Medical Marijuana For Your Furry Friends

[Purveyor]

Some Pet Owners Have Looked To Cannabis To Treat Their Sick Pets

November 22, 2013 11:30 PM

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — When it comes to sick pets many owners will go to great lengths to help them feel better.

Now, some have started to take matters into their own hands and have turned to a remedy that isn’t even legal in some states, CBS 2?s Maurice Dubois reported Friday.

Rowyn Capers’ dog, “Luna,” was suffering from late-stage lymphoma and was put on an intense schedule of chemotherapy. The treatments came with devastating side effects.

“Her lymph nodes were like golf balls and she was coughing constantly and she couldn’t breath and I just thought it’s time to say goodbye,” Capers said.

Capers gave Luna medical marijuana to help ease her suffering.

“The first time I dosed her I was so scared. We were looking at her all night,” Capers said, “The more I increased her cannabis dose the less side effects that she had. The vomiting stopped, the diarrhea stopped.”

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[Politicalboi]

1. Great news

I hope this catches on.

[tridim]

2. A dog I know is given Cannabis for her crippling epilepsy.

Apparently it has cured her epilepsy by about 90% and she is living her life again. All from a small dose given as needed, about once every two months.

I'm sure her vet is wondering why she's doing so well. Her owner would love to tell him about it.

[Purveyor]

3. My Siberian threw out his hip a few years back and the meds the doc gave him just didn't get

the job.

One night as I was packing the pipe, Riley hobbled over and stared at what I was doing (staring at something is his unsubtle clue that he wants whatever it is he is looking at). He never had done that before so I thought, what the hey and gave him a small bud of some very decent medicine.

30 minutes later, he was up and sniffing around for lost treats and toys and he hadn't done that for since his accident.

Worked for him but this article is the first I'd seen for treatment of much more serious illness.

Worth a try when all else fails, imo.

[msanthrope]

4. My dog walker makes 'blondies' for some older pooches on her route. Works for them! nt

[In_The_Wind]

5. It's easier to feed 'em blondies than to blow smoke in their nose.

Good for her.

[msanthrope]

6. And, if you use refuse and shake, and render it out in butter or coconut oil

you can help your pet very cheaply. But I offer this advice only theoretically. Because as a lawyer, I cannot advise you to do something illegal, in your state.

[Walk away]

7. Pot Butter for dogs!

You can make Doggie Biscuits!

1/2 cup of peanut butter

1/4 cup honey

2 tablespoons of virgin coconut oil (with THC from Shake optional)

1 cup chicken broth

1 cup rolled oats

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup all-purpose flour

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together peanut butter, honey, oil and chicken broth. In a separate bowl, combine flours and oatmeal. Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Place dough on flour dusted surface. Roll or press dough out to about 1/4” inch thick. Use a small bone cookie cutter to cut out cookies. My cookie cutter was a 5-inch bone-shaped , but for small dogs you may want to use a small cookie cutter (around 2? . Roll out leftover scraps and cut out as many as possible. Put cut out cookies on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 14-16 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack.

[tridim]

8. Pre-vaped material works VERY well too.

No need to steep it in oil, it's already activated.

Dogs don't care that it tastes horrible.