Aromatherapy is an excellent natural therapy for horses and dogs, not for cats though. Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils as a therapy to certain physical and mental ailments. When essential oils penetrate the bloodstream, they release their components that act on the various systems of the body and promote self-healing.

Animals react well to it and it is easy to use as long as you know which essential oils to use on your pets.

In our natural products for pets, we use specific carrier oils and other 100% natural ingredients for their therapeutic properties. Please visit our store to see our range.

Here is a list of these ingredients.

Aromatherapy is not a cure for all but certainly helps with certain ailments. Animals respond well to aromatherapy as it is a natural remedy.
The information bellow explains where essential oils have been found successful. Although based on human uses, it is easy to extrapolate these to our dogs and horses.

To start with, it is essential to state that before buying essential oils for your pets, it is of utmost importance that you only purchase the highest quality oils, 100% pure. Food grade and cosmetic grade essential oils are not considered the highest quality, even if stated they are 100% pure.

Animals are highly sensitive and you must only use the best.

Remember that essential oils are unsafe for cats (can be lethal). Floral waters are best suited for them.

There are many literature on unsafe essential oils but only a little on those unsafe for animals. One rule applies to all though is that if it is unsafe for humans, it is unsafe for animals as well.

It is important to know which essential oils you can use on your dog or horse and to remember that what might suit one, might not be suited for another one.

We use a selected number of essential oils in our products.

Here are their profiles:

It is common to see animals eat dirt or lick it. Some will rather drink from a mud hole than from a bucket with clean tap water. Clay is basically dirt with amazing therapeutic properties. So why would it be so strange to give clay to animals?

Clay is a natural element that has been used by humans and animals since the beginning of time. Animals will eat clay, drink water from a hole filled with clay and roll into it for various reasons.

Clay is not widely used in Anglophone countries whilst in Francophone ones, nearly every household will have a packet in its cupboard. Clay is part of any good horse stud, agistment properties and equine rehabilitation places and is readily available in saddleries or produce stores in various forms.

I have experienced the benefits of clay over the years and I would like to share some recent examples that had excellent results with horses.

How to prepare the Clay Paste, or mud, to apply on pets.

Clay is at its highest activity when moist, and should be renewed or replace after 2 hours. However, it can stay on for many more hours as long as it moist. Dried clay paste on the skin or coat is actually quite uncomfortable!

Some tips about using clay with pets

Here are 2 sample analysis for virgin coconut oil

We have compiled some information regarding the benefits of virgin coconut oil and tried to find data in relation to animals.

All uses available to humans are also available to animals.

Virgin coconut oil is clear and has a smell of fresh coconut whilst the copra coconut oil is yellow with some impurities and has a more rancid smell. So what is the difference apart from the look and smell?

We use extra virgin coconut oil for all of our products and as a supplement for our pets.

Herbs for horses are part of a natural diet, but do you know which herbs are not recommended for the pregnant mare or any other pregnant mammal? Here is a list compiled from various resources that you might find useful.

Here are the profiles of the herbs that can be given to horses. Don't forget that herbs are medicine and you should consult your veterinarian when required.

Herbology is the use of plants for healing and their therapeutic value. Herb plants produce and contain a variety of chemical compounds that act upon the body and are used to prevent or treat disease and promote health and well being.

This is an easy recipe to make your own macerated oil which you can then use on your pet within a massage blend or ointment.

This method describes the making of a herbal tincture that you can then use on your pet.

How to make an ointment or balm that can then be used on your pets.

Flower essences and how they can be used with animals