Diarrhea in Dogs - Looking for the Cause

Diarrhea in dogs is an indication that your dog is ingesting something that is doing a great deal of harm. Both diarrhea and vomiting is a purging of the body. It is a good sign. It means you need to look at the cause, not the effect.

Diarrhea in dogs can be acute or chronic. An acute bout means that it occurs just the once and is resolved quickly. It may have been caused by eating something that is harmful, such as food poisoning.

Dogs have what I call ‘cast iron stomachs’. That is they are omnivores and can eat anything. Anything natural, that is. They can east rotting and decaying meat with impunity. They can eat a purely vegetarian diet, no problem. They can survive on a diet of earthworms in times of scarcity.

Dogs are very adaptable. To natural fluctuations and food. But not to man made problems.

Chronic diarrhea is when the condition keeps recurring, or never goes away completely. It comes about because they are constantly ingesting something that is harming their health.

And the most likely offender to this is the food you are feeding them. Processed, commercial dog food is highly toxic and nutrient poor. It doesn’t matter what the claims are on the packet, most of them are simply legal through careful wording, rather than actually truthful.

There are two things you can do to resolve diarrhea in dogs.

1. the first thing is to switch the food you are feeding your dog from a commercial brand to a quality homemade one
2. and the second thing to do is to purchase the homeopathic medicine Arsenicum album

This medicine is absolutely fabulous at assisting the body in expelling any toxins from the body. It may increase the purging over a short period, but you will notice that your dog is happier. Who wouldn’t be after dumping a toxic load?

It’s important to keep an eye out for dehydration with any amount of purging. A healthy dog will keep up their liquid intake. An unhealthy dog may not be able to address this themselves.

To quickly resolve diarrhea in dogs, either in the acute or chronic form, will prevent any problems that may develop because of it. But you need to assist their body in doing this, rather than in suppressing the symptoms.

Allergy Relief For Dogs - the Holistic Way

Allergy relief for dogs is all about finding out the cause. Why does your dog have allergies and not the one down the road?

If you can find the cause, then the solution is easy.

Any illness of any living being is a direct result of a compromised immune system.

If your dog’s immunity is low, then he’s likely to suffer much more than just allergies. Maybe not now, but assuredly, later in life.

The best way to treat any illness or disease for permanent resolution, is to focus on the immune system. If you simply focus on allergy relief for dogs, then you’re missing the whole point of disease.

Think holistically.

One of the most common things dogs do is eat. So look at the quality of the food you provide. If it’s a commercial brand of processed food, then I suggest this could be the biggest cause.

Processed pet food is very low in quality. It’s nutrient poor.

• The meat is normally high fat content and meat by-products (hooves, intestines and their contents, .road kill, euthanised pets, etc).
• This is then padded out by cheap filler such as sugar, melamine, sawdust, crushed nut shells, etc.
• Then a toxic preservative is added to ensure the product has a long shelf life (despite the label). Substances that would never be allowed in human food.

Do those ingredients sound like a healthy diet for your dog?

You can ensure your dog’s good health, by taking control of his diet. This is not as difficult as may think. In fact, once you have done it for a week, you just keep repeating it.

Feeding home made food is not expensive either. Although the raw ingredients are more expensive, you give less, as it’s nutrient rich.

And consider the visits to the veterinarian and the antihistamine that you don’t have to purchase.

It all adds up to a win-win situation.

So instead of looking for allergy relief for dogs, focus instead on what is the most likely cause of it. Address than, and the allergy goes on its own.

Dog Allergies and How to Treat Them in Two Easy Steps

Dog allergies seem to be on the increase. They itch, they scratch in the middle of the night, keeping you awake. Their skin gets eruptions that may or may not weep. They sneeze. They get diarrhoea. You have to be careful about foods. Veterinary care becomes expensive. All very inconvenient for your dog. But also for you.

Why should there be such an increase in dog allergies?

There really is only one reason.

And that is because their immune system is badly compromised. And this is caused by two things that you can start to address right away.

If you are feeding your dog a commercial pet food, that is one of the main reasons s/he has allergies. Most commercial pet foods, including most of the big names, are nutrient poor and chemically high. What do I mean by that?

Commercial pet food manufacturers are primarily chasing a fat profit. As there are no laws (at least no laws which work) in any country that I know of, anything goes.

The meat is of poor quality - hooves, dead and diseased animals, high fat content, etc. Then it’s padded out with a cheap filler such as sugar, melamine, corn, etc with no regard for the suitability of the food to the animal.

Isolated and synthetic ‘nutrients’ are added to try to redress the low quality. These nutrients are often impossible to digest and can cause harm later on.

Then preservatives and colours are added. Even if the packet claims to have no preservatives, all that means is that the pet food manufacturer didn’t add the preservative. But it could have been added at the rendering plant, where the ‘meat’ was purchased.

These preservatives are highly toxic and would never be permitted in human food. Preservatives such as ethoxyquin.

Is it any wonder that dog allergies abound now?

The other reason for their high incidence is that they are given so many vaccines, now. Vaccines have the opposite effect that many think - it knocks the immune system for six.

So if you can start feeding your dog real food, preferably raw, you’ll go a long way to cure his allergies.

And if you take him to an holistic vet who uses homeopathy, they will be able to undo some of the vaccine damage. Enough, perhaps, to improve his immune system to the point where he doesn’t have any allergies at all.

Once you know the cause of dog allergies, it’s easy to take measure to correct them.Dog Allergies and How to Treat Them in Two Easy Steps

Dog Allergies and How to Treat Them in Two Easy Steps

Dog allergies seem to be on the increase. They itch, they scratch in the middle of the night, keeping you awake. Their skin gets eruptions that may or may not weep. They sneeze. They get diarrhoea. You have to be careful about foods. Veterinary care becomes expensive. All very inconvenient for your dog. But also for you.

Why should there be such an increase in dog allergies?

There really is only one reason.

And that is because their immune system is badly compromised. And this is caused by two things that you can start to address right away.

If you are feeding your dog a commercial pet food, that is one of the main reasons s/he has allergies. Most commercial pet foods, including most of the big names, are nutrient poor and chemically high. What do I mean by that?

Commercial pet food manufacturers are primarily chasing a fat profit. As there are no laws (at least no laws which work) in any country that I know of, anything goes.

The meat is of poor quality - hooves, dead and diseased animals, high fat content, etc. Then it’s padded out with a cheap filler such as sugar, melamine, corn, etc with no regard for the suitability of the food to the animal.

Isolated and synthetic ‘nutrients’ are added to try to redress the low quality. These nutrients are often impossible to digest and can cause harm later on.

Then preservatives and colours are added. Even if the packet claims to have no preservatives, all that means is that the pet food manufacturer didn’t add the preservative. But it could have been added at the rendering plant, where the ‘meat’ was purchased.

These preservatives are highly toxic and would never be permitted in human food. Preservatives such as ethoxyquin.

Is it any wonder that dog allergies abound now?

The other reason for their high incidence is that they are given so many vaccines, now. Vaccines have the opposite effect that many think - it knocks the immune system for six.

So if you can start feeding your dog real food, preferably raw, you’ll go a long way to cure his allergies.

And if you take him to an holistic vet who uses homeopathy, they will be able to undo some of the vaccine damage. Enough, perhaps, to improve his immune system to the point where he doesn’t have any allergies at all.

Once you know the cause of dog allergies, it’s easy to take measure to correct them.

The Secret to Dog Potty Training in One Easy Step

One of the biggest problems people have with the dog potty training of indoor puppies is thinking too much about what it means to them (ie the mess to be cleared up) and not enough about where the puppy is coming from.

Obviously, this is understandable. But by focussing on this aspect, you tend to miss the main contributing factor.

If you are doing all the right things such as:

• taking the puppy outside periodically
• making a great fuss when he does perform outside
• and ignoring the ‘bad’ performances inside

but still your puppy seems a bit slow to grasp the idea, you may be unconsciously contributing to this.

So lets have a look at what most people do with a puppy when they first bring him home. The puppy is confined to a small area, often the bathroom or laundry, particularly at night, on his own.

Now lets take a look at the wild dog’s family, and so where your new puppy comes from. You can immediately see that they always remain as a family unit. Wild dogs never put a puppy in isolation, or solitary confinement, which is what this amounts to.

Dogs are pack animals. They are gregarious by nature. Isolating a youngster can cause enormous emotional trauma, which does nothing to help in your efforts at dog potty training or your future relationship and trust.

Couple that with the recent trauma he has already suffered of being separated from his mother, often at too early an age, as well as his siblings. If you have bought your puppy from a pet shop, this will have happened. Young puppies are more appealing to us, so tend to be taken from their mothers much too early. But their mothers play a key role in dogs development.

A traumatised puppy will become more and more concerned (whether or not he shows it - some internalise their emotions just as some humans do), becoming more and more anxious.

And so the potty training goes out the window - he is far more concerned about being accepted by his new family. How can he make you like him better?

And you become more and more frustrated and so irritable towards your puppy. It’s an endless spiral. It’s up to you to put an end to it.

Understand your puppy’s needs and everything will start slipping easily into place.

By keeping your puppy with you at all times, he will become confident and balanced and able to learn what you gently try to teach him. You take over his mother’s teaching and bonding role.

One way to avoid the mess and keep your puppy close by, is to section off a part of the room you are in (including your bedroom), to confine him and the mess. Put lots of newspaper or wee pads down. You might have an old toddler mobile play unit, that you can move around the house with you. Or buy a second-hand one.

You’ll find that your dog potty training will progress much more easily, because you’re not creating any separation anxiety. Not only that, but your puppy will be much easier to train, because you have created a close bond with him. He trusts you. You have proved to him you are his family. You have understood his basic needs.

Flea Control is Easy Once You Know the Cause

Flea control doesn’t have to be chemical laden to be effective. But let’s put that aside for the moment and focus on the cause.

Fleas are rarely a problem for people without pets. But they can become a nightmare for people with pets. So the most likely cause of your flea control problem comes from your pet. Possibly your cat, but more likely your dog, as cats take their body hygiene more seriously.

Wild animals aren’t infested with fleas as their domestic cousins are. At least not healthy wild animals. So what is it about domestic dogs that attracts fleas?

Let’s look at the skin. This is the least important organ of the body. So when the dog has a problem, such as a high toxic load, the easiest way for the body to get rid of the toxins is through the skin.

This is likely to produce unsightly eruptions, but it will also alter the skin pH.

The one thing that dogs do every day is to eat. You may have heard the old saying ‘you are what you eat’. Dogs are too. Good food in results in good health. Poor food in results in poor health. Garbage in - garbage out.

Most commercial dog food consists of poor quality meat (more likely meat by-products), lots of cheap filler, some isolated and synthetic nutrients and very toxic preservatives, despite what the label may say.

None of this is in your dog’s long term health interest, but the worst part is the toxic preservatives. To try to get rid of these, your dog will develop a skin eruption which is just heaven to fleas, so they will quickly breed in such lush conditions.

Couple that with the poor nutritional content, and your dog’s skin pH is all wrong.

If you feed your dog raw meat and bones, this is very acid. And this is just right for dogs. It’s how they evolved. Raw meat, with no preservatives, means your dog will be getting the natural nutrition in keeping with his evolutionary history.

Suddenly the environment has changed. There are no skin eruptions. Fleas don’t like it as much. You may see the odd flea, but the proliferation can no longer happen.

Feeding your dog on raw meat and bones will have other benefits too, besides controlling fleas.

• bones help keep the gums healthy
• bones help clean the teeth
• bones provide essential calcium in the way dogs need
• crunching up on a bone keeps your dog emotionally happy
• raw meat provides nutrients in a natural and balanced form
• raw meat is easily and quickly digested
• raw meat makes evacuation easy
• raw meat creates a natural skin pH to dogs

Holistic vets have found that when dogs are fed raw meat and bones, chronic disease just melts away. But returns with a return to commercial pet food.

Think of the whole picture rather than zoning in on just the flea control. Then everyone is a winner.

Some Dog Health Problems are Easy to Resolve

Puppies are generally a delight to have around. As long as you can cope with the chewing up of garments and expensive items, the huge energy and the occasional soiling as they become potty trained.

But that’s a small price to pay for the enthusiasm for life they have, for the fun that infectiously oozes from them.

You love him. He loves you. All is well with the world.

Until he falls sick.

Then your world crashes.

The first thing that springs to mind is what caused it? Was it something you did or didn’t do? Is it your fault? Were you too vigilant or not vigilant enough? Did you overprotect him or did you let him roam free too much?

Well, chances are that it was your fault.

But only by virtue of the fact you were doing as you were told, probably because you thought someone else knew better than you. Perhaps if you had listened to that little inner voice you sometimes hear, but mostly ignore, which told you different, things may not be this bad.

It’s never too late to learn.

And animals have an amazing way of ensuring you do indeed learn, mostly from your mistakes.

So now your puppy has grown up and has a few dog health problems.

The first possible cause to consider it what he is doing every day.

Eating!

What are you feeding him?

Commercial dog food, as most holistic veterinarians have found, is the route cause of many, if not most, dog health problems.

Depending on the country, brand and era or manufacture, most commercial dog food looks something like this:

• low grade meat by-products, often from a rendering plant
• cheap, health lacking filler such as paper, sawdust, sugar, nut shells, melamine
• indigestible isolated and synthetic nutrients
• toxic preservatives not permitted in human food

Sounds pretty unhealthy doesn’t it? Even one of those ingredients may be contributing to your dog health problem, but what if he was eating all four?

Although there are as many causes for dog health problems as there are dogs, by far the most common is the food you are feeding him.

By virtue of its daily consumption, healthy dog food, similar to the food his wild cousins eat, will go a long way to making his immune system strong, strong enough to fend off most dog health problems for years.

If you’re worried about the expense, don’t be. Feeding real food to your dog is as cheap as feeding commercial dog food. It may take a little more time, especially in the early stages as you are finding your feet, but just consider the fortune you save on veterinarian bills! They don’t come cheap by any means.