Have you ever considered your environment, internal and external to be a factor in disease? What about the water you drink, the food you eat? Even personal habits. All these can lead to issues down the road, many of which could be prevented. Then you walk out the door of your house, and you enter other surroundings that are just as bad if not worse. That 'little corner of the world' you occupy could be the catalyst to disease...and you're not even there all the time, but your dog spends the majority of his/her time there! And also, most dogs are smaller in size than a human, and age quicker; so conditions such as these can set up sometimes rather quickly.
Inside your home, you can totally control what you use to clean with. There is simply no reason to use harsh cleaners. There are many reasonably priced 'green', 'natural' and 'herbal' cleaners for just about every purpose under the sun. Green Works, which is a Clorox brand (www.greenworkscleaners.com), has a non-chlorine bleach. BioKleen (www.biokleenhome.com), Seventh Generation (www.seventhgeneration.com), Watkins (www.jrwatkins.com) all carry safer products to clean with. If you live in a good sized city, many of the larger grocery store chains carry their own 'generic type' of organic/natural cleaners. You can also make your own...fairly simple and cost-saving.
In your yard, if you just absolutely have to spray with something, use organic products. Gardens Alive (www.gardensalive.com) and Planet Natural (www.planetnatural.com) carry products that are safe, not just for your pets, but for you too! Your pets walk around the yard, and these chemicals get on their paws, and when they groom themselves, they ingest some of that. Over a period of time this along with poor nutrition can cause problems, and allergies might just be the first symptom you notice. (By the way, dandelions are not weeds, they're herbs. The flower, the greens and the roots are all usable product. You're better off eating them and using them in tea, than eradicating them.)
I put a lot of thought into these blogs and research before I write them, but I also put these things into practice, and most times have applied them to my own life, because I want you to have not only useful, but accurate information. When I began my canine nutrition studies, I did not realize how much disease affects our pets. By the time I finished, I had determined I wanted to zero in on cancer and obesity in dogs. Those are two areas that are quite troublesome.
It is very important that you have the earliest diagnosis possible and be very pro-active in treatment. I most certainly believe nutrition is the first line of defense for successful outcomes, although there are no 100% guarantees. Many times there are no symptoms, or ones that would not be alarming until it's too late, or later than necessary to turn it around or slow the progress. Different cancers have different symptoms. One new thing I've learned is the connection between people and their pets both having cancer. It does not surprise me however, because both are in the same environment, and chances are, if the pet parent isn't eating right, they are not feeding their dog properly either, so this is the first issue that needs to be dealt with. I will definitely be blogging about this more.
I am very excited about a new pet cancer trial that is available through Ketopet. They will be testing the effectiveness of ketogenic diets and metabolic therapeutics to treat pet cancer. This is something that is right up my alley for sure! I will be one of the advisers on this open research and be looking at how to use the data. This is very exciting! I strongly urge you if you have a dog (or cat) that has cancer, or know of someone who does, to check into getting involved in this. Go to www.ketopet.com. Let's get this going and truly find a CURE for cancer in our canine companions! And be looking for more blogs from me regarding this ever-growing disease.
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