Dog Allergy Treatments

The type of dog food you select for your dog’s diet can make a big difference if you pet has a dog food allergy.

The kind of food you feed your dog can even make a difference with your pet’s teeth.

Choosing an organic dry dog food can help to prevent allergy problems from surfacing. Good organic dry dog food can allso help sharpen and polish your dog’s teeth.  Avoiding processed canned food when possible will help to reduce tartar and plaque and keep your dog away from the harmful preservatives and additives often put in canned food for pets.

Symptoms of a dog food allergy may include excessive scratching, hair loss, skin infections as well as ear infections.

Most times a vet will instantly prescribe antibiotics for skin infections which might fix them up briefly, but the skin problems often will reoccur when the antibiotics are stopped. In addition the antibiotics will weaken a dogs natural friendly bacteria and immune system so antiobiotics amy even make the prblem worse in the long run.

An animal with itchy skin that does not seem to improve with the use of antihistamines or steroids, may be suffering from dog food allergies. 

As you may understand, a dog’s diet influences everything from outputs to teeth.  Even your dog’s energy level and attitude is affected by the dog’s diet.  Selecting your dog’s diet wisely and consulting your veterinarian is a fabulous way to improve the quality of your pet’s life. 

Your dog’s diet will also affect your pet’s energy level. It’s an indicator of overall health. If the dog’s diet is lacking, your pet may be sluggish or unable to rest contently.  If your pet requires extra nutrition to run or walk considerable distances, a healthy diet is crucial.

There is also a difference between dog food allergies and food intolerance. An intolerance to certain foods may cause symptoms such as diarrhea or frequent bowel movements and vomiting. Fortunately, whether the animal is suffering from food allergy or food intolerance, once the proper diagnosis has been made, they can both be treated.

Careful – that stuffing and gravy could trigger your dog’s allergy problems.

Well, here we are getting into another holiday season and if you’re like me you will be tempted to give your dog some of that yummy food you are enjoying yourself.

Don’t do it!

I know it’s nearly impossible to say NO to your dog and I am far from being perfect at this myself, but it’s a known fact that a lot of the food we eat as humans is not good for your pets. Saying that could be a gross understatement as many of the foods simply do not agree with our dogs health and wellness. Feeding them some of the table scraps could be immediate or even long term mistakes.

Stuffings for example. What is really in that stuffing???

Those old bread crumbs combined with flour and starch and onions and who knows what else may be tasty with all that gravy dumped on it, but dogs are not meant to eat bread, flour, grains and corn and mushroons and all that stuff that often gets mixed in to the food served at holiday time. Sure, grandma may be famous for her stuffing, but there is just too great of a chance that your pet will react strongly to the ingredients and may even have an allergic health crisis due to eating that holiday food for humans.

At the very least some of the foods are very likely to be contaiminated with mold and fungus and cause mycotoxins to gain a foothold in your dog’s digestive system causing all kinds of dog allergy symptoms like allergic reactions and skin problems.

The only thing you can do is be sensible and only give them the purest of foods with the least amount of spices and seasonings.

Maybe a tiny piece of meat or a little helping of skin – but don’t give them garbage! They are NOT canine garbage disposals! Our pets can’t deal with garbage food the way we do and i t can affect their skin and cause all kinds of problems including excessive itching and other allergic behavior.

Think ahead this holiday and have treats for them that are GOOD for them and give them those so they will feel like they are a part of the festivities instead of giving them scraps! The result will be better health and more happiness this holiday season and many more in the future!

Organic Dog Food??? Hey – you love your dog, right???

I just added a new article that may help you see that organic dog food may help to treat your dogs allergy problems.

You’ll find it at Treating Dog Allergies Organic Dog Foods

It has been estimated that at least 20 percent of all of our dogs suffer from some type of allergy. It is believed that food sensitivity accounts for a third of all allergies and that when we change their diet we can see huge improvements in the dogs condition.

You really need to consider that food can help heal your dog and is an excellent dog allergy treatment!