Guest Post: Help your dog become and stay healthy with CBD
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Author’s bio: Luke is the editor in chief at Greencamp, a medicinal cannabis blog that educates people on the many benefits of cannabis as a plant for both humans and their best friends.
My dog died just shy of 3 years ago. His name was Bari (pronounced Burr-eeh) and he was a quirky little English Cocker Spaniel who unfortunately could’ve lived a bit longer than his 12 years. Well, I guess that’s what all ex-dog parents say at some point.
Bari was a sensitive dogo. Throughout his life, he had lime disease 3 times, several urinary infections which required antibiotics and countless other interventions, which required him to be anesthetized 4 times by the time he was ten.
Needless to say, with him being so prone to disease, we spent a small fortune on vets and even bigger fortune on medication. The biggest expense was, if I remember correctly, this particular type of dog food that he was prescribed when he had stomach issues.
What I am about to tell you right now would’ve saved me thousands of dollars and just might have given my best friend a few extra years of life.
Cannabidiol (CBD) a compound produced by the Cannabis Sativa plant helps restore dog’s overall health just like it does for us humans.
And here’s how that works…
As you can see from the infographic above, CBD
helps our dogs in many ways, is administered easily and the only requirement is
that you experiment with your dog to get the dosage right.
Cannabidiol does wonders for our dogs because
it fits into their entire system like a key inside a lock. See, there is an
entire network of cellular receptors and activators inside their body and that
network regulates hundreds of processes.
That is the endocannabinoid system. All
mammals have it.
Endocannabinoid system (ECS for short) is how
our nerves communicate between organs basically and is one of the main
components of the mammalian nervous system, including central and peripheral
nervous systems.
Medically speaking, ECS needs to function properly
for the mammalian body to do a good job at managing appetite, pain sensation,
mood and cognitive processes, primarily.
ECS functions through cellular activators and
receptors, which is mediated through endocannabinoids that our body produces
naturally. Cannabis Sativa contains 113 phytocannabinoids, all of which do an
amazing job at replicating our very own endocannabinoids, thus acting as a
natural supplement and stimulator.
The two main cannabinoids in cannabis are THC
and CBD. THC is toxic and harmful to dogs, so I won’t spend anymore time
explaining its effects.
CBD, however, is proven to have many medical
benefits for all mammals and that includes our furry friends. From the research
done on other mammals and reported experiences from other dog owners, we can
pull a conclusion that CBD is indeed helpful in balancing out the mind and body
of our dogs.
CBD does all of this primarily by activating
vanilloid, adenosine and serotonin receptors, which in turn help our dogs
battle allergies, anxiety, learned fears (especially fear of loud noises in
dogs), inflammation, seizures and even cancer.
As a final tip, I would recommend you find a
brand that produces organic CBD products with an attached lab test result from
an independent lab, as that is the only way to truly know what you’re buying.
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