Hotspots, itchiness, and other canine skin and coat problems
By Shadrach on Jun 5, 2009 in Dog & Cat Allergies, Dog Product Reviews, Natural Dog & Cat Health, Natural Modalities for Dogs
My human who is a veterinary naturopath, gets contacted ALL the time with dog problems such as hotspots, dry and/or flaky skin, dry & dull coats, and so on. The very first question she asks is what do you feed your dog??? That’s the key, what you feed is the key to STOPPING all of this.
I’ve blogged plenty of posts here about RAW FEEDING, which I make NO BONES about hehe! That is the key to ending these problems with your dogs.
To help assist your dog with symptoms such hotspots, dry skin, and other canine skin problems you can use a new product that we just learned about called K9 Klear Up. It only has three ingredients that are all natural: shea butter, vegetable-based emulsifying wax (we get those two products ourselves from Mountain Rose Herbs), and Tepezcohuite extract pronounced (‘Tep-Ez-Co-Heety’) and it’s a tree found in the former Mayan empire (present day central America). The people there used it for over 1,000 years to treat skin lesions of every kind.
Hey we dogs ARE smart, you humans just mess with us WOOF!
From the pads to the ears you can assist your dog with any skin woes WHILE feeding a raw diet. Don’t forget the raw meaty bones okay? This product is to assist and is not a cure-all, WOOF!
You can make K9 Klear Up a part of your natural first aid kit too -- we’ve made it part of ours!
Some things you can use it for include hotspots, chronic skin rashes, cuts, scratches, minor bleeding, split pads, after surgery aid, acne, flaky skin, fungi, and so on. You don’t need to use much so a little bit goes a very long way.
If you want to know more just go to www.K9KlearUp.com. And to learn more about a natural approach to the health care of your dog join us on our natural dog health care group here:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalHealthCareForDogs/
To learn more about raw feeding your dog check out these audio program sets from Animal Talk Naturally:
Audios from Animal Talk Naturally:
Nutrition for Our Carnivore Pets, Vol 1
Nutrition for Our Carnivore Pets, Vol 2
Nutrition for Our Carnivore Pets, Vol 3
Have a pawsitively tail waggin’, NATURALLY healthy day, WOOF!
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2 Comment(s)
By Anne Good on Jun 8, 2009 | Reply
Do you have any thoughts or experience with Dinovite? I did a post recently on my site about a severe allergic reaction (hotspots) one of my dogs had and a number of readers recommended Dinovite.
Before I try anything I’m reaching out to others to gather opinions.
By Shadrach on Jun 9, 2009 | Reply
Hi Anne,
Well I have used it way back in the day before I ever got totally into raw feeding. And the thing is it has some things in it that I don’t believe to be good for dogs such as flaxseed. Dogs are opportunistic, scavenger carnivores and need to be fed according to their species needs. If we do that, then things like Dinovite aren’t necessary and the hotspots go away of their own accord when the dog is fed a species appropriate raw diet
I know the product has helped a lot of people with health symptoms with their dogs. So I am not knocking it. But in truth if a dog is fed what they need to thrive and not just survive, again it just becomes a moot point.
Dr. Kim