Brought to you by The Best Years in Life Pets and Animals Remedy For That Itch In Your Dog
by Gabriel
Do you own a pet dog? If you do the following article will be
helpful to you. As you might already know dogs actually do suffer from
allergies just like we do. There are a lot of remedies for such dog
allergies. One of the remedies is to use honey.
But a note in advance: The use of honey to treat dog allergies
usually works only for seasonal-induced or environmental allergies.
Meaning allergies that are triggered during certain times of the year "
like winter or summer or caused by the environment like fleas or dust
mites.
Ok so why is honey so effective in treating certain classes of dog
allergies? Firstly, honey contains local pollen which in small doses
allows your pet dogs to consume it without risk. This is akin to how
antibodies work in vaccines. Small exposures of pollen to the dogs
immune system will help to build up resistance against
seasonal/environmental induced factors.
Secondly, honey by itself has the ability to heal. For us, when we
have a sore throat, what do we do? Thats right; we drink a warm glass
of honey. Many people have also used honey to recover from wounds and
various skin problems, either by consuming it or applying on the
affected areas.
Of course it is not so simple as to just buy honey off the
market-shelf, start to feed your affected dog and volia the allergies
disappear. It is a little more complicated than that. The key factor
that makes the use of honey effective against these kinds of dog
allergies is to let your pet consume honey produced from your area. Let
me repeat that again: Get honey that is grown and produce from where
you live. The simple reason being that honey grown locally has the
pollens which is native to your dogs environment. This will then really
build up resistance against allergic agents where your dog lives. It
makes little sense to feed your dog honey made from the other side of
the globe. Unless you are planning to bring your dog for a vacation
there that is.
Some more tips for feeding your dogs honey: remember that if your
dog is larger in size they may need greater quantities of honey for it
to work. General rule of thumb is one tablespoon for large dogs and
less than one tablespoon for small dogs. You can even mix the honey
into your pets food if they dont like licking off a spoon!
Give it about a months time and the effects of the honey should start to work. Hope that helps.
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