Hi I'm Dan Scott canine nutrition and home remedy specialist and in this
video I'll talk about three of the best probiotics you can give to your dog that
mean healthy digestion with less diarrhea, gas, discomfort and less yeast
infections internally and externally.
Probiotics are live microorganisms that live mostly in your dog's gastrointestinal
tract but range throughout the body's organs and the ancient Greek meaning for
probiotics means life. Probiotics are beneficial bacteria helping to maintain
balance in your dog's body and so it's important that your dog has enough of
them to balance the bad bacteria and keep things stable. If your dog's
digestive system is unstable, i.e. your dog has a delicate stomach, gas, belching,
diarrhea, yeast outbreaks or skin allergies, the first thing to do is
introduce your dog to probiotics. For good health your dog needs good bacteria
crucial for their gut flora health to maintain strong immunity to disease.
Dogs with itchy skin, hot spots, ear infections, dander, strong body odor and excessive
paw licking will benefit greatly within a week or two of taking probiotics. From my
own research of several thousand dog owners feedback, I can confirm that
probiotics work for the following dog health problems. Probiotics rebuild gut
flora populations after antibiotic use, probiotics help to smooth the transition
between diets preventing diarrhea and vomiting, and probiotics provide
excellent results with healing yeast infections, they help to cure and prevent
ear infections, they help to balance a dog with exocrine pancreatic
insufficiency or epi, they also help to settle a dog sensitive stomach, they
reduce or eliminate gas and belching, probiotics reduce or eliminate body odor,
and they reduce or eliminate bad doggie breath. The probiotics reduce or
eliminate excessive diarrhea by firming up stools, they reduce itchy skin and hot
spots to allow healing from excessively chewed licked and scratched raw areas over
parts of the dog's body and probiotics reduce heavy shedding. Your dog needs
probiotics every day, they're essential to good health and need to be available
as a constant in your dog's life. Varying the types of probiotic is important to
get maximum benefits from various strains of healthy bacteria. A caution
about antibiotics, it's important to understand that veterinary antibiotics
don't distinguish between good and bad bacteria, so if your dog's been taking
antibiotics recently, the good bacteria in their gastrointestinal
tract would have been heavily damaged, causing further health problems such as
yeast overgrowth, so giving your dog probiotics will help restore the good
bacteria population and prevent yeast infections. Some probiotics come in
conventional powder form that you scoop into your dog's food and others come
from whole foods. And with this in mind, here's three of
the best probiotics you can give your dog.
Number one is a powdered probiotic supplement, it's an excellent and
convenient choice. Choosing a quality probiotic supplement can be very
confusing as most products available are simply not good enough. Humans and dogs
do not need different types of probiotics and generally the ones made
for dogs a way to low in available strains. You'll want a probiotic with as
many species of good bacteria as possible, with at least two billion CF
U's per scoop and not made in China as the standard there is not verifiable and
often contains animal digests and sugars. Powders are best and simply added to
food. There are many brands available but by far the best one I've researched over
the years is Pet Ultimates probiotics for dogs and for the following reasons: It
has an excellent class-leading count of 22 species of bacteria,
it's USA made at a certified GMP lab in small batches for freshness, it's
tasteless it includes enzymes critical to senior dogs especially and reduces
gas, it has zero fillers, it contains nothing artificial, it includes a Prebiotic
inulin base which helps to feed the probiotic bacteria once inside your
dog's gut, and it comes with a 100% satisfaction refund with excellent
customer services and aftercare customer follow-up and they're genuinely caring
people, and for dogs up to 50 pounds, you add one scoop and dogs over 50 pounds
you had two scoops to the food daily. At one scoop a day in the last six months
although for very small dogs sort of twelve pounds and under, I'd go with a
half scoop and it'll last the whole year. And I'll a link to it in the
description below. Number two is raw goat's milk and it's
abundant in natural probiotics, it's low in lactose; that sugar that's in cow's
milk, so it doesn't cause the same digestive problems as regular cow's milk.
Give goat's milk to your dog daily according to their weight, dogs up to 20
pounds give two floz or 50 milliliters, and dogs from 20 pounds to 50 pounds in
4 floz or 100 milliliters, for all dogs over 50 pounds gives 6 floz or 150
milliliters. You can find raw goat's milk at your local supermarket.
Number three is kefir. This fermented milk product is an excellent choice for
breaking down yeast in your dog's body. Kefir is a water-based grain that's full
of vitamins, and minerals and it also provides a wide variety of whole food
probiotic organisms with essential healing properties and whilst similar in
nature to yogurt, being a cultured milk product, kefir has a far greater
medicinal profile, that can actually resolve problems in the intestinal tract.
Kefir contains as many as 36 strains of friendly bacteria and several major
strains not commonly found in yogurt. Kefir also contains beneficial yeasts
which control and remove destructive pathogenic yeasts in your dog's body. The
grains are made up of mostly a combination of insoluble protein, amino acids, lipids and complex sugars.
Kefir is rich in vitamins b1, b12 as well as vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin K and biotin. The major minerals present in Kefir
are calcium, phosphorus and magnesium and kefir can also be found at your local
supermarket and it has a tangy refreshing taste, you simply add some to
your dog's daily meal. Add a quarter cup or 60 ml per 25 pound or 12 kg of your
dog's weight and before I finish if you ever notice your dogs eating dirt, it's
their way of getting beneficial microorganisms into their system, dogs
love all kinds of dirty activities from eating poop to dead animals and while it
may seem shocking sometimes the bacteria you dog takes on is surprisingly
beneficial, it's actually helping to rebuild robust gut flora levels and add
variety to help strengthen their immune system. When it comes to probiotics for
dogs. You now have three excellent choices to
give your dog and I recommend a combination of the powdered product and
one of the to live options, preferably kefir. Using probiotics boosts your dog's
diet with a variety of nutritional benefits to keep your dog in strong
vibrant health and please note that its import
to make sure your dog's regular diet is giving them the nutrition they need and
this is why I created the healthier kibble diet to help people feeding dog
owners reclaim their dog's health from those day to day health issues have
plagued so many dogs. Dog health issues that include the following; not eating or
poor appetite, allergies, blocked anal glands, diarrhea, yeast infections, ear
infections, skin and coat problems, hot spots, arthritis and poor digestion or
sensitive tummy. It works wonders for dogs who have sensitive tummies and
within days you'll notice positive improvements and this is a great diet
for the kibble feeder that actually saves money as veterinary costs are
cut in half over time and you'll find a link to a video explaining more about
the healthy kibble diet below. And if you found this video useful, please remember
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