Sunday, November 22, 2009

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.