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Dog Vomiting
Man's best friend? Only when they're not puking all over the house- with a particular eye on your favorite throw rug. Dogs' salvation is that they also provide great joy, and unconditional love, but when they throw up it's never joyful. AVMA statistics say vomiting & diarrhea is the number 3 reason that people take their dogs to the vet! Why so high?
Well that's easy; they're living breathing garbage trucks. Never found a morsel they wouldn't gulp down. They'll even fight you for it. When thirsty, no contaminated puddle is too funky to slurp. Why do they do this you ask? Well, they're dogs. It's what they do.
You might wonder how dogs survived in the wild. That's simple. The animals they hunted and ate were healthy. The uncontaminated air they breathed, and water they drank, the organic grasses and soil they ate to replenish the microflora bacteria they required, were everywhere.
It's a totally different story today. The toxic spew commonly found in our air, water, or soil- and consequently our poultry, fish, meat, fruits and vegetables has destroyed most, if not all, beneficial bacteria. Health or lack there of, is mostly about exposure over time. Exposure to poor quality food, water, grasses and soil, over generations has weakened both animals and humans!
Instead of our government demanding that industries move away from fossil fuels, pesticides, inorganic fertilizers, chlorinated and fluoridated water supplies... they seem all too willing to go along with highly controversial "scientific studies". Study conclusions are notorious for redrawing the lines in the sand for allowable contaminant levels, be they in water, air or soil. Ever more lenient studies and the redrawing of the safe level of contaminant line have been ongoing for over 50 years.
What has been the long term effect on us, as well as our dogs? One thing we do know, we are both on more medications now, than ever before. It is not uncommon for a dog to be on multiple meds at any given time.
Another thing we know is that your dog's once hardy digestive system is now predisposed to vomiting!
A Key to Good Health- Bacterial Balance
A healthy balance of bacteria and other microorganisms (collectively called intestinal microflora) is required in order to maintain good health. These microorganisms work in concert to digest food, process waste, and fight against infection.
Environmental factors, poor water and food choices, and the overuse of antibiotics can greatly reduce the number of beneficial bacteria. Once out of balance, pathogenic bacteria are quick to take over. Serious health problems can be created when factors like antibiotics, poor diet, and stress cause this balance to be disrupted.
When your dog eats or drinks something loaded with pathogenic bacteria their already delicate balance is upset. Your dog's autoimmune system will react to get rid of the pathogens the fastest way possible. This rather violent autoimmune reaction is known as vomiting.
Veterinary "Care"
Given the ongoing exposure noted above, sooner or later your dog is going to throw up. Cleaning it up is a smelly, messy process known to make dog owners throw up. Obviously, the sooner your dog stops vomiting, the better!
If you send your dog out of the house they are likely to do what comes natural for them- they're going to eat grass and dirt. And if you let them, they're likely to get even sicker!?
If you take your dogs to the vet, rarely do you have any idea why they are throwing up, so the vet is placed in the difficult position.
In addition to advising you to withhold giving your dog food or water, there are several medications that your vet is likely to administer, but to assure speedy results they are likely to prescribe an antibiotic with broad spectrum kill capabilities.
This is a case where the remedy needs a remedy! Antibiotics aren't selective; they kill all the bacteria. Combine that with no food and water and your "best friend" is in for a rough couple of days. But it need not be that way!
Thanks to the popularity of holistic foods and natural remedies for humans, many vets have begun to wake up to the possibilities. We are doing our part to increase their awareness, but the fact is this should be a campaign undertaken by every dog owner.
The New Age of Veterinary Care- Holistic!
Just as the holistic approach to healing humans has gained in popularity, it was inevitable that the holistic movement would branch into veterinary care.? In early 2006 there are some 775 practicing holistic vets in the US. They even have their own medical journal!
Conventionally trained veterinarians have been taught to prescribe antibiotics, or some other medication that also has side effects, whereas holistic vets will only administer them judiciously, and as a last resort!
So what do you give a vomiting dog if not antibiotics? Probiotics!
Probiotics are living organisms. But not all probiotics are capable of solving your dog's vomiting.
Yogurt is a dairy based food, fermented with probiotics. It is often recommended to settle our GI tract when they get out of balance; yet many people and dogs are allergic to commercial grade pasteurized dairy products.
Encapsulated acidophilus was developed to minimize allergic reactions and to survive the strong hydrochloric acid in your dogs' stomach.? But even with encapsulation, they are not the answer.
Since pathogenic invaders are a way of life in the 21st century, your dog needs an abundant variety of hardy microflora on a daily basis. Without them, vomiting is just one GI issue that occurs.
Soil Based Organisms for a New Age of Dog Wellness
Some 25 years ago, laboratory researchers began exploring an entirely new type of probiotic. Instead of coming from cultured dairy products, these probiotics are found in organic soils. Appropriately, they were collectively named Soil Based Organisms (SBOs).?
The primary reason for giving SBOs to replenish the good bacteria in your dog's gut is their resistance to stomach acids.
The culturing of SBOs requires very expensive laboratory controlled conditions, using strict scientific protocols. Much like fermenting the finest beer or wine, the SBO culturing process cannot be rushed.
Formulating SBOs into a specific product capable of quickly restoring your dog's proper GI balance took 5 years of intense Research & Development.? The result is a formula consisting of 29 individual strains of active SBOs, working synergistically to overcome pathogens, and bad bacteria causing the vomiting.
That product is Pet Flora™. It is administered without the need to withhold food or water! If you keep it on hand, your dog is likely to stop vomiting before you could even be seen by a vet!
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