16 Essential Oils For Your Dog

 Essential oils are able to produce the desired result quicker than herbs. A drop of peppermint oil is equal to 26 cups of peppermint tea. Essential oils have multi-effects whereas many drugs usually have only one medical property plus negative side effects.

Applying essential oils to their paws is not recommended by some healthcare professionals. Pets lick their feet and this could cause possible irritation as saliva is similar to water. Essential oils enter the skin quickly. Compounds like fertilizer, antifreeze, and other toxicants could be absorbed more quickly when essential oils are applied to their paws.

I have taken advice from Dr. Nancy Brandt, DVM, and used the knowledge in my dog breeding business. She is a holistic vet located in Las Vegas, NV, and uses Young Living essential oils in her practice. Most essential oils should be diluted with a base or carrier oil before applying them to your pet. For dogs, the recommendation is 1 drop of essential oil to 10 drops of base/carrier oil and for cats, rabbits, and ferrets, 1 drop of essential oil to 25 drops of base/carrier oil. You may listen to Dr. Brandt's 1/29/2009 lecture on the internet addressing 16 Young Living essential oils that a pet owner should have on hand.

In my opinion, the best base or carrier oil is organic cold-pressed olive oil, grapeseed oil, or fractionated coconut oil. Avoid nut oils if your pet is allergic to nuts. I recommend using the V-6 enhanced vegetable oil complex by Young Living as base/carrier oil. The ingredients of V-6 are Fractionated Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, and Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil. Cold-pressed olive oil and grapeseed oil are other options to use as a base/carrier oil.

Oil and water do not mix; water causes the oil to irritate your pet's skin. If your pet has the sensitivity to any essential oil, dilute the oil with base/carrier oil or add more base/carrier oil to where you applied the essential oil. If any essential oil gets into your pet's eyes rinse with base/carrier oil, never water.

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