Dogs with Allergies

The amount of dogs with allergies seems to be growing as it is with people. Allergies are a response to things your dog breathes, things they eat or things that touch their skin. (https://www.voiceoverherald.com/)

When a dog lives an unhealthy life through poor diet, chronic use of chemical flea and tick products and vaccines and lack of exercise; it’s believed that these animals are much more likely to suffer from allergies and a weakened immune system.

Dogs with allergies will often show signs of allergies through the skin with redness, yeast overgrowth, smell, skin bumps, itchiness and so on. Whether the cause of the allergy is from food, environment or both; allergies are a major problem for many dogs and cats today. But, they don’t have to be.

Symptoms of Allergies in Dogs

• Scratching
• Chewing
• Paw licking
• Head shaking
• Chronic ear infections
• Runny eyes
• Runny nose
• Loose stool
• Impacted anal sacs
• Scooting
• Coughing (can also be a symptom of heart disease, kennel cough)
• Chronic skin conditions

Your Dog’s Allergies and Weakened Immune System

ALL of our own dogs are and have come from rescue groups ranging in age from 2-10 years old and 90% of our pets that we rescue are and have come to us with some sort of allergy (among other health issues) when we adopted them.

However, on a good note, once we changed their diet and added a few healthy supplements, stopped unhealthy parasite products and used our own natural flea/tick protocol for dogs found here, stopped over vaccinating and provided ample exercise; the symptoms become very, very minimal and eventually disappear. This can take a little time, but it always falls into place once the body has a chance to fully recover.

Treating Your Dog’s Allergies  

The attack plan against your dog’s allergies should be to first build his/her immune system through good food, supplements and avoiding flooding your dog’s body with constant poisons (eg: flea and tick products and vaccines).

A little about vaccines ….

You owe it to your dog to learn more about how over vaccinating dogs (and cats) has negative, lasting effects that can last a life time. The ingredients included in these vaccines are ingredients known to cause serious disease and inflammation through-out the body. Heavy metals such as mercury and aluminum and neurotoxins have no place in your dog’s body. Plus, too much of the rabies vaccine can cause aggression (makes sense) and many of the other actual symptoms of the rabies disease itself!

This isn’t to say that vaccinating as a puppy (spread out OVER 4-5 MONTHS) isn’t a good thing. It is, when done right. It’s the constant vaccinating when your dog doesn’t really need it that causes so much damage and is believed to be contributing to the epidemic of allergies and disease in dogs and cats today.

In a perfect world, EVERY veterinarian, traditional and holistic, would be fighting to change that outdated law on the books for the rabies vaccine and pushing for titer testing that tells exactly how much of any vaccine is left in the dog’s body. You have to ask yourself why they’re not? $$$$ 

This is an older story about a dog named Colombo who deteriated rapidly at 11 years old after vets vaccinated him. We hear many of these stories ourselves.  Columbo’s story 

A little about chemical flea and tick products ….

So many dogs are having seizures now and these chemical flea and tick products ARE known to cause them. They even tell you this. STOP using them! Seizures are only one health problem that have increased for our dogs over the past 2 decades. They are completely unnecessary. I shared a link above for our own protocol that works beautifully for fleas, ticks (including lyme)!

Must Do’s for Dogs with Allergies

• Start removing those heavy metals and other harmful toxins we mentioned earlier by using clay. You can learn more about how to use clay here. 

• Feed the healthiest, natural, species appropriate diet for your dog that you can. Raw or home cooked is the absolute best. We offer consultations if you need help in this area. There are specific ingredients that are needed in home prepared diets for dogs. Private Consultation

• Avoid chronic steroid and antibiotic use.

• Include Daily Multi Plus found here.

• Colostrum is very beneficial for dogs with both food and environmental allergies and a weakened immune system.

• Include a good oil daily (we only recommend Nordic Naturals Unflavored Cod Liver Oil for Pets).

• For environmental allergies, use Allergena alcohol free homeopathic drops for pets that work great!

• Make a pledge to your dog that you’ll seek out a Holistic vet that follows a homeopathic, natural protocol.

• Avoid kennels and daycares and hire pet sitters and dog walkers to come into your home daily while you’re at work or having your dog go to their home. We use Rover.com a lot when we travel.

• Use only filtered water.

• Provide adequate exercise.

Be Patient

You have to be patient and allow your dog’s body to change. You should start to notice the physical symptoms decrease as time goes on (weeks or months depending on the allergy or allergies and how much you’re actually doing). Pay close attention to your dog’s stool! If it’s too soft, the diet and supplement protocol (dosage) isn’t right.

Your dog’s allergies and weakened immune system should be looked into and corrected. The above steps will help your pet to finally get some much needed allergy relief and repair his/her fragile immune system.