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Article #248: Optimizing K9 Health and Performance

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Every Working Dog handler knows that contain engine coolant residues
"Failure to Thrive" and "Hip Dysplasia" (carcinogenic), bug larvae, and
are big issues for Shepherds. But do you pathogens.
know why? It is bad enough when the family dog gets
These are genetic weaknesses. The sick, but when a K9 is out of action,
primary suspects are- pollution (air, lives may be at stake.
water, soil) and a fast food diet. When a dogs GI tract is upset, they
According to The Royal Society of instinctively know that eating grass and
Medicine of Great Britain- Fully 90% of dirt will settle it. Alas, allowing them
all chronic disease is caused by an to do this could actually make matters
unhealthy intestinal system! worse! Why? Today, soil and grass is
Rescue areas can be loaded with airborne contaminated with pesticides,
pollutants. Often times, their effect insecticides, inorganic fertilizers,
shows up long after any immediate chlorine and chemical runoff.
connection can be made. No wonder dogs are genetically weaker,
Water contaminants can include everything and sicker than at any time in history.
from, chemical spills (transmission and But once you remove the risks you can
engine coolant are particularly toxic in prevent your dogs from getting sick. But
small amounts) to bacteria from unseen what about dogs that are already sick and
decaying carcasses. genetically weak?
Commercial Dog Food Is Fast Food. Most K9 Disease is Reversible!
Convenience has a high price. The steps to restore (or maintain) health
Canned or dry dog foods are little more are relatively simple, and far less
than empty calories, which are very costly than vet visits, medications, or
difficult to process. Although they health insurance!
satisfy hunger, empty calories do nothing GI disorders develop when your dogs GI
to support vitality. tract is out of balance. Medications
Food digestion is a time sensitive treat symptoms instead of the actual
process. Empty calories remain in the cause. This is a case where the treatment
intestinal tract too long, where they needs a remedy!
putrefy, causing foul gas; at the same The intestinal wall is the gatekeeper.
time they become a breeding ground for This is where blood dumps the waste
bacteria and pathogens. products and picks up the nutrients to
Dry dog foods are extruded under extreme feed your dogs body.
heat, destroying any nutritional value Once the intestinal wall is inflamed, the
they might have had. nutritient/waste exchange is compromised.
Although you will not find it among the Having no way out, waste products
ingredients, recycled restaurant grease recirculate throughout the body causing
is sprayed on dry dog foods as a flavor toxic buildup. Until the inflammation is
enhancer. Yet frying temperatures addressed, the benefits of improved diet,
chemically alters oils, making them SBOs, or medications will be negligible!
carcinogenic! Herbal anti-inflammatories are natural
Open bags of dry food attract bugs and alternatives to prednisone.
rodents who deposit eggs and leave toxic Chronic inflammation leads to immune
droppings. system breakdown.
Canned meats contain diseased meat that Working dogs are often placed into highly
is unfit for human consumption. It is stressed environments.
cooked at high temperatures to kill the The best way to restore and maintain K9
pathogens, also destroying any balance is by first using an herbal
nutritional value. anti-inflammatory, quickly followed by
Chlorinated Water. Not only does chlorine incorporating SBOs, along with a healthy
kill pathogens and bacteria in the water, diet, and unchlorinated water.
it kills the good bacteria in you dogs No matter what age they are when you
gut. Untreated water soon becomes start, you will soon see improvements in
stagnant. Water puddles are likely to mental and physical performance.






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