In today's video, i'll share with you how to know if your dog is allergic to his food,
the five most common food allergies dogs suffer, how to spot the signs,
and the best remedy choices, and how to use them. And later, my recommendation for how you can
solve your dog's food allergies and many other day-to-day chronic health complaints quickly.
Hi i'm Dan Scott, canine nutrition and home remedy specialist and if you're new here,
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free to comment or ask questions below. You may not have noticed over the years but your dog
can get allergies due to the food you're feeding them, so it's important that you understand what
type of food can give your dog. Allergies and how you can eliminate it from your dog's diet.
Dog food allergies can be a very irritating problem for your pet, leading to itchy skin,
chronic ear infections, and constant scratching at the side of the belly, at the ears, face,
and paws. Though these are the symptoms of dog food allergies, they're not the most common
sign of your dog's allergic reactions to food. This type of allergy can be very difficult to
diagnose because the most common symptoms are the same as many other health problems your dog
may experience. Allergies are not only frustrating but when the underlying cause is left untreated,
most often because of a low nutritional value diet, no amount of home remedies or veterinarian
drugs and prescription diets are going to help beyond treating allergy symptoms alone. Allergies
are the reactions of the immune system in which your dog's body gets out of control
in reaction to the trigger, despite the effort you put in to treat them. Leaving your dog exposed to
the allergies will continue the problem, so here's the five common symptoms that tell you
your dog is suffering with food allergies. Number one is chronic dog ear infections. Ear infections
in dogs are probably their most common problem and if your dog's suffering ear infections regularly,
this is a strong sign of continual allergic reactions to their regular food. Your dog can
get ear mites infections from swimming in dirty water or yeasty ear infections too, but if your
dog gets ear infections regularly through the year, this is a telltale sign of food allergies.
Symptoms of food related allergy ear infections in your dog include scratching the ears,
bad odor, shaking of the head, discharge from the ear, tenderness, inflammation
and redness inside the ear canal, and possible inflammation and formation of scabs over the skin
around the edges of the ear. First make sure your dog's not got ear mites or a yeast infection.
Click the link above for a video explaining how to fix ear mites and yeast infections.
To treat your dog's ear infections, use a quality colloidal silver at about eight parts per million.
Silver is an excellent antibiotic and much preferred over veterinary antibiotics and i'll
leave a link to a remedy silver spray that you can simply spray in the ears twice daily until the
infection is gone. If your dog's ear infections continue, use a food elimination diet or try an
allergy test to recognize the food causing the allergy, and i'll leave a link to another video
outlining my five top home remedies that solve dog ear infections. Number two is watery eyes.
Just like people, dogs also get watery eyes as a symptom of food allergies.
Dogs that pull their eyes often have a clogged tear duct or goopy discharge
and this causes excess tear production. And this can be from environmental or food allergies,
so try this gently swab your dog's eyes with a warm damp clean cloth at least once a day
to keep the area clean. Make a small cup of chamomile tea, allow it to cool, then
remove excess water from the tea bag, and use it pressed gently on each eye to calm the irritation.
Oregon grape root tincture makes a great natural eye cleanser and heals eye infections fast,
and i'll leave a link to my recommended remedy in the description below and at the link above.
Number three is bronzing around your dog's lips. This is very noticeable
in white coated breeds. So what does dog lip bronzing look like? The jowls, lips, and toes,
can turn pink or red and inflamed and this causes your dog to itch leading to repeated scratching.
This can mean either a yeast created infection or a food allergy, so try this.
Clean the area thoroughly with a 50:50 mixture of water and apple cider vinegar (ACV). You can
also use apple cider vinegar by using one teaspoon added to your dog's water bowl or food to decrease
acidity and prevent yeast. Avoid the veterinary products like benzoyl peroxide based options
that cause dry skin and increase irritation. Number four is bronze brown or red nail beds.
Dogs with white nails like the bully breeds, boxes, spaniels, dalmatians, or bischon freeze
are simple to observe, but if you look closely at the base of your dog's nails,
they can appear blood red. This is showing you an inflammatory reaction as the nail should be white
with a pink quick. Red brown or that bronze look indicates a food allergy and you may notice your
dog licking them. Once again a food elimination diet can identify the trigger food allergen.
Number five is itchy dog's skin, red underbelly, and a dull coat. If your dog has itchy skin and
a red underbelly and a dull coat, these signs could signify an allergy any constant itching
and scratching without relief can also cause hair loss over the affected areas
the skin under your dog's hair will look pink or red inflamed dry and possibly flaky. Maybe
you've bathed your dog with various conditioners or treated with various anti-allergy medications
but there's no sign of relief. This will mean either environmental allergies or food allergies.
Lavender and coconut oil make a great combination for treating itchy skin,
red and inflamed skin, and a dull coat. It's also great for massaging sore muscles, de-stressing
your dog, treating bites, and soothing arthritic joints for greater blood flow and movement.
Add six ounces of melted coconut oil to an old sterilized jam jar or other small glass container,
add eight drops of pure lavender essential oil, mix well and use as you need by massaging into
your dog's skin daily when they're relaxed and you have time to focus on your dog
for massaging into the affected areas. As a one-off simply mix one drop of pure lavender to
one tablespoon of coconut oil mix well and apply. Changing diet can make the greatest difference.
The symptoms i've talked about more than likely mean that your dog's diet is to blame for the
unaddressed allergy, consider switching from a kibble to a home cooked or raw food diet,
this reduces the number of additives grains and artificial components in your dog's diet.
An excellent and fast way to resolve allergies without changing your dog's diet,
this is with my simple Healthier Kibble Diet, part of my ebook Feed Your Dog Better.
Many times dog parents dealing with their dog's persistent allergies switch dog food brands in
the hope that things will change but nine times out of ten this just does nothing more than
add chemicals back into the dog's system and start the whole cycle all over again.
The good news is to overcome this problem, you don't need to change brands of kibble,
but by adding certain extras to your dog's kibble, means you quickly solve many dog health problems,
along with much of the allergy issues your dog faces. And you'll find a link below in
the description and at the link above to a video explaining more about the Healthier Kibble Diet.
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