Joey Green's Amazing Pet Cures: 1,138 Simple Pet Remedies Using Everyday Brand-Name Products [Paperback]

Joey Green (Author)

Book Description

Release date: April 26, 2011

From the man who knows how to fertilize houseplants with Jell-O and give someone a dry shampoo
with Quaker Oats comes the first book of pet care tips that tackles everyday pet illnesses, quirky behaviors, and animal smells and stains by tapping into the power of brand-name products.

 

The ever-inventive Joey Green presents fun and offbeat remedies for a wide range of pet troubles,
from bad breath and skunks to hot spots and ticks. Who would have guessed that ChapStik stops a nail bleed or that Listerine can quell itching? Why not forego expensive and toxic flea sprays and use Dawn dishwashing liquid or Johnson’s Baby Powder as a treatment instead?

 

Even though these tips sound quirky (use Smirnoff vodka to clean your pet’s ears?), they really do
work because many brand-name products contain soaps, degreasers, emollients, and moisturizers to
soothe, clean, dissolve, and heal quickly and safely. This fun-to-read book makes a great gift for pet
lovers and is a practical guide for anyone looking for simple and easy shortcuts to live the good life with a pet.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

JOEY GREEN is the author of more than 40 books. He’s a former contributing editor to National Lampoon and a former advertising copywriter. He appears regularly on news and entertainment television programs and at home and garden shows across the country.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books; 1 edition (April 26, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1605291285
• ISBN-13: 978-1605291284
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 0.9 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,048 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #87 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Pets & Animal Care

More About the Author

Joey Green, a former contributing editor to National Lampoon and a former advertising copywriter at J. Walter Thompson, is the author of more than fifty (yes, fifty) books, including "Contrary to Popular Belief," "Clean It! Fix It! Eat It!," the best-selling "Joey Green's Magic Brands" series, "The Mad Scientist Handbook" series, and "You Know You've Reached Middle Age If . . ."--to name just a few.

Joey has appeared on dozens of national television shows, including "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," "Good Morning America," and "The View." He has been profiled in the "New York Times," "People" magazine, the "Los Angeles Times," the "Washington Post," and "USA Today," and he has been interviewed on hundreds of radio shows.

A native of Miami, Florida, and a graduate of Cornell University (where he was the political cartoonist on the "Cornell Daily Sun" and founded the campus humor magazine, the "Cornell Lunatic," still publishing to this very day), he lives in Los Angeles.

You can visit him at www.joeygreen.com

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars STOP, THIS BOOK IS DANGEROUS TO YOUR PET'S LIFE: NEVER, EVER USE, FABRIC SOFTENER, OR PINE-SOL NEAR YOUR PETS. December 4, 2012

By Roberta D. Lacher

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There should be some minus star ratings, but since I had to pick one, I picked the lowest available.

STOP, never, never use fabric softener on your dog's coat. You will poison him slowly; it doesn't matter how much you have diluted it. The dog will lick his fur. Never, never use Pine-Sol, or any pine product on your rugs, or floors if you have cats. Pine is highly toxic to cats. Cats quickly absorb every chemical they come into contact with through their skin; once they have absorbed the chemical you cannot get it out even if they are smart enough not to lick it. They will, however, lick their paws. Dried Pine-Sol (which you can smell) is still on your floor, or rug. I will update this review with more caveats when I finish this book. These, however, stood out to me.

I promised more caveats after having read the entire book. Having finished this appalling excuse for a DIY help book for pets, I can only say throw the book on the fire, and join a posse to string up the author, whose advice probably already has poisoned innumerable pets. There is just too much advice everywhere about administering OTC medicines, herbs, and household chemicals to cats and dogs. Some of the things sound innocuous, because they are things that would not harm us, but will effectively kill your pet.

Here are a few examples: The idiot author says to put onion juice down to deter cats from playing in, or using an area. He says cats hate the smell and will avoid the area. The fact is that many cats will lick food with, or eat onion flavored anything. Onions cause an anemia in cats that if not treated promptly will cause death. If a cat steps on the onion juice treated carpet, he is still going to ingest it when he cleans his paws. How are you supposed to know your cat is sick in time, because by the time he is displaying symptoms, he is in dire straits? Oleander is poisonous to dogs and cats. This idiot author recommends its use.

Whatever vet he supposedly used as a consultant should be up on charges before the American Veterinary Association, and summarily have his license revoked.

This book is dangerous to the layperson, who will use many of the recommended solutions to their problems without first consulting either Poison Control, or their vets, to whom they are trying to avoid making extra visits.

There are other books out there, written by vets and alternative medicine practitioners that advocate safe, natural products for your pets. Chemicals are not natural. That is why we are having so many lawsuits over unsafe drugs causing toxic reactions and killing humans. Just listen to the incredible side effects with any advertised drug on TV. The cure can debilitate and destroy your organs. This book can cause that effect on your pets. Please, please, if you love your pets, check out this book's remedies prior to using any of them.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Better for reference than reading September 16, 2011

By Mary A. Swaty

Format:Paperback

Lots of good content here and I liked the "Get your pet to the vet" boxes that advise when not to attempt home remedies. That said, the brand-name thing gets old in a hurry if you are trying to read the book through to see what is there. Some brands may indeed have special virtues, but I can't believe that the brand of vinegar or baking soda, for instance, makes a lot of difference.

Useful as a reference book on your pet care shelf.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing pet care alternatives May 17, 2011

By YodaWay

Format:Paperback

Amazing money saving and eco friendly pet care product most of us have in our homes. I found something I needed right of the bat, How to keep dogs from dropping presents in your yard- cayenne pepper ! It worked, the spot was not visited again. I actually got giddy with all the great tips for every kind of animal. We are a family of animal lovers and have spent a fortune on basic need items. Here I found cheap and easy ways to clean spots, kill fleas, and care for many different kinds of animals without buying those expensive specialized store items. I think it is a book every animal owner should have on their shelf.