How Lawn Chemicals Impact Your Dog

We aren’t veterinarians, and wouldn’t presume to tell you what to do for your pet, but what we can do is share with you information we have found in our research in order to support your pet’s health from this point forward.

Last week I got a call from a person who had one of our standard poodle puppies. Her puppy had become very sick. She was lethargic, had had diarrhea, vomiting, a little foaming at the mouth, and was lying very still. My first instinct was to test her for parvo or distemper, but she had had homeopathic remedies for those things, so I felt it couldn’t be that. But she was obviously in a lot of trouble.

We did some muscle-testing, and what came up was lawn chemical poisoning. The new owners do not do anything with chemicals, inside or outside the house. However, every day she was going for walks with her new owner through the neighborhood and past chemically treated lawns. Each of these days she became more and more -“just not herself,”they told me. The fifth day was the day she called me. This poor little puppy’s body couldn’t take any more poison and still go on. 

We both felt there was no time to waste, as this poor puppy was really suffering. The first thing they did, after praying for God’s guidance, was to transfer the frequency (rod) of 3 capsules of charcoal into her tummy. A few minutes later they could rod in Alfalfa capsules to support her body in neutralizing some of the chemicals. Then they had to wait another 20 minutes to give her a remedy. It was a combination of gelsemium for the body aches she was having from the poison (she didn’t want to be touched), oscillococcinum for the nausea, and nux vomica for the liver damage she would be suffering from the poison. They let that work for about 8 minutes, then placed a whole vial of gelsemium beside where she was laying, to continue supporting her body in relief of the aching throughout her body. 

Within minutes after giving their puppy the remedy they witnessed an improvement. She actually stood up, went out the doggy door and relieved herself. No more vomiting or diarrhea. She immediately returned to her bed though, as if this one effort had exhausted her little body. There was nothing else that could be done for almost 3 hours. They had to wait and let her immune system work for awhile before giving her more charcoal and alfalfa. Water was offered in small amounts (2 teaspoons) every 2-3 hours. Sometimes she took it, sometimes she didn’t. No food was offered because her insides were so raw from chemical damage.

The second day the puppy was better but still very weak. Again they did the rodding of charcoal and alfalfa. Today she didn’t test on homeopathics, but rest, homemade bone broth and water. She could take up to 2 tablespoons of beef broth at a time, but only 2 times for the whole day. She could also have 2 tablespoons of water at a time. She slept most of the day, but was able to get up and go outside to relieve herself. By evening, more improvement was noted, she had more energy and seemed a little hungry, but they didn’t want to risk irritating her stomach, so didn’t feed her more than the 2 tablespoons of broth.

Day three, the puppy was up and ready to eat in the morning. No more charcoal or alfalfa was required, and she was able to drink at will. Food was restricted to broth and a little oatmeal to soothe her stomach, and now she was able to take as much as she wanted. Play times were short-lived, as she was still a little weak, but definitely recovering.

She won’t be taking walks in the neighborhood anymore, or even be allowed in the front yard where there is more of a chance of their yard to be contaminated by the neighbor’s chemicals. Their back yard has an 8 foot privacy fence all around it, so that will be safer. What a toxic world we are creating for ourselves.