anyone else has done this and what more they can tell me about using CS for dogs with skin issues or other issues. Thanks, Joyce Miller -- "Self care is never a selfish act – it is simply good stewardship of the only gift that I have.” Parker Palmer http://dearjubilee-joyce.blogspot.com www.dearjubilee.com -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com>
