Home remedies are actually not what I am posting about exactly. Home remedies can be great. I do love the question and thread. That said, they can also kind of a 'watered down' way of saying what I'm going to say, so heck, I like to wade in the water first, , but I'll just jump in instead.
I most certainly do use 'home remedies' and more. I am a wellness adviser with an international essential oil company. Before that, I was doing holistic things and working with 'alternative' formats for over 30 years.
It does take some education within the various modalities you want to use. Homeopathy especially can be tricky. So does herbal care. The thing about knowledge tho, is that it just has a natural tendency to keep growing. It also takes learning about the animal's body, at the very least something about how it works. You have to get past the phrase, knowing just enough to get yourself into trouble.
Holistically is how I think, so when things happen, natural things are naturally how I think. I do this for serious care such as their health with food, and basic body functions when they get sick. I also do for other things, such as I make up their flea powder myself.
When it's something I don't know, such as how to set a broken bone, or if they need an xray, if there are questions about just what it is, or if it's truly an emergency, or if they are in such pain that nothing works, etc, then obviously I take them in. Even in situations where I had to have a diagnosis, after bringing home, I used holistic means back to their wellness.
