In the August issue of The Pet Club (Tokyo edition), the "mother" (owner) of Yumi and Gumi Akasaka, ten- and nine-year-old female Shih Tzus, revealed how she maintained their health in an article entitled, "French Maritime Pine Polyphenol .
The experience is hard to read on the site page, so we have reproduced it here below. Be sure to read it, won't you?♪
＊ The Pet Club is a free pet magazine that was distributed by pet hospitals in Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture and Keio Stores.
"This is the best thing for health maintenance!"
An experience from the "mother" of Yumi and Gumi Akasaka.
Yumi Akasaka, ten-year-old female Shih Tzu
Gumi, nine-year-old female Shih Tzu
These two girls were born with medical problems.
I was told by a veterinarian that the mother, Yumi, had urethral stones and an irregular heartbeat, and her daughter Gumi had the same illnesses. These girls are very dear to me, very important.
I have moved many times, trying to find a good environment for them.
Both of them can count the fingers I hold up and they can even "sing along" with "When You Wish Upon a Star" when it is played on a music box.
All considered, we just can't die first and leave these two alone, so I and my family are taking care of our health. Sometimes a friend says, "Let's go to a hot spring," or "Once in a while, let's take a trip abroad," but my life isn't worth living without these two girls, so I can't do things like that.
There was a time when I felt guilty that they had been born with medical problems, but I felt better after one of my friends told me, "It's precisely because it was your home that Yumi and Gumi were born there." So I am holding on to the thought that this relationship was meant to be.
Neither dogs nor cats make a decision to be born into this world. It is humans who arrange for their birth, so isn't it our responsibility to care for them throughout their lives?
These two need extra care, and for a long time I was searching for some health food that would benefit them. Imported products came in large chunks that were hard for my little dogs to get down.
And then I learned from some magazine about French maritime pine polyphenol, which a veterinarian was using both as a treatment and for health maintenance. Looking further into the matter, I found that Pinfenon is a product that makes it easier for small animals to take in the ingredient polyphenol, which is derived from plants.
Judging from the conditions for which pets were being given Pinfenon, some were taking it for chronic coughs due to cardiac insufficiency, and it had improved the condition of some who were suffering from allergies and relieved dandruff and/or itching in others.
I immediately bought some and tried it on my dogs, and they began to run around more energetically than before, their appetites improved, their coats became more glossy, and they seem to enjoy taking walks every day.
If it were possible to pay to buy their health, nothing could have a more reasonable price, considering that it is only what I would pay for a daily cup of coffee. I hope that many dogs and cats will be able to take French maritime pine polyphenol and live a long healthy life!