You may have heard about the benefits of CBD oil for humans, but did you know CBD oil benefits pups too?
How can CBD oil help you dog?
Anti-Anxiety
CBD oils helps to calm down hyper active or anxious dogs. It’s calming to the nervous system (in both people and dogs), without making your dog out of it, bleary eyed or sluggish.
Arthritis Prevention and Pain
CBD is a natural anti-inflammaotry and not only can it help prevent arthritis in dogs but it can treat arthritic pain and inflammation in your dog
Fights Cancer
CBD Oil Research shows CBD oil and other substances in hemp and cannabis have have an anti-tumor effect. It has even been shown to stop cancer cells from growing and increase tumor cell death. How? it helps the immune system’s killer cells to cause cancer cell death. It kills cancer cells by blocking their ability to produce energy, has anti-tumor properties that slow and inhibit glioma cell growth and can increase the efficacy of conventional cancer treatment.
What else?
Cannabis oil can be used to treat seizures, nausea, stress, anxiety, arthritis, back pain, symptoms of cancer, and gastrointestinal issues, among other health conditions in dogs but unlike some traditional pain medicine for dogs, medical cannabis has no life-threatening side effects with proper dosage, it doesn’t damage the kidney, liver, or GI tract. The dogs aren’t high or sedated.”
What is CBD oil?
CBD (Cannabidol), oil is the non-psychoactive element in both hemp and marijuana, meaning it doesn’t make your dog (or humans) high. CBD is present in both the hemp plant and the marijuana plant and is legal in just about every state in the US. (In Utah as long as the extract is composed of less than 0.3% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and at least 15% cannabidiol (CBD) by weight and does not contain any other psychoactive substance, its fine!
Will it make your dog high?
NO! CBD oil will not make your dog high. It does not contain the chemical compound (THC) in it and will not make your dog high. You may notice that it does however, help your dog to mellow.
Dosage:
CBD is an oil extract and comes in a dropper. The oil can be mixed into dog food or onto treats and is also available in pill form from some companies. Dosage is determined by weight and you should read each individual company’s directions for dosage, as oils come in different strengths!
Sources and More Reading:
https://draxe.com/cbd-for-dogs/
https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/cbd-oil-for-dogs/
https://sitstay.com/blogs/good-dog-blog/benefits-of-cbd-oil-for-dogs
https://www.petmd.com/dog/general-health/cannabis-oil-dogs-everything-you-need-know