Last updated: September 2026
This site is not veterinary advice
Everything on Natural Dogs Australia is general information for Australian dog owners. It is not a diagnosis, not a treatment plan, and not a substitute for seeing a veterinarian.
Louisa O’Neill has spent more than sixty years working with animals. She is not a veterinarian and holds no veterinary or naturopathic qualification. Her authority here is first-hand experience, and where that experience runs up against veterinary evidence, the evidence wins — you will find articles on this site that tell you a popular natural remedy does not work.
If your dog is unwell, call a vet. If it is after hours, call an emergency clinic. Several of the things written about on this site — paralysis ticks, snake bite, cane toad poisoning, heat stroke — kill dogs in hours, and no amount of reading replaces getting the animal seen.
We cannot advise on your individual dog
We are asked this often, so it is worth being direct about it. We cannot tell you what is wrong with your dog, what to give it, how much, or whether something is serious enough to warrant a vet. Not by email, not on social media, not for payment.
This is not us being unhelpful. Louisa is in Queensland, where the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936 defines giving advice based on a diagnosis as an act of veterinary science. Someone without a veterinary registration doing that is breaking the law, and more to the point, would be guessing about an animal they have never seen.
Comments are switched off across the site for the same reason.
Commissions and affiliate links
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Where a page carries affiliate links, it says so in plain words at the top of the page, before the recommendation, not buried in small print at the bottom. We do not take payment in exchange for a positive write-up, and a commission does not change what we say about whether something works. If we think a product is a waste of money, we say so, including when we would have earned something from it.
Products and claims
Veterinary medicines and many pet health products are regulated in Australia by the APVMA. We do not claim that any product prevents, treats or cures a disease unless it is registered to do so. Where the evidence for something is thin, we say the evidence is thin rather than dressing it up.
Prices, availability and product formulations change. Anything we quote was correct when written and should be checked before you buy.
Links to other sites
We link out to veterinary bodies, government agencies, research and retailers. We do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content or their privacy practices.
Accuracy and liability
We take real care with what is published here and correct mistakes when we find them. Even so, this is general information written for a whole country of dogs, and it cannot account for your dog, its breed, its age, its medications or where you live. To the extent the law allows, we accept no liability for loss or injury arising from acting on what you read here rather than consulting a veterinarian.
Nothing on this page limits any right you have under the Australian Consumer Law.
Found something wrong?
If you think something on this site is inaccurate — particularly if you are a vet — please tell us at info@naturaldogsaustralia.com.au. Corrections are welcome and will be made.