The Two Most Popular Essential Oils For Your Dog And Their Uses

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Essential oils have been used for hundreds of years. Until the last few years, though, you didn’t hear much about them and their powerful benefits. But they are now on the rise again. Using high quality, pure essential oils can have many benefits for us. Essential oils for your dog can also have many health benefits.

What Are Essential Oils?

Before we talk about using the essential oils, we first should define what is an essential oil in the first place.

An essential oil is a bioavailable nutritive liquid. This liquid is derived from flowers, plants, trees, etc., through a special distillation process. Essential oils (when left in their purest, non-diluted state with no synthetics added) can have a 100% kill factor on harmful viruses, bacteria, funguses, mold and tumors.*

The Key To Using Essential Oils

The key to using an essential oil in the ways I will describe here, though, is to make sure you 1) know your source, and 2) the oils are derived from certified organic plants not grown with pesticides in order to have the full effect of the oil.

Where Did The Term Aromatherapy Come From?

Aromatherapy is often a word you’ll find associated with the essential oils. The phrase was first “coined” by French chemist Dr. Rene-Maurice Gattefosse, Ph.D., in 1920. This is one of the most popular ways to use essential oils.

One day while Dr. Gattefosse was working in his laboratory, he had an accident. It caused a third-degree thermal burn to his arm and hand. His immediate reaction was to plunge his arm into what he thought was a vat of water. But rather it was a vat of lavender oil. So, he continued to use the lavender oil to treat his burn. Which eventually healed completely and left absolutely no scar!

Now please keep in mind that most of the essential oils on the market today have synthetics added to them. They are basically made for the cosmetic industry and are not nutritional. However, there are some excellent therapeutic grade oils on the market that are pure, unadulterated oils. These oils can be used internally, topically and inhaled (aromatherapy) as powerful immune system builders.

Essential Oils And Your Dog

While essential oils for the most part have been created with humans in mind, many people are using essential oils in their pet care successfully, and I’m one of them.

How Do Essential Oils Work?

The essential oils work synergistically with the body to maintain, help, repair, and renew it right down to our DNA. The “oil” from the plants is similar to our blood and immune system. So, the oils work very harmoniously within our bodies. They go in and oxygenate and detoxify our blood simulatenously and create an environment where pathogens cannot live!

Even more exciting is when the oils are either directly inhaled or diffused (using a cold air diffuser) they will cross the blood-brain barrier and clean out the petrochemicals. Due to their adaptagenic qualities they go into our blood streams, cells, etc., and seek out where they are needed like little therapeutic agents. How amazing is that!

You might be thinking, “I don’t have any petrochemicals in my brain or blood and even if I do, my pets don’t”. Think again.

Dr. David Stewart, PhD, wrote in his article Essential Oils for Things That Bug You Around the House the following “Among the many chemicals in our industrial environment that get into our systems and make us sick are the pesticides we use in our homes. We use them because they are toxic to the creatures that bug us, but they are also toxic to us. Sometimes the toxicity is immediately apparent: we get a headache, get sick or feel nausea from the fumes or other contact.

At times the toxicity is subtle and can accumulate resulting in chronic complaints and disorders. This (including allergies, cancer and miscarriages) that can be serious and even deadly over time. Sometimes we even put poisons on our pets to deal with ticks and fleas, not realizing that these substances are not healthy for us nor our animals.”

Pesticides normally include some kind of petrochemical. This means that if we don’t take responsibilty for our health and the health of our pets, we can become sicker and sicker through the use of all these pesticides, herbacides, and chemical cleaning products in our homes. What affects us can affect our pets even faster and more readily. This is because they are lying on our chemically cleaned floors and in our chemically treated and fertilized yards.

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How Can You Remove Toxins From Your Home?

There is hope though! By using therapeutic grade essential oils, we can eliminate much of the poisons from our homes and in our bodies. And that includes our dogs too! While I can’t go into depth in one single article, I can leave you with some information on a few of the essential oils you may want to get immediately to start implementing the change in your lives and the lives in your dog.

When using therapeutic grade oils, you can use undiluted (certain oils) on skin, inhaled, or even internally with some oils. To apply any to your dog, you may choose to diffuse them in a diffuser until your dog becomes used to the oils. With cats it is always a good idea to err on the side of caution. This is because some of the essential oils that are safe for dogs can be toxic to cats. Always consult your veterinarian before using any essential oils with either your dog or your cat. Do your homework before embarking on the oils for your pets, especially your cats. Research the company and make sure that their oils are pure and not full of additives.

The Two Most Popular Essential Oils For Your Dog

Lavender oil

Lavender essential oil has so many uses benefits. It’s great for burns, cuts, scrapes, sunburns, it is an all-purpose oil. Add to that the calming effect and wonderful smell, you can’t go wrong with this oil. It can be used on bee stings and insect bites also. And is a good oil (when diluted with a organic mixing oil such as olive or almond) for cleaning your dog’s ears. When you use any of the oils (neat or straight undiluted) the oils act an insect repellant. When you mix them with water they act as a natural pesticide. This oil is a good repellant to chiggers, fleas, flies, mosquitoes, and ticks!

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Peppermint oil

Peppermint oil is great for relieving doggy flatulence (and human), diarrhea, indigestion, as an anti-inflammatory, and can reduce fevers. You can also use it before or during a workout to boost your mood and reduce fatigue -I do daily! Oh and the best part -it can curb your appetite! This oil is also good at getting rid of many bugs. This includes ants, aphids, beetles, catepillars, fleas, flies, lice, moths, plant lice, and spiders.

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There are many many more oils to help you for nearly every single medical protocol for you and your dog. These are just two of the most popular oils. But please do your research before you try a new oil with your dog. Some essential oils can be toxic to our pets. Always do your research and ask your veterinarian if the essential oil is safe to use with your pet.

*Disclaimer: All information presented here is intended for entertainment purposes only. It is not provided in order to diagnose, prescribe or treat any disease, illness or injured condition of the body or pets. The author, publisher, and contributors accept no responsibility for such use. Anyone or their pets suffering from any disease, illness or injury should consult with their physician or veterinarian. Do not use essential oils with your pets without consulting your veterinarian first.