Healing Your Pet’s Allergies as well as Your Own Can Often Be Done Organically! Try Using Organic Feeds and Supplements

Dogs, cats and other pets suffer from allergies just as humans do. While we may be unable to cure allergies in our pets, we most certainly can help our pets cope and be more comfortable by using organic dietary supplements and experimenting with or changing their diet to organically grown produce.

Pets, like humans, become sensitized to certain irritants within their environment. Terms such as allergic contact dermatitis (equivalent to touch-sensitive allergy in human), irritant contact dermatitis (for example hay fever caused by pollen), purities (itching), urticaria (raised small bumps on the skin which clear after a period of time) and angioedema (swelling of the face and throat) are all words we commonly hear used in terms of humans, but these are also symptoms suffered by our pets - and Jody here was no exception.

Like people, pets also cough, wheeze, and itch. If these can clearly be identified and properly diagnosed as allergies, the symptoms can be relieved by use of anti-inflammatories, anti-histamines, steroids and even epinephrine – for instance, in severe cases of angioedema when breathing is compromised.

Small Comforts Often Provide a Big Relief
While it is comforting to know that our pets can be medically helped when they really need it, what is also clear is that allergies can be naturally helped by encouraging the pet's body to help itself. By improving your pet's diet, it is possible to improve his health. A healthier animal has a more effective immune system, which is better able to cope with the irritations of outside stimuli.

The first step would be to try him on an hypo-allergenic feed based on rice instead of wheat, and containing chicken, turkey or lamb as opposed to beef and pork.  Some suggestions to change your dog's diet:

-    Feed a good quality 'complete' organic foodstuff.

-    Supplement the diet with a fatty acid, such as an omega rich oil (cod liver oil  - just one teaspoon a day mixed into his breakfast dish). These oils help the body to cope with and lessen the effect of allergic reaction (production of histamines) in your dog. You can even get the omega 3 fish oils with herbal supplements that include the vital anti-inflammatory fatty acids, EPA and DHA, as mentioned in the video above.

- Biotin (a B group vitamin) helps relieve dry skin problems.
It really is possible to help your dog cope with allergies. By improving their general health and well-being - you will have a happier pet.

It's surprising how a change of circumstances can cause a real bout of allergic reactions - even psychosomatic disorders in a mature pet well fixed in old routines. Just moving house or relocating to a different part of the country can also precipitate such problems. Anything from fitted carpets or musty cupboards may harbor the culprits. Of course, it could be as simple as their resting space. In which case, it's not so outragious to consider some simple form of more natural bedding. Older animals may often sleep for longer and longer hours and, well, they are family as well, are they not!