When owning a pet, it requires the same amount of dedication and attentiveness as caring for another person. More and more people are obsessed with a holistic, healthy lifestyle. This is important to consider for dogs as well. It could be beneficial to try to create a completely nutritious diet for your pet with dog vitamins. To be a responsible pet owner, you should look into the ingredients in the household products you use around your pet to prevent subsequent issues that could be caused by dog skin allergies or irritations. As people become more concerned with the ingredients of products used around them and their children, it is also important to remember to be as concerned with the products used around our pets.
It is undeniably important to make sure your dog makes regular visits to the vet. If you are a new dog owner, make sure to schedule an appointment with a vet to get acquainted and allow your dog to come to know the vet. Also, do not be afraid to seek out a different vet if your first vet does not work for you, just like people do with finding doctors|how people tend to go to multiple doctors before choosing one, which is not a bad idea for choosing a vet}. Making a bond with your veterinarian will make it a lot easier for you to properly care for your dog. The vet can provide you with ideas about products to use for your dog or even just around the house that are safe for your dog. Also, sometimes it is helpful to get to know other people who bring their dogs to your vet because other pet owners can have a wealthof advice when dealing with issues with your dog.
It is also really important to consider some steps to “dog-proof” your house, similar to “baby-proofing”. My dogs really enjoy getting into our trash cans and dragging the trash all over the house, which is not only a pain for us to clean, but causes skin irritations and ear infections in my one dog. Some simple ideas to “dog-proof” are picking up garbage cans and moving them to a level that is too high for the dogs; removing food from countertops if you have larger dogs; and put away fragrant items that could be potentially harmful if ingested by your dog. Though it can be a pain, but could prevent future incidents with your dog.
If, however, your dog does somehow ingest something harmful or something that leads to an irritation, it is important to get ahold of your vet or an emergency pet hospital if it is after hours. Sometimes it is necessary to remove the item from your dogs system; we had a scare when one of our dogs ingested a large bag of chocolate. We called our vet and were instructed to try having our dog drink peroxide and remove the chocolate. Furthermore, if whatever your dog ingested is not potentially poisonous, but is having a reaction to the vet will be able to recommend or prescribe something to aid the reaction. Be careful to monitor your dog if there is a skin allergy because dogs are likely to scratch until their skin is raw causing a hot spot, which can lead to severe infections. Do not ignore allergic reactions or strange spots on their skin, because an infection could be fatal if ignored. It is vital to find veterinary attention at the first sign of an issue before it is too late and you lose an important member of your family.
June 22nd, 2009 - 2:34 am
This is a lifesaving post,
I have 2 golden retrivers that used to suffer horrific almost bi monthly dog ear yeast infections. I fully agree with your post that the dog owner MUST take the dogs to the vets to determine exactly what the ear infection is. However in my experience pumping my dogs full of antibiotics and spending out over $2000 in the same time on vet bills and I can honestly tell you my dogs just kept getting them just as regularly and I had a massive bank bill to pay. If your dog has a yeast infection antibiotics can help, especially a one off yeast infection. If, however the dog suffers regularly, antibiotics will only damage the dogs. I was able with the help of my vet to naturally cure my dogs after the vet told me some disturbing facts and guess what? The main problem here is the drug trade is a big fat business that makes a tonne of cash. The more you go to the vets and pay for antibiotics, the more you will go back. Yeast infections can be dealt with naturally and the real issue is an allergic reaction, often due to the appalling food we feed our dogs. Remember it wasn’t all that long ago that a particular cat food company was found to have metal in the food, what was the metal-cat identity chips. The poor people had been feeding their cats, well other cats. All for money.
Always determine with the vet what the ear infection is and do what they say. However If its a yeast infection and a recurring one you may need to look at diet and and there’s a ton of anti yeast natural products that can be used when prepared correctly. For example apple cider vinegar, natural probiotic yogurt and a grushed garlic and water solution are all very anti yeast as are a number of perfectly healthy foods.
Warmest Regards
Richard