Sick Dog Health Alerts

Dog Illness Clues

If you have a sick dog, he won't be able to tell you what's wrong. All you have are the signs that something is not quite right. The symptoms are the clues, but they are not the problem. So, you must watch your dog closely. You know him better than anybody.

One of the most common signs of canine illnesses, is that your dog will seem unusually quiet. If your dog was free in the wild, he would go off on his own and isolate himself, quietly.

Next he would go off his food and stop eating. He would fast for some days. This allows his body to concentrate on healing, rather than on digesting food.
Signs of Dog Illness

~ dull or matted coat

~ skin itchy or sore

~ runny nose

~ eyes cloudy, red or runny

~ bad breath

~ diarrhea or foul, smelly, odd colored stool

~ frequent urination

~ urinating in the house

~ vomiting

~ excessive drinking of water

~ cough

~ sneezing

~ fever, chills and shivering

~ pain

~ fatty lumps

Sick Dog Symptoms - What is Really Happening?

Typically, a dog with any or all of these symptoms would be given antibiotics first as a way to address any general causes, as well as some form of cortisone or an anti-inflammatory drug. The drugs will treat these signs and temporarily take away ( not cure ) the symptoms...at least for a while.

When your dog exhibits a symptom, this is his body's way of telling you that something is wrong. His body is trying to eliminate, the underlying problem.

For example, pretend for a moment, that your dog ate something suspicious on his walk yesterday. If he gets diarrhea, this is his body trying to eliminate and get rid of the offending bacteria.

If you give your sick dog a drug, you are stopping his body's attempt at healing itself. Drugs suppress something, or stimulate something. Sometimes this is critically necessary. The use of drugs, has it's place, but drugs do not heal.

Choose to support the body naturally as a whole. Use herbs, a premium quality grain free dog food, a species specific raw dog food, or a home made dog diet to do this.

I do not believe that you can stimulate, suppress or remove, one part of the body, without affecting another part of the body.

If you support the body nutritionally, you will help it work on it's own. This is the way your dog's body heals when sick. Provide the right nutritional elements and your dog's body will work to it's own peak potential. You are allowing your dog's body to take care of itself.

Herbs are food, and will give the body the strength it needs to push out and clean out, whatever is bothering it.

Do not expect immediate results.

Remember the general rule for healing. On average it will take, one month for every year, and three months to balance.

In the long run, herbs will produce healthier cells which lead to healthier organs and body systems. The body will then be ready to heal itself.

Be Patient While Your Dog is Healing

You love your dog. You want him to feel better quickly. Drugs only offer a short term fix. The downside is that they will cause more toxicity in the long term. This will necessitate the need for more drugs, eventually.

This puts a serious load on the liver and or kidneys, the body's main detoxing organs. You can see how the toxicity cycle continues to duplicate itself, again and again. This will put enormous stress on your dog's Immune System.

Strengthen Your Dog's Immune System

An animal with a weakened Immune System, then becomes more open to infections. Infection creates a need for antibiotics. Antibiotic use sets the stage for systemic yeast, better known as Candida, by destroying the good bacteria in the gut.

Under normal circumstances, that same good bacteria keeps the yeast under control. If it gets out of control, due to the overuse of some drugs, a vicious cycle of dog illnesses is then created.

Since 80% of the Immune System is located in the gut, I want to say this loud and clear, sorry for yelling...

...the bacteria in the gut IS the Immune System !!!

An Immune System that doesn't function properly, is the root cause of all dog illnesses.

Work to improve your sick dog's whole Immune System. In this way, it is better able to, more quickly, get rid of the toxins that made it sick in the first place. Do this holistically, with a grain free dog diet, and targeted nutritional supplements and herbs.

These methods are non toxic, non invasive, and have almost no side effects.

Dog Illnesses Happen When...

~ the body is not eliminating the toxins and/or diseased cells that prevent the Immune System from working properly.

Let Your Sick Dog Purge

Whatever ailment your dog has, it will continue until your dog's Immune System is able to purge it. So, help him ! That's what holistic healing is all about...the ability of the body to get rid of, eliminate, expel, or purge toxicity.

The body has orifices ( external openings ) through which the Immune System can purge.

~ toxic mucus from the nose, mouth and eyes

~ tears from the eyes

~ wax and debris from the ears

~ rashes and inflammations are signs of elimination through the skin.

~ smelly diarrhea and loose stools are examples of elimination of toxicity through the bowel.

~ strong smelling urine

There are many others.

Think about these things when your sick dog is exhibiting symptoms.

Do you want to stop this process?

or...

Do you want to help him finish with it as quickly as possible.

Your sick dog will be healthier for the opportunity to purge on his own. This will allow his Immune System to work as it should.

Toxins cause the conditions we call disease. Health comes from letting the toxins out of the body. Do not treat them with drugs which will push them further in. Let the body eliminate.

The longer the symptoms and disease have been present, the longer it will take to finish the process. Start now, don't waste anymore time.

These ideas are not new. Years ago, doctors practiced medicine exactly this way. I am not suggesting that drugs are bad. They should be used minimally and when absolutely necessary to save a life or in any other critical situation.

In the meantime, better health can be achieved by helping the body the heal itself.

If your sick dog is on drugs, support him nutritionally and try to get him off those drugs as soon as possible. Drugs are supposed to work quickly.

Find yourself an excellent grain free dog food, give him herbs to support his self healing, and then...wait! Give your pet enough time. Your Natural Health Care Coach can talk you through this.

I would be glad to help you.

If you don't have someone to help you with this...please Contact Me. I will be happy to help you. That's what I do every day...help people help their pets get healthier.

Watch for the Healing Crisis

Sometimes when a sick dog or sick person for that matter, is especially toxic, something can happen called a ' healing crisis '.

Essentially, this means that the sick dog will appear to get worse before he gets better. It's at this time when an owner can become very nervous and complain that their pet is not getting well at all.

Please wait...this is a necessary part of the wellness process and your sick dog will be better for experiencing it. Do not give up, and put your dog back on drugs to suppress the symptoms.

The next step is recovery.

Things to remember...

~ Sick dogs can't tell you what's wrong.

~ Dog illness symptoms are clues that the body needs to eliminate toxins.

~ Drugs suppress or stimulate the body, in or out of action.

~ Drugs do not heal.

~ Use food and herbs to support the body as a whole unit.

~ Herbs are food.

~ Helping the body to heal itself takes time.

~ The liver and/or kidneys are the body's main detoxing organs.

~ All healing has to do with the Immune System

~ Disease will continue until it has been completely purged.

~ A ' healing crisis ' is a good thing.

~ Recovery comes after the crisis.

Well, what's next...

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