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July 21, 2025 113 mins

Ep.143 Have you ever wondered if it's possible to improve your dog or cat's longevity? If your dog is dealing with allergies, hot spots, gut issues, or mysterious behaviors, Rita is truly a wealth of knowledge on pet care that doesn't come around often. Rita Hogan, a holistic canine herbalist and author of “The Herbal Dog”,  breaks down everything you need to know about healing your dog with herbs, diet, and even your emotional regulation. Rita walks us through the top 5 herbs for dogs, why our animals are a reflection of our own nervous system dysregulation, how to heal our dogs' allergies, food intolerances, and aid antibiotic recovery with simple herbal remedies that can be easily made at home. She is truly the missing piece of the puzzle in our Western pet care system and generously shares her experience on improving your dog's day-to-day health and capacity for longevity.

 

 

HERE'S THE JUICE

  • Breaking down Rita's go-to post- antibiotic recovery protocol and the herbal alternatives that can  protect your pet.
  • The top 5 herbs every dog should be taking to support longevity.
  • What your vet won't tell you about flea and tick medicine and what to look out for
  • The importance of organ health
  • The key  to decoding your pet's behavior is to spot underlying health issues before they escalate
  • Why fixing your dog's microbiome could be the key to longevity and the three simple steps you can take to start supporting their gut health
  • Why your dog could mirror your stress, and the calming ritual that works for you both to support a healthy relationship

 

 

TimeCodes:

2:54– talking about Metronidazole

3:15— Blackberry leaf as a solution to diarrhea

 5:43— Antibiotic recovery protocol from Rita's book to fix microbiome

6:15— Lily chen tip to restore dog microbiome

9:15—Rita explains the importance of the gut being “prepared” so probiotics work

11:11— How to prepare the gut and make sure probiotics work: Three things (collustrum, plantains, yeast) that increase will boost the secretions of IGA

12:50— How did Rita become a canine herbalist

17:20— Issues with Feel and tick meds and hear worm meds

19:52— Knowing based behavioral cues of a dog what organ issues are

27:00— herbs to use for lymphomas

32:00— importance of balancing both you and your dog's nervous system

37;27— what is the limbic system and how is that involved in the immune system

43:00—talking about how bad phones, wifi, and smart homes are for us and for our dogs

49;45—importance of going back to the basics

51;47— top herbs for dogs

1:01:00- creating a healing protocol and digestive enzymes

1:14:00 - Proteins to feed dogs based on hot or cold energy

1:20:00- oral health links to kidneys

1:30:00- how to stabilize the nervous system for dogs

1:34:00- Using german chamomile to calm nervous system

1;40:00- flea and tick medicine

 

 

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