Herbs for dog with allergies, dermatitis? (Chews self.)

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> What herbs or traditional formulas could help him with this issue

> safely? Thanks.

 

The best thing for skin problems in any animal is topical emu oil.

 

Don

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Hi :-)

I had the same problem with my dog. He chewed himself obsessively, and it wasn't

because of fleas. I changed his dry food to " solid gold " fish and rye and he

stopped chewing himself. I am aware to the fact that some dogs allergic to corn.

Pedigree has corn in their wet food too. There are other brands that don't have

it.

 

elizdettrey <Rabbitbrain wrote:

I had a dog that chewed his toes red. The vet indicated that he must

be allergic to fleas or grass. Well I kept him flea free as possible

and didn't see much change, he even had a runny nose and I had to

give him benadryl.

 

I recently learned that I, myself, was sensitive to corn and sugar

and felt better if I didn't eat these foods. So I though to look at

my dogs dry food. It was mainly composed of corn. I changed his

food to a rice and lamb formula and this stopped his chewing and

sniffling. Corn doesn't digest entirely and can become a sourse of

an irritant.

 

Hope you can find this solution would work for you. It is absolutly

distressing to watch an animal dig at themselves.

 

Liz D.

 

 

 

 

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Chinese Traditional Medicine , Hertzi <hrtz1> wrote:

> Hi :-)

> I had the same problem with my dog. He chewed himself obsessively,

and it wasn't because of fleas. I changed his dry food to " solid

gold " fish and rye and he stopped chewing himself

 

Hertzi, I got to the store before it closed tonight and bought a bag

of this (it's called Holistic something here but has fish and rye in

it and not other things that could be allergenic). So far, so good

(he ate it).

 

A herbalist at the Chinese herbs shop near me had recommended doing a

B.A.R.F. (bones and raw food) diet to some degree as well. As to

herbs, the closest he said was, hmm, maybe reishi.

 

Thank you (and others) who offered suggestions. I'll try the Solid

Gold food, and will mix in some bones-and-raw-food items, will keep

up the essential fatty acid supplement, and if it doesn't resolve in

a couple months, move on to more esoteric things like feeding high-

end reishi mushroom tea to my dog.

 

I *think* that's the stuff that always makes me feel great, when I

have it in a tonic tea.

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> Thank you (and others) who offered suggestions. I'll try the Solid

> Gold food,

 

FWIW, due to recent inavailability of my preferred brand of dog food, I've

been forced to go back the the solid gold brand which is available at the

co-op. I opened a new bag the other day and poured it out into the storage

can and a beautifully dehydrated mouse came out. No more of that stuff for

me. I quit buying it years ago because of occasional mold problems.

 

Don

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I think we can safely assume that meridians for mammals are similar to ours.

Conception and governor vessels along the front and back and similar meridians

like the forelegs are similar to our arms, and back legs like our legs. Massage

along these lines and moxa are a possibility.

 

Gateswood Quarterhorses <horses wrote:> Thank you (and others) who

offered suggestions. I'll try the Solid

> Gold food,

 

FWIW, due to recent inavailability of my preferred brand of dog food, I've

been forced to go back the the solid gold brand which is available at the

co-op. I opened a new bag the other day and poured it out into the storage

can and a beautifully dehydrated mouse came out. No more of that stuff for

me. I quit buying it years ago because of occasional mold problems.

 

Don