Research... Yogurt & Garlic

I still have not officially started the plan, but am laying the groundwork for it to begin. And, in reading ahead... I saw "YOGURT"

Yes - yogurt for pets... it says its actually great for them!

And - Aha! Katie's last trip to the vet revealed that her skin and ear problems are actually YEAST infections (which can occur anywhere on the body of humans or animals, by the way) and perhaps NOT related to food allergies at all.

When human's have yeast problems, we use yogurt (live cultures!) and garlic! Both can be used for dogs!

Our book says Yogurt with live cultures is a great source of calcium plus all sorts of other great benefits for pets, just like humans! Its important that it be raw, un-sweetened, plain, unpasturized yogurt.

So, not just trusting one source, I am researching!

The helpful folks at Nature's Pantry said Raw - Unpasturized yogurt has to be ordered, but is available in local organic form! Pasturizing kills all the live bacteria, then its added back in. So, raw is sometime better because all the cultures (not just the added back in ones) are present. For now, we are going to try to pasturized kind with Jerry and Katie in small quantities to see how they like it.

Also, I may start with just this -- if I begin with too many products at once I will not know which is working!

The WEB says:

- The ASPCA blog says Yes from lots of dog owners that yogurt works great for them!
- Most of the blogs are people giving their input... having trouble finding a vet's input

Not much available on the web... found a great website for Mulligans Stew Pet Food, which seems to have similar ideas to this book and the developer of the food is a homeopath! Going to have to check out the site and their links more...