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The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable

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Juliette Levy is a legend in the world of natural healing. Her courage in speaking out against the unnatural methods of raising dogs, cats and farm animals often brought her much criticism, but the practices set forth in her book have stood the tests of time and have saved many an animal that might otherwise have been lost. She offers not only an extensive list of plants and their uses, but also speific protocols for a variety of illnesses, all very clearly explained and laid out. She outlines specific dietary regimines as well, for the purpose of maintaining maximum health and supporting an ill animal through the healing process. I have personally used her methods with my own animals with great success. No serious herbalist or student of natural healing should be without it.

I have used this book for years and it has done wonders for my animals. It difinitely saved lives of animals the vet had given up on.The information is specific, with easy to understand instructions for preparation of herbs and what/when/why of their use.

I am a goat farmer for many years now. I have bought many books on goats, veterinary manuals, and so on, but this book is the first one I turn to for animal ailments. Natural rearing methods produce better and healthier kids than any other method. I bought one doe kid who was so ill with a disease that affected her brain that I was going to put her out of her misery--- it was too late for a vet to do any good. With the herbal treatments in this book, the goat recovered and lived over a year in good health.

We raise our animals naturlaly/organically. We had been searching for a book that would help us with our animals in such a way medically, if needed. A friend of ours, who has been doing what we're doing for decades, highly recommended this book, telling us it would become our farm "bible". After reading just a few pages of this, we quickly realized what she meant, and we have been reading from it and using it ever since. It is very clearly written, easy to understand, and a joy to use. The author gives a wonderful history of herbal medicines in a farm/livestock setting. She clearly explains how to prepare the herbs (in tinctures, poultices, etc.) for the animals. She breaks it down for the different animals as well. This book is a joy to own-- we're very pleased with our purchase.

THis book is a great resource for anyone who wants to keep their animals healthy. Prevention is the best medicine, and this gives all the best prevention tips you could need. Your cattle, horses, sheep, goats, poultry and sheep dogs will thank you for purchasing this book.
This book has already paid for it'sself on my farm

This is a great resource for preventative care. This is not a quick fix of an animal down and dying - it's more day to day prevention in focus as often it should be. It greatly lessens the chemical medications needed for care of animals. The point of dogs being adapted to fasting/feasting in the natural state and, in the wild, consume small animals and birds bones and all, is a point for additionally feeding raw. Some of the terminology is UK based ('lurchers' in dogs for example) but a good and well-used book to have on hand and *use*! If you save one vet call it's worth the cost of this book; and many have saved animals from it. It works!

This is the very best book I've ever come across to teach how to use herbs and natural remedies for specific animal situations! I love this book and will never be without it. I have already started using some information from the section on sheep/stock dogs, with immediate and visible improvements. It is the most in depth book I've ever found, as well as the most knowledgeable author I've read for this subject.

Its exactly what I need to get my animals on the right track. Some of the content seems a little out there but I am seeing great results, so I'll stand by it. Our horses love the herbs and they have never looked better!

I found this book very helpful indeed. As a new shepard with no desire to pump my animals full of chemicals, I found this book to be a life saver with easy to follow instructions on how to use herbs and foods to keep your stock healthy, well and chemical free. Bravo!

I'm a equine professional and read through the horse section of the book half the stuff she has you do for the horse will kill the horse more then help. A fly remedy of putting used motor oil on your horse. You are polluting your horse its food and environment. Very very bad idea. I don't know much about other animals but not for horses. A lot of other things like cherry tree tea for coughs, I do believe that cherry trees are poisoness to horses. Laminitis she has you putting an hot poultice on the hooves. You will make it worse by adding more heat to the already hot feet. You need to cool those feet off as fast as possible to stop the laminitis. It is the worse thing I've ever read when it comes to horses. Might as well tell me to shoot the horse it will suffer less.