Symptoms of Dog Yeast Problems
Yeast infections, yeast rash, and yeast overgrowth is a common problem for dogs. When a dog experiences a yeast or candida issue, the results are usually apparent in the skin and coat.
Common symptoms of dog yeast overgrowth and candida:
- Rash
- Licking or chewing feet and legs, and/or hot spots
- Hair loss and excessive shedding
- Strong foul odor, bad smell
- Recurring ear infections, chronic dog ear infection
- Itchy eyes and ears with rash
- Thick, rough, or darkening of dog skin
- Oily, or dry and flaky skin
- General fatigue due to suppressed immune system
The above symptoms are an immune response that your dog may have when experiencing a yeast overgrowth issue. The pathogenic bacteria attacks the dog's internal organs, suppresses the immune system, and results in the above problems on the surface of the body of the dog. When this happens, the holistic approach is to balance the unhealthy bacteria with probiotics (healthy flora).
The anibiotics problem
With continued use of antibiotics, all the bacteria in the body of the dog is killed, including the friendly, healthy bacteria. With antibiotic use, symptoms may lessen, but soon return and intensify after antibiotic therapy is stopped.* Also, treating the yeast symptoms topically, such as with an antibacterial soap or special cleanser does not solve the fundamental problem that causes the yeast symtpoms in the first place.
Probiotics are the natural answer to dog yeast overgrowth and yeast related issues.
The best dog probiotic will help with yeast overgrowth because:
Probiotics crowd out bad bacteria and inhibit their growth (also called pathogenic bacteria), and,- Probiotics create an natural antibiotic-like substance called acidophilin1
(with no negative side effects) - Probiotics seed dog intestinal tract with healthy flora (friendly bacteria) that improves immune function and digestion
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If your dog has a yeast infection, rash, or other issue related to canidida or yeast, we find that the best approach is by using a quality probiotic made for pets. Not all probiotics are alike. Many probiotics are unstable and lose their beneficial properties in the dog's stomach before the probiotics can reach the intestine—also, there are many formulas that have not been researched in pets. The intestine is where the probiotics need to plant in order to seed the dog's intestinal tract with healhty flora. Buying unstable dog probiotics is the same as throwing money away.
A yeast problem for a dog, could be made worse by the wrong probiotic because certain strains of bacteria are known to compete for absorption.
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Probiotic Miracle® is one of the highest consumer rated dog probiotics we found on the market with the best value per dollar. Probiotic Miracle® is researched specifically for dogs and cats and clinically proven to be able to pass through the pet stomach. Probiotic Miracle® is an animal supplement—and all users rated this pet product highest for quality and value. Probiotic strains included: B. animalis, L. acidophilus, L. rhamnosus, L. salivarius, L. fermentum, L. reuteri, Fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS, prebiotic)
(from the manufacturer: Probiotics for Pets: Understanding CFU and Strains)
Based on the research of available pet probiotics and user reviews, we did not find any other probiotic products for pets that we recommend for yeast infections or yeast overgrowth and rashes.
We feel it is important to know, for our pets with yeast issues, that the pet supplement market is not highly regulated like it is for humans. We find that most products that say they are for pets are really just human products with a pet label. We see it as vital that any product we give our dogs and cats have research to back up their claims. A probiotic product for "pets" that has an extremely high CFU (like 50 billion), or multiple strains of bacteria (over 12), may not be ideal for our cherished animals.
We found this article helpful with our question, Which probiotic for pets is best?
We like to keep this page up to date and get new reviews. If you found this page helpful or have a question, want to add a dog probiotic review, or have trouble with the coupon code, please let us know. We appreciate your input:
1 Miller, The Pfizer Handbook of Microbial Metabolites, McGraw-Hill Book .
Company, Inc., New York, New York, 1961, page 522 (No. 1,019).
posted: 01/21/2012
Code worked
posted: 12/01/2011
No more yeast, no more vet bills!!!!! THANK YOU for your article!
posted: 11/16/2011
Code worked thanks! Can't wait to try this on my bulldog.
posted: 11/02/2011
Dog yeast is gone, its amazing, thanks for the code.
posted: 09/29/2011
Just wanted to thank you for the article, these products really did help with the yeast issues and infections my dog was having. Our vet was very impressed with the results.
posted: 08/23/2011
Worked FAR better than FortiFlora, InteliFlora, ProBios, and ANY other probiotics for dogs that I tried before. Thank you for the discount code.
posted: 08/15/2011
Helped with my dog's yeast infection. Going to order for the second time now. The canister lasts a LONG time. Thanks for the discount.
posted: 06/19/2011
Thank you! The coupon worked and it's been 2 weeks and Miley's rash is nearly gone! I can't believe I didn't know about this long ago, it is great! Thank you for posting!
posted: 03/05/2010
the code worked, thanks, hope this works on my yorkie. reviews are great.
posted: 01/22/2010
Thank you! The coupon worked and it's been 2 weeks and Miley's rash is nearly gone! I can't believe I didn't know about this long ago, it is great! Thank you for posting!
posted: 01/15/2010
Great! Definitely recommend! no more yeast.
posted: 12/26/2009
Worked as posted. thanks.
posted: 12/20/2009
Very good results, I'm surprised and pleased.
posted: 12/10/2009
We've been trying just about everything for the yeast rash and bad smell. Thanks for helping us get off the antibiotics rollercoaster with our dog. We are saving MONEY TOO!!!!! Thank you again for posting this.
posted: 11/22/2009
Yeast is gone!
posted: 11/13/2009
Our dog's yeast was out of CONTROL! She's doing well now, coupon worked great!
posted: 10/01/2009
Brilliant! Worked for our dogs yeast like a charm.
posted: 09/14/2009
Yeast cleared up. Thanks for the coupon. Been 2 weeks, little more.
posted: 09/12/2009
Thanks for saving us money... not only with the coupon but with the probiotics. Worked on the yeast problem we were having with our dog. Got the products FAST too. Keep up the good work.