In this video i'll talk about how to improve your dog's gut health,
the symptoms of an unhealthy gut and five important ways to improve your dog's gut health.
Hi i'm Dan Scott, canine nutrition home remedy specialist and if you're new here,
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and feel free to comment or ask questions below. You probably know about the importance of your
dog's gut health to prevent dog gut health problems such as food allergies and IBD or
irritable bowel disease. However what many pet parents don't realize is that an unhealthy gut
causes inflammation throughout the body, so instead of thinking that your labrador's middle
aged arthritis symptoms are normal and just how it goes, more likely your dog is suffering a
digestive complaint such as dysbiosis or leaky gut syndrome. Leaky gut leads to many health issues,
including the early onset of arthritis. Leaky gut will also lead to the symptoms of food allergies,
autoimmune disease, liver dysfunction, EPI or exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, diabetes,
weight gain, low energy, and a slow metabolism. Remember, when your dog's gut isn't healthy,
your dog isn't healthy. Leaky gut syndrome stops food your dog eats from being fully digested
and absorbed properly. Leaky gut starts when your dog's mucosal semi-permeable intestinal lining
becomes inflamed and damaged. The microscopic cells that line the small intestine,
called villus, atrophy and become damaged through inflammation, leaving holes in the
lining. Now generally the gut lining allows fully digested nutrients from the intestines to pass
through it and into the bloodstream but keeping toxins, undigested food, and everything else,
inside the gut. However as tiny gaps open up, making the lining more permeable, it can no longer
effectively filter out toxins, allowing them and undigested food particles to get into your
dog's bloodstream, leading to leaky gut syndrome. And with this in mind, here's five ways to begin
healing your dog's gut health. Step one is to feed your dog a quality powdered probiotic to build up
healthy colonies of beneficial bacteria in the gut. This quickly brings down bad gas, diarrhea,
bloat, and other digestive issues. There's no prep, no fuss, you simply add a small amount
of powder to your dog's meals and watch what happens over the following weeks. And i'll leave
a link in the description below and at the link above to the best probiotic product I know of.
And step two is to give your dog prebiotics to feed the probiotics already in the gut and help
the gut bacteria produce fatty acids that protect the mucosal cells in the intestinal lining.
The probiotic I discussed in step one, also contains prebiotics. Step three is to stop
pharmaceutical drugs and medications and use the natural effective alternatives,
and i'll leave a link to a good ebook on Home Remedies For Dogs that covers exactly what you
need for flea and tick control, deworming, natural antibiotics, and reducing over vaccination.
Step four is to give your dog digestive enzymes to help break down the food your dog eats, so the
nutrients in the food can be more easily absorbed. Kibble-fed dogs always need extra enzymes because
commercial pet food has zero enzymes in it, and the dog's natural supply is limited, causing
stress to the digestive system. This also means your dog becomes under-supplied and susceptible
to disease and breakdown. Glands as well as major organs become stressed from enzyme deficiency
and this becomes more visible as your dog ages and loses vitality. If a dog has spent most of
its own enzymes and isn't getting any in the diet - and kibble-fed dogs get none - their cellular
function and health will rapidly decline. And i'll leave a link to an excellent digestive enzyme in
the description below, and at the link above. And step five is to feed your dog a healthier diet.
Diet plays a huge role in your dog's gut health and is the underlying cause of 9 out of 10 health
problems in dogs from an unbalanced immune system. Diet is the main underlying cause of leaky gut
in dogs. Kibble is full of starch, which leads to inflammation in the gut, and other directly
related health problems, such as arthritis, allergy related skin and coat problems, digestive
complaint, hot spots, diarrhea issues, yeast infections, ear infections, and renal problems.
And its diet, or more specifically, a kibble diet that's introducing too many bad bacteria,
and causing immune system imbalance, that leads to the ill health problems mentioned.
I wrote a comprehensive ebook for pet parents feeding a kibble diet, so they can manage a
simple step-by-step process and boost their dog's kibble meals quickly and conveniently,
so the dog's gut health improves quickly, and day-to-day health issues decline. You'll find
a link below in the description and a link above, explaining more about the Healthier Kibble Diet.
Don't leave your dog's gut health to chance. Build up your dog's healthy gut floral levels with the
five steps to balance your dog's immune system, and you'll help your dog to better health, and add
years to their life. It doesn't involve a lot of work or cost it just requires a little knowledge
and the desire to give your dog the healthy body they deserve. And if you found this video useful,
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up to date on all the latest videos that I do. And until next time, see you then, bye-bye.