Annie Dog

Another eventful morning at our house today.  Amidst a developing amoxicillin allergy for Mr. Charlie, Annie needed to be taken to the groomer for her day of beauty. 

Some of you may be aware of the scary troubles I've had with my sweet orphan Annie dog lately.  She was having some tremors about a month ago and the vet was concluding that she likely had some neurological issue.  He treated her over the weekend and my Annie was back.  Until the meds wore off and Annie began the same, lethargic behavior.  We had her treated with a steroid again and eventually she perked back up.

In the meantime, I began speaking with one of my friends about Annie and my current use of essential oils.  I've really enjoyed using essential oils, mostly for myself, sometimes for my kids. My friend sent me a link to an article that talked about the dangers of essential oils and pets, specifically tea tree oil (which I use a lot).  I really didn't think this would be an issue because I never used the oils on Annie and she didn't really have access to them.  Or so I thought.

When I leave Annie alone at the house, I shut her into my bathroom so she won't have an anxiety attack and chupe on the living room carpet like she so often used to do.... Then I realized, I use these oils in my bathroom... Sometimes there may or may not be a rogue cotton ball that missed the trash can.  Maybe, this little dog is sniffing tea tree laced cotton balls....!

So I decided to start shutting Annie into the boys' bathroom when I leave the house.

Maybe I'm crazy, but Annie seems to be doing SO much better.  She's put back on the weight that she had lost.  She hasn't had any tremor episodes.  She appears to be good ole Annie dog. 

I might owe Annie's life to the friend who brought this to my attention.  You know who you are... :) 

So FYI friends.  If you use or want to start using essential oils and you have pets, use caution.  They can be very dangerous for those animals and their powerful sniffers.

http://m.naturalnews.com/news/022909_pet_health_essential_oils.html