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We just took our ten-ish-year-old Sheltie to the vet--yet again--and the diagnosis: Mixed superficial pyoderma bacterial and yeast and KCS or keratoconjuctovitis sicca. None of which means anything to me, but he had suddenly developed a huge bald place and his back seemed very tender. Also had a goopy eye, which the second part was about. The vet has prescribed an antibiotic, a shampoo, a compounded eye drop...
All well and good, I guess. And I will definitely look up these conditions. But I have a question for you guys: what's the best thing to do to build up our dogs immune systems? I know some things, fish oil, coconut oil, etc. . . and I also know some of the things we do for our human family that seem to help, but what works for humans doesn't always work the same for dogs.
We have started them on a raw diet, which they love. Our vet--a rather conservative sort--thinks this is good, but that we should be giving them vitamins or kibble to add in what they "aren't getting." Also thinks we should consult a nutritionist. Either that, or buy a pre-packaged raw diet.
Now, I think this is BS. From everything I have read, PM feeding gives them what they need. Wolves don't take vitamins, do they? Well, maybe they do these days, but still...
I'm pretty much ready to discount the feeding stuff, but would love to have suggestions for the immune thing. Of course, the PM feeding may well take care of a lot of that.
Thanks,
Eklutna
All well and good, I guess. And I will definitely look up these conditions. But I have a question for you guys: what's the best thing to do to build up our dogs immune systems? I know some things, fish oil, coconut oil, etc. . . and I also know some of the things we do for our human family that seem to help, but what works for humans doesn't always work the same for dogs.
We have started them on a raw diet, which they love. Our vet--a rather conservative sort--thinks this is good, but that we should be giving them vitamins or kibble to add in what they "aren't getting." Also thinks we should consult a nutritionist. Either that, or buy a pre-packaged raw diet.
Now, I think this is BS. From everything I have read, PM feeding gives them what they need. Wolves don't take vitamins, do they? Well, maybe they do these days, but still...
I'm pretty much ready to discount the feeding stuff, but would love to have suggestions for the immune thing. Of course, the PM feeding may well take care of a lot of that.
Thanks,
Eklutna