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.

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 answer to dog yeast overgrowth and yeast related issues *

The right dog probiotic will help with yeast overgrowth by:

• 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

Now Read This:
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. 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.

It has come to our attention that there are companies selling cheap low quality, unstablized dog probiotics. After reviewing almost all dog probiotics products in the market we have come to conclusion that certain dog probiotics DO measure up to the stability and quality standards necessary to help our dogs (listed below).

We spent months testing dog probiotic products on dogs with yeast overgrowth issues. Most dogs had mild to severe cases of yeast infection, yeast overgrowth, candida, or yeast rash. We were very pleased to get consistently positive results with all dogs, most showed drastic improvement within 3-4 weeks. We have posted our user's top two picks below for treating their dog's yeast problem holistically with probiotics. The manufacturer has supplied us with a coupon code below for our readers. Please let us know if you have issues with the code when you buy these products.

Note: Users reported that this coupon worked when placing their orders. More yeast reviews »

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Last code tested on: 21-jan-2012 - worked