Let me give you some examples. If you smoke regularly, it’s widely known that you’ll probably eventually get lung problems. If you’ve had a job which entails handling and cutting asbestos, you’ll probably have lung problems later on. If you regularly drink a lot of alcohol, you know your liver will eventually be affected.
Diet plays a crucial part in health. Most people realise that they need to look to healthy food to keep them in the peak of condition.
You are what you eat.
It’s not the only factor which can contribute to ill health, but by virtue of its daily consumption, food plays an enormous role in your overall health.
And it’s no less true for dogs.
What you feed your dog will reflect how healthy he is and how healthy he remains.
I have found, in my practise, that an enormous number of common dog health questions can be answered, simply by taking the dog off commercial dog food.
When I was feeding my pets commercial pet food, many years ago, I read of a remarkable life changing experience for a young dog.
She was only about three years old, but had developed such severe arthritis, that the vet recommended euthanasia.
The dog’s people were not happy with this recommendation and decided to look elsewhere. They searched extensively and eventually come across the notion that the food they were feeding her could be the problem.
So they stopped feeding her commercial pet food.
One day, a friend dropped by. One who knew the dog and the prognosis. As he crossed the yard to the house, he noticed an agile dog playing and frolicking about, as only young dogs can.
Assuming the worse, he started to give his condolences.
He was gobsmacked when he was told that this was the very same dog.
That’s when I decided to stop feeding my pets commercial pet food.
It really doesn’t matter what dog health questions you have. It could be anything. The first thing you really need to try is stopping the commercial dog food.
If you’re a bit unsure, try it for a month. After an initial worsening of symptoms (signally a clearing), especially in older dogs, your dog will start to bloom.
What have you got to lose?
It’s really pointless going for a medication or other form of treatment if the food your dog is given is the problem.
So lets have a look at some common dog health questions, which may all be addressed by stopping the commercial pet food.
My dog
- has a terrible skin or an itchy skin
- has arthritis
- is overweight
- has heart problems
- has spinal myelopathy
- is infertile
- regularly gives birth to dead puppies, or the puppies die soon after birth
- has kidney stones
- has hip dysplasia
- has tumours
- has cystitis
Holistic veterinarians has all been able to address the above dog health questions with a change of diet off commercial pet food.
