| Bacterially speaking, it's a mean cruel | | | | medication sparingly, and as a last resort! |
| world. More cats and dogs are on medication | | | | |
| then ever before. Why? The short answer is | | | | So what should your companion be given if not |
| domestication. | | | | prescription antibiotics and |
| | | | anti-inflammatories? |
| Breeding wild dogs and cats to accept living | | | | |
| with humans is not the problem, domesticating | | | | Probiotics? Well, Not exactly! |
| their diet is! To find out what is wrong | | | | |
| with the domestic diet let us look to their | | | | Almost without fail, if people have any |
| wild relatives. | | | | awareness about probiotics, they think |
| | | | yogurt. The yogurt industry has done a great |
| Wild Relatives Diet | | | | job of marketing; however, commercial grade |
| | | | yogurt is cultured from pasteurized milk or |
| The wild relatives this article refers to are | | | | soy. By the time you consume them, very few |
| not today's feral cats and dogs, whose health | | | | probiotic strains are viable. Fewer still are |
| has been compromised by the effects of | | | | capable of surviving human stomach acids, let |
| industrial pollution, which has taken its | | | | alone that of cats and dogs. |
| toll on the game they hunt, the grasses they | | | | |
| eat, and the water they drink. Many feral | | | | Today, many pets are allergic to commercial |
| animals have little choice except to eat | | | | milk products. So if not yogurt, what then? |
| garbage, and drink from stagnant water, which | | | | |
| are likely loaded with toxic levels of | | | | SBOs: The 21st Century Probiotic Supplement |
| bacteria and pathogens. | | | | |
| | | | Do you recall that your pet's wild relatives |
| Pre-domesticated cats and dogs spent the | | | | eat organic grasses, and soils teeming with |
| majority of their time hunting for food. | | | | microflora and soil based organisms (SBOs) to |
| Their meals consisted of "fresh kill". They | | | | compliment their diets? |
| breathed uncontaminated air; they drank | | | | |
| chemical- free water, and got plenty of | | | | Veterinarians are beginning to administer |
| exercise. | | | | SBOs instead of antibiotics. Why? SBOs are |
| | | | scientifically proven to resolve routine GI |
| Wild cats and dogs instinctively know that | | | | disorders, quickly, naturally- without |
| digestive aids are essential in order to | | | | withholding food or water! Importantly, they |
| properly break down and digest their food. | | | | have no side effects, and may be administered |
| When they kill an herbivore (grass eaters), | | | | in multiple doses. |
| they first eat their stomachs and entrails | | | | |
| which contain the digestive enzymes, greens, | | | | Incorporating SBOs into your pets daily diet |
| and soil based bacteria (SBOs) needed for | | | | has long reaching benefits. |
| proper digestion. | | | | |
| | | | Today, SBOs are grown under |
| If the kill is not an herbivore, | | | | laboratory-controlled conditions. SBOs are |
| instinctively, they tear at grasses to get at | | | | available without prescription. |
| the soil- based organisms around the roots | | | | |
| that they need for proper digestion. If you | | | | Keys to Restoring or Maintaining Optimum |
| allow your pets to do this today, you could | | | | Health |
| be making matters worse! | | | | |
| | | | Commercial pet food is the complete opposite |
| According to The Royal Society of Medicine | | | | your dog or cats natural diet. Regardless of |
| Great Britain, "Fully 90% of all chronic | | | | what the labels say, they are sorely lacking |
| disease is cause by an unhealthy (gastro) | | | | in the nutrition your pet needs. Think of |
| intestinal system!" | | | | them as "fast food" which is merely empty |
| | | | calories for your pets. |
| The early warning signs that the balance in | | | | |
| the GI tract has been compromised include; | | | | Illness is mostly due to exposure over time, |
| loss of appetite, foul smelling gas, bad | | | | with each generation becoming regressively |
| breath, body odor, loose stools, diarrhea, | | | | weaker. Generations of exposure to commercial |
| IBS, Crohns Disease, and constipation! | | | | pet food, chlorinated drinking water, and a |
| | | | lack of digestive supplements have severely |
| Left unresolved, the intestinal wall soon | | | | compromised pet genetics. Many today are born |
| becomes inflamed. Inflammation leads to a | | | | unhealthy and predisposed to a lifetime of |
| variety of Immune Diseases. | | | | chronic illnesses and diseases. |
| | | | |
| The New Age of Veterinary Care- Holistic! | | | | It is not uncommon for pets to be on multiple |
| | | | meds at any given time. And, for the first |
| Conventionally trained veterinarians seem | | | | time, we are transferring diseases to one |
| programmed to prescribe prescription | | | | another! |
| medications like antibiotics for GI disorders | | | | |
| (and tell you to withhold food and water for | | | | Here's a little known secret, no matter how |
| 24-48 hours), and prednisone for | | | | much money you spend to improve your cat or |
| inflammation. This is a case where the | | | | dog's food, supplements, water and air, |
| treatment plan needs a cure! Holistic vets | | | | unless you are also replenishing their daily |
| focus on reestablishing the animals natural | | | | requirements for intestinal microflora |
| immune defense systems. They administer | | | | (SBOs), your efforts are largely in vain! |