ALLERGIES

Allergy is the body’s defense system gone wrong. It happens when the immune system, whose purpose is to defend the body against harmful invaders, releases a response against something that is not necessarily harmful. The symptoms of that allergic response can range from mildly annoying to intensely bothersome, to fatal.

Animals have allergies just like people only the animals have trouble telling us they are suffering. An allergic reaction can be triggered by pollen, dust, mold, food, insect venom to name a few. Most animals because of improper diet and exposure to pollution cause their immune systems to be depressed. That’s the bad news. The good news is that today we know more then ever about how to support the immune system. No one, animals included would last very long without an immune system. We live in a hostile world, full of viruses, bacteria, and parasites. The animal’s immune system has developed over millions of years. The immune system is set up to attack substances call antigens. An antigen is a molecule or compound that signals the presence of an invader in the body. When the animal’s immune system recognizes an antigen, it tries to repel it. It sets up defense cells to attack directly. These are called antibodies.

The most widely used substances in allergies are antihistamines which are some drugs that relieves allergy systems. This is treating a symptom not the cause. Many pet owners do not recognize their pet’s allergies especially in the beginning. It is usually when the animal is in distress or has hot spots (oozing sores on his body) that the owner realizes there is a problem. This is why prevention is the best fighter against allergies. Symptoms of allergies can vary from difficulty in breathing to skin rashes as I just described. It is difficult to diagnose. You can have expensive skin tests or blood tests to determine exactly what the animal is allergic to but by proper diet and a process of elimination of chemicals and additives you can treat the whole animal and they will be on the road to well-ness.

Food allergies are one of the most common sources of trouble to people and animals. Allergies to food additives can cause a number of physical and mental problems. A food allergy can range from a mild to a very severe reaction causing death. We have all heard of the violent reactions of people and animal to MSG (monosodium glutamate). Diagnosis of allergy like symptoms can be a problem so keeping chemicals and additives away from our pets both inside and out is the answer.

Animals also have allergies to insect bites. There can be a mild allergy to fleas or a severe anaphylactic reaction to a bee sting. I have found that one of the most effective emergency treatments for a severe allergy is intravenous vitamin C.

Another common allergy in pets is drugs. Far too many drugs are given by Veterinarians to animals. I use homeopathy in my practice. As medicines have become more numerous and powerful the number of adverse side effects has grown.

The most common allergy to animals are skin allergies. Dermatitis and hot spots are the most common. This usually is caused from improper diet. Sometimes it is a small spot and other times it spreads causing scratching which leads to a bacterial infection.

Because many animals suffer from allergies a lot of research is done by pharmaceutical companies and the federal government and this costs a lot of money so we the consumer pay for this research in expensive medication which treats a symptom and often does more damage to the animals body then the allergy.

WHAT CAN WE DO?

The key to allergy prevention is good nutrition and common sense. A proper diet free of additives, coloring, and sugar such as Cornucopia Natural Pet Foods is the key to a healthy pet. The most effective preventative for allergy is the powerful antioxidant called Cornucopia Superfood. This convenient sprinkle-on supplement is a vegetarian, human grade (not pet grade) concentrated antioxidant which should be added to every meal.

One way or another the immune system affects just about everything in the animals body. Emotion plays a big part. There is strong evidence that grief or emotional upset can make animals more susceptible to sickness by weakening the immune system. There is a link to allergy here, emotional upsets and stress can worsen attacks of some allergies so lets not forget to look at the whole picture when diagnosing allergies. Look at the emotional life of this animal as well. Each day give your pet some of your time and love. At the end of everyday ask yourself did I hug my pet today?

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Anti-Oxidants, Answer to Your Pet's Health!

Reprinted from a column written by R. Geoffrey Broderick
for Dogs of Japan Magazine.

1. When we drive over a bridge or pass through beautiful old gates or examine our car, we see that all of these objects become discolored with rust and are "eaten away" as they age. When, on a special occasion, you bring out fine silver to set your festive table, don't be surprised when you find it tarnished. Have you ever noticed that old rubber bands, tires or rubber molding, even if they have had little or no use, are cracked and their elasticity has diminished? All these damaging changes are the result of a process called oxidation due to oxygen free-radicals.

2. In order to remove this oxidation, you must scrape the bridge, sand the gates, rub down the car and polish your silver. These processes, each time they are performed, wear away a layer of metal making the object thinner. To protect against this oxidation, you must treat these objects with various preparations known as antioxidants. These antioxidants coat the material preventing the oxygen free-radicals from penetrating the surface and oxidizing the underlying material.

3. What is oxidation? It is a process where an atom or a molecule loses an electron. What does it lose it to? It loses to another atom or molecule that needs an electron. In physics, there is nothing that is more unstable or wild in the universe than an atom or molecule that is missing an electron and that atom or molecule is called a free radical.

4. A free radical will do anything to neutralize or stabilize itself. So, it steals an electron from a nearby molecule and starts a damaging chain reaction of creating other free radicals.

5. What causes free-radicals? They are caused by the damaging rays of the sun that come through a faulty ozone layer. They are caused by pollution from factories, car exhaust, cigarette smoke, chemicals, acid rain, flea collars and other insecticides and they are caused by trauma. You and your pets are exposed to all of these substances as well as trauma. Free-radicals attack you and your pet at the cellular level where they destroy the cell membranes (the outer protective wall of the cell). They can now enter the cell where their destructive force can actually alter the DNA causing the cells to become cancer-producing.

6. The changes from free-radicals can lead to anything from wrinkles due to the breakdown of the elasticity in your skin (like the aging rubber band) to structural changes like arthritis (like the aging bridge) to deficiencies in the entire immune system which leads to an array of diseases including cancer.

7. You are not just aging. You and your pets are "rusting" or "oxidizing" due to the constant bombardment of oxygen-free radicals in the earth's atmosphere against your unprotected bodies.

8. How do you protect your body from free-radical damage? In the sun, you wear protective clothing or coat your body with sun-screen. But our bodies also breathe oxygen and circulate it to our cells so we need a substance that will also protect our bodies against free radicals on the inside. Nature, in all its wisdom, has provided us with these certain substances called anti-oxidant vitamins that possess extra electrons. These electrons are given up to stabilize free-radicals and stop the chain reaction. These vitamins are Beta-Carotene, Ascorbic Acid and Tocopherols also known as Vitamin A, Vitamin C and Vitamin E, ("ACE"). A healthy diet of these anti-oxidants along with other "co-factors" or "helpers" like Zinc and Selenium "reduce" and stabilize the free-radicals thus preventing the inception of a weak or diseased state.

9. If you do not have disease then you have health. If you prevent disease, then you foster and secure health and vitality. We see the difference in our skin when we ingest Beta Carotene. We see our gums stop bleeding when we take Vitamin C. When we have been burned by fire, we see the healing effect of Vitamin E. When we ingest all of these together, they have a marvelous synergistic or combined effect.

10. We, as people, can swallow a dozen capsules and tablets each day without a thought but when it comes to our pets, the problems begin. Anti-oxidants should be taken with each and every meal so they must be in a form that pets will consume.

11. The overwhelming leader in free-radical protection for pets is a product called, "Cornucopia Super Food". This delicious powdered sprinkle-on concentrated anti-oxidant supplement is on the cutting edge of veterinary medical research. Cornucopia Super-Food took twenty-six years to formulate so that this wide variety of combined nutrients would provide an optimum state of health in order to dramatically enhance the quantity and quality of life for pets throughout the world.

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OVERWEIGHT PETS

Why do pets get fat?

Female dogs and cats who have had a hysterectomy (spayed) and male dogs and cats who have been castrated (neutered) have a tendency to gain weight. This is because their hormones are taken away. When the "music" or vibrations created by these natural chemical substances is gone, then the other hormone- producing glands in the body, like the thyroid, who react to those musical vibrations, go to sleep. The sleeping thyroid fails to stimulate the adrenals and, in turn, the pituitary along with the entire immune system is affected. A low thyroid level will also cause weight gain. The majority of dogs with this problem have been neutered or spayed..

The primary cause of overweight dogs, however, is the food you feed them. Obesity is the number one disease of pets in the world. It makes them tired, sluggish, complacent and unhealthy. Fat dogs are more prone to arthritis and heart disease. One pound of fat holds about nine pounds of water so not only does your dog have to carry the weight on it's limbs and joints, but it's heart must pump excessive and unnatural amounts of water throughout it's body. The heart, like any other machine that experiences this overload, eventually wears out before it's time.

Pet food is generally full of fatty waste products of other food industries; the sugar-laden waste of the bakery industry and the sludge of spent grain waste material of the beer & liquor industry.

Take this junk and mix it with chemicals, flavorings, sugar and MSG and what do you have? You have greasy, sweet, nutrient-depleted, fattening "junk food" for pets. Overweight dogs, besides being unhealthy, are not happy. An animal that is out of breath frequently, can't move quickly and must sit or lie down constantly usually dies before it's time. It certainly would die in the wild.

What to feed? Feed your pet a dry or canned food that is "Lite". This means that it contains lower protein, lower fat and higher fiber. The food should not contain any chemicals or artificial coloring or flavoring and never M.S.G. (Monosodium Glutamate). These chemicals entice the pet to consume more food. If the dog eats more food, then the manufacturer sells more food and in the pet food business, volume is the name of the game. Your pet, on the other hand, suffers from

eating a large volume of food, especially when it is made of the kind of ingredients that ordinary pet food is derived from. Fat is what makes pet food taste so good. Fat provides the smell, the palatability and the texture of the food. The more fat in the food, the more the pet will prefer and eat the food resulting in a fatter pet. Fat food makes fat pets!

Never feed a pet food that contains gravy because these foods are loaded with M.S.G. This is an extremely harmful substance to pets which contributes to unnecessary over-eating. When feeding your pet from the table, avoid giving fat and never add oil to his food. Salt, sugar or sweeteners should be avoided completely. Soft, moist pet foods, (the ones that look like hamburger and cheese), are the worst foods you can give your pet. They are saturated with sugar that "hooks" an animal the same way candy "hooks" a child. Sugar turns your pet into a junk food addict changing his healthy life into a sickly, diseased existence. Once they crave sugar, they will prefer sweetened food over a healthy natural diet. Give your pet healthy table foods which would include vegetables, chicken or fish.

There are hundreds of "treats" (bones and cookies) on the market for these creatures to munch on. The majority of these treats are fattening and unhealthy. If you want to give your pet a snack, give it a whole grain biscuit at bedtime, free of sugar, color, or anything artificial.

Reading labels is vital in making an intelligent decision about which pet food contains the "good stuff". Look for variety in the food with lots of whole ingredients. "Whole " is wholesome!

One way to ensure that your pet metabolizes it's food properly and stays very healthy is by adding antioxidants to it's diet. Antioxidants will protect it from the "bad stuff" in it's food as well as it's environment. "Superfood" by Cornucopia is the first and foremost antioxidant for pets

world-wide. "Superfood" also contains digestive enzymes and friendly flora to ensure complete utilization of the food.

Most veterinarians would suggest that you provide a proper diet along with a daily exercise program. Be smart! Give your pet the same benefits you give yourself. Lower it's protein, lower it's fat, eliminate salt, sugar and chemicals from it's diet, read labels and add antioxidants!

Follow this regime and you and your pet will have a long, healthy life together!

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Open Season On Fleas!

Reprinted from a column written by Dr. R. Geoffrey Broderick
for Dog of Japan Magazine

They’re back!

It’s flea season. The summer, with its hot, humid weather is ideal for newly hatched eggs to grow and reproduce.

Fleas are small, wingless insects, with the body flattened from side to side, making it easy for them to slip through the hair of the pet.

The flea develops in four stages: egg, larvae, pupae and adult. Adults live on the pet and lay eggs which fall off the animal into your home or the grounds around your house. The eggs hatch and go through the larval stage that feeds on lint and fiber. It then spins a cocoon and develops into the pupae which emerges as an adult.

All fleas live, when adult, as blood-sucking parasites of mammals.

The adults feed on your dog and cat causing itching and an inflammation of the skin known as flea-bite dermatitis. Fleas also carry tapeworm. When your pet eats a flea, it is digested and the tapeworm larva is released into the intestinal tract where it attaches and becomes an adult tapeworm.

Fleas live on cats, dogs, rats, birds, horses, poultry, rabbits and many wild animals. Fleas pass readily from animals to animals. They leave the host as soon as it dies because they must have blood for food. Fleas are very greedy feeders and only digest and assimilate a fraction of the blood they suck up. Fleas are regularly caught and eaten in small numbers by their host, usually in the course of licking cleaning and preening. Fleas are strong and have a great leaping ability for their size. Cleanliness and proper diet are the best protection against fleas.

During the 100 day life of the adult flea, it will lay about 5,000 eggs that will perpetuate her species and the ensuing problems that they cause.

How do you control fleas? Fleas are controlled with all kinds of insecticides that kill adult fleas. These pesticides sometimes kill the larval forms and almost never kill an egg. The chemicals cause all kinds of harmful problems to pets as well as people. The problems range from asthma to rashes and other skin inflammations, even cancer. Extreme caution must be practiced when using these pesticides. Pesticides should be used only as a last resort. Flea collars and insecticides weaken the immune system as does poor, chemicalized foods. Polluted water, acid rain and air pollution all contribute to a weakened immune system, making your pet more susceptible to infestation.

The safest way to protect your pet against fleas is:

1. Through nourishment with the best natural food you can buy.

2. Adding an anti-oxidant to your pet’s food causing your pet to lose odors that are otherwise attractive to Fleas. Cornucopia Super-Food Antioxidant is the most effective product that you can use. It is Vegetarian, Organic, safe, natural and effective. Cornucopia Super-Food contains twenty-one ingredients that emit a pleasant scent or micro-odor on the surface of the pets skin that repels fleas. At the same time Cornucopia Super-Food makes the pet incredibly healthy and thus very unattractive to fleas.

3. Cornucopia’s Natural herbal flea collars, free of chemicals, will help repel not only fleas, but all insects.These collars contain the essence of twelve herbs that fleas cannot tolerate. The fleas simple leave the animal. The herbal flea collars will also repel mosquitos that not only bite your pet but are the carriers of microfilaria that grow to become heartworms. The adult heartworm lives in the right side of your pets heart and produces countless numbers of babies. These microfilaria circulate in the blood and are sucked-up by mosquitos who transport and spread them to another host.The Cornucopia Herbal collars are non-cancer causing, safe and effective. They do the job without side effects or sickness. They have a beautiful herbal scent which pets and people love and fleas hate.

4. If you find an occasional flea on your pet, simply remove it with a "flea comb".

Feeding a fabulous natural diet and sprinkling Cornucopia Super-Food onto it will keep your pet naturally healthy and free of disease and infestation. The herbal flea collar gives your pet its first line of defense in the healthiest way possible.

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CANINE HIP DYSPLASIA

Reprinted from a column written by Dr. R. Geoffrey Broderick
for Dogs of Japan Magazine

In 1972, while working on a cure for Feline Urinary Syndrome (cystitis in cats), I Met Dr. Wendel Belfield and Dr. Lyle Baker both from California and both working with Vitamin C. They told me about the hunch they had along with Drs. Linus Pauling, Bob Cathcart, Irwin Stone and Fred Klenner that because the hips of dogs are made from collagen, there may be a link between Vitamin C and hip dysplasia.

Collagen, the glue-like protein substance which forms into fibers that become the major supportive protein matrix of the skin, tendons, bone, cartilage, and connective tissue of the body must have Vitamin C in order to from correctly. This is accomplished by the hydroxylation reaction of the Amino Acids Proline and Lysine required in the formation of collagen. A deficiency in Vitamin C leads to unhealthy and weak collagen formation which in turn leads to weak and deformed cartilage as the puppy grows, especially in the large breeds. The pressure on the ball and socket of the hip joint pushes and stretches the weak acetabulum (socket) making it too large for the head of the femur. The head, or ball of the femur slides up and down within the stretched socket causing friction and resulting in painful inflammation and lameness.

Dr. Belfield and I started giving Vitamin C to all of our puppy patients and discovered that both of us (independently) observed a dramatic decline in the incidence of Canine Hip Dysplasia (CHD). In my practice I was performing the pectineus myotomy surgery (cutting of the pectineus muscle) which was the "cure" at the time. I was performing approximately 4 to 8 of these surgeries every month. Later it was discovered that this surgical procedure was only a temporary fix and the signs of CHD with resulting coxofemoral arthritic changes were inevitable. Dr. Belfield and I persisted with our prevention correspondence and discovered that we were not observing any cases of CHD on any of our puppies that were supplemented with Vitamin C. The pectineus myotomy surgery was soon abandoned by both of us.

In the mid-seventies at a conference in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA, I suggested my theory to our audience of over two hundred people that if they would conduct a proper study involving ten or twenty dysplastic males and mate them to the same number of dysplastic females and feed the offspring 2,000 mg of Vitamin C through the mothers milk from birth, each day, and then 2,000 mg of Vitamin C again in the food after weaning, you would see that you may produce non-dysplastic puppies. I have listened to the skeptics over the years, but I have never seen a completed study. Bear in mind that in order to perform this test, the puppies are required to remain under research conditions for 18 months. Ideally the study would involve 100-200 puppies besides the adults.

Over twenty years have passed and in my practice I have observed over 10,000 new puppies. Among those who received the preventive dose of Vitamin C, only one Newfoundland and two Labrador Retrievers, (the labs from the same litter) became clinically dysplastic.

This twenty year observation, which equals only on large breed dog out of 3,400 that develop CHD while on Vitamin C, my feeling is that while Vitamin is not fool-proof, it is the way to prevent CHD in puppies that are already born. Another way is the avoidance of breeding to dysplastic parents thus preventing the genetic defect from being passed on. The genetic defect, I believe is the inherited inability for a puppy to produce enough Vitamin C, especially during periods of stress, at a crucial time of collagen formation.

The orthodox specialists’ answer is elimination of those dogs afflicted with dysplasia through genocide. If you supplement every puppy, you may cover-up a potential inherited defect.

I see it this way, if your dog is not supplemented with various vitamins and minerals, it will develop the disease associated with deficiencies of the particular vitamins and minerals. What makes supplementation of Vitamin C any different? Your dog must have essential amino acids which the dog is not able to manufacture on his own but most come from the food. There is only one problem to this pompous paper publishing university know-it-all attitude which expounds that "Vitamin C has no benefit in preventing CHD" and that is they are not the only ones doing research. There are private practitioners out there, far from the funded cloisters of the revered campus laboratories that have been seeking cures for years at their own expense.

Orthodox skeptics make a serious miss-assumption when they say the "Vitamin C supplementation has no value because the dog produces it’s own Vitamin C in their livers." The profound fact that is overlooked in their belief is that there is a vast difference in the dietetic intake of domestic dogs as compared to dogs in the wild. A dog does not have the luxury (or perhaps the misfortune) of having its meals cooked for him. Therefore, when the dog is feeding for itself, it eats the entire uncooked prey. Contained within this ‘whole’ meal are two fatty pouches; one located above kidney. Inside these fatty pouches is a bean shaped organ called the adrenal gland. The raw adrenal glands are storehouses loaded with Vitamin C! This occurrence of natural and complete supplementation existed for millions of years with the evolving dog as it does today in the wild dog. In contrast, in to days process of cooking pet food to the point of sterilization, nutrients are literally destroyed, one of them being Vitamin C.

"Oh, why then did someone not tell us?" Cries the revered tenure accumulating intellectual! My answer is the same one given by Chief Seolith for whom Seattle, Washington was named. After he was asked why the entire population of white people settling in this area were being wiped out by scurvy while his Native American constituents were perfectly healthy. His answer, as well as mine...Why didn’t they ask?

There is a form of Vitamin C known as Ester C which is incorporated in a powerful antioxidant supplement known as Cornucopia Superfood. Ester C penetrates the cells and has a longer lasting and more powerful effect than other forms of Vitamin C. In Cornucopia Superfood, the Ester C does not have to work alone because when this delicious powdered seasoning is sprinkled on to the pet’s food, the Vitamin C joined by substantial amounts of Vitamin E, Beta Carotene, Zinc, and Selenium. The combination of all of these antioxidants and cofactor has a combined or synergistic effect producing not only healthy collagen to guard against CHD but to neutralize the damaging effects of free-radical activities throughout the body.

This product that is on the cutting edge of veterinary medical clinic research should be fed to every household pet with each meal every day.

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Homeopathy

Homeopathy is a well respected holistic healing art practiced throughout the world. It’s

renewed popularity is presently emerging across the United States. With today’s increased interest in more natural approaches to health care. Along with the rise in chronic disease, many people are turning to alternative methods of treatment, such as homeopathic remedies including minerals, herbs, bark, seeds, berries, flowers and animal matter. These ingredients are present in infinitesimal quantities which is why they cause no side effects.

The administration of a dose of a specific substance such as Ipecac would produce symptoms of violent vomiting in a healthy child or animal. However, if this very substance was administered in an extremely minute quantity to an already sick child or animal exhibiting the same symptoms, they would quickly get better. This is the Law of Similars in which homeopathy revolves.

Homeopathy literally translates from Greek to "homeos" meaning similar and "pathos" meaning suffering. Therefore, treatment with something that actually is similar to the suffering of the animal or as many people say, ‘treating like with like" is the Law of Similars.

In theory, these very small diluted applications of a substance when given to an ill animal, actually stimulate the animal’s immune system to push the illness out of it’s body naturally.

There are no side effects when taking homeopathic remedies since there are no foreign chemicals introduced into the body. These remedies are all derived from herbal, mineral or animal substances.

The beauty of homeopathy is that it is non-toxic, natural and long-lasting. Dr. R. Geoffrey Broderick has been using homeopathy in his practice for several years and we continue to see positive results.

Dr. R. Geoffrey Broderick is available for Nutritional Consultations by a personal appointment or by a telephone consultation.

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SENIOR IS SEVEN & SEVEN IS SENIOR

When a dog becomes seven years old, it becomes a senior dog. Seven is the time of life when his dietary requirements change. To assure extension of its life, the dog must have a healthier quality life and his diet must change. In order to make these dietary changes, we must understand why dogs die and they die from.

The major diseases that cause death in the dog are: Heart disease, Kidney disease and Cancer

Heart disease is caused in part by the over-use of slat in pet foods. Salt is a cheap ingredient, adds to the flavor and helps preserve the food. However, the salt retains water which produces more fluid for the heart to pump thus causing the heart to work harder. Like any machine, the harder it works, the faster it wears out. If you have any kind of a heart problem, what is the first thing your doctor tells you? "Stop eating salt; get salt out of your diet", he would say. Well then, why would it be any different for your dog? Ideally, the better way to prevent heart disease is to stop it before it starts by taking salt out of the dog's diet.

Other causes of heart disease are obesity and fat consumption. To help your dog lower the fat in his diet, increase the fiber. This will lower the calories in it's food and help reduce the dog's body fat. Body fat also causes fluid retention.

Since one pound of fiber holds nine pounds of water, the increase in fiber will make your dog feel "full" and satisfy it's appetite without adding to caloric intake thus help in weight reduction. Fiber will also help clean the colon, (large intestine) which will also encourage maintenance of healthy weight.

Feeding your dog less fat, higher fiber and very low salt will provide the basics for the prevention of heart disease and is an integral part of therapy for a dog who is suffering from heart disease which as already started.

The second major cause of death in the dog is kidney disease. As the dog gets older, the kidneys are subjected to wear as the heart and any other organ in the body. As with any other machine, you can increase it's life by giving it the highest quality fuel possible which will allow it to run smoother and more efficiently. On the other hand, by giving it low quality oil, fuel and lubrication, you will have an inefficient running, poorly performing, "sickly" machine whose life span will be cut short. In the dog, over-processed meats, bone meals, tendons, ligaments and other poorly metabolized cheap ingredients slowly and insidiously wear out the tendons.. By the time a dog reaches the age of seven, a lifetime of damage has been done. You will observe that your pet will start to consume polydypsia/polyuria. It is the result of the body's inability to conserve water by reabsorption in the kidneys. The water is simply lost and passed out of the body in the urine, causing the animal to dehydrate. To rehydrate himself, he simply drinks more water. As time goes on, the damage gets worse. The dog loses the ability to eliminate toxins via the kidneys. The toxins build up in the blood, producing a condition called, "Uremia" which causes the dog to get sick and vomit. The vomiting causes further loss of fluid until the kidneys stop functioning and the dog eventually dies.

This is a very uncomfortable and painful experience for the dog. It can also be an exceptionally expensive medical problem for you, the pet owner. If the dog survives the first attack of acute nephritis, you must then carefully manage his food or one crisis will follow another until his kidneys give up.

Dietary management means eliminating the foods that cause the problem in the first place. There are foods with large amounts of low quality meat proteins such as commercial dog foods or inedible table scraps. Most dry pet foods contain meat and bone meals which, in part, can be particularly harmful. These foods are unusable by the body and must be constantly eliminated by the kidneys causing stress on them.

Then what should a dog with old, worn-out nephrotic kidneys eat? The first step is to keep the protein low. The second is to ensure that the quality of the protein is very high. High quality protein is found in various forms of grain and vegetation such as brown rice and kelp. Eggs are a perfect source of high quality protein. Chicken and some meats, if carefully selected and fed in small amounts, can be beneficial as well.

Now, for the most important part of this subject - PREVENTION!!! Why go through all the torture and expense of therapy? Why not prevent kidney disease from happening in the first place and at the same time add years of healthy living to your pet's life?

If the foods mentioned above are healthy and will make a sick dog better, then why not try them before the sickness occurs? Prevention of kidney disease can be accomplished be feeding prepared, healthy natural foods with a wide variety of nutrients or making the food yourself at home. The right prepared canned food has a wide variety of consistent ingredients with a formula that does not vary no matter what the cost of the ingredients may be. This guarantees that your pet is receiving the same formulation with the same quality of ingredients throughout it's later years. This prepared formula will help remove the stress on his kidneys and

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