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.
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 a anti-bacterial soap or special cleanser do not solve the fundamental problem that causes the yeast symtpoms.
Probiotics are the answer to dog yeast overgrowth and yeast related issues *
The right dog probiotic will help with yeast overgrowth by:
Crowding out bad bacteria, also called pathogenic bacteria- Create an natural antibiotic-like substance called acidophilin1
(with no negative side effects) - Seed dog intestinal tract with healthy flora (friendly bacteria)
- Boost dog immune system
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 »
probiotic899
Last code tested on: 01/22/2010 - worked
Probiotic Miracle™
Manufacturer: Pet Balance
- Tasteless human grade formula
- 100% money back guarantee
- One jar will treat 363 cups of pet food
- 11 strains of highly stable probiotics
- 100% natural and vegetarian
- Made in USA
Probiotic Miracle™ is one of the highest rated dog probiotics we found on the market. Probiotic Miracle™ supplies 500 million CFUs in each scoop (the highest we found) and is guaranteed to be able to pass through the dog's stomach and attack yeast and candida overgrowth. Probiotic Miracle ™ also contains ZymePerfect™, a botanical blend of whole-food enzymes that helps to improve the absorption of the product. All users rated this product from Pet Balance highest on their list.
MiracleZyme Plus Probiotics™
Manufacturer: Pet Balance
- 90 count treat-size tablet s
- 100% money back guarantee
- Each tablet treats 1/2 cup of pet food
- Contains 1 strains of probiotics and 14 vegetarian enzymes
- 100% natural and vegetarian
- Made in USA
MiracleZyme Plus Probiotics ™ is a probiotic and digestive enzyme combination tablet. Users who wanted a probiotic supplement that combined a pet digestive enzyme in tablet form preferred this product over the powder formula. MiracleZyme Plus Probiotics ™ was found to have a high level of stability and effectiveness in combatting yeast problems such as skin rashes, excessive shedding, yeast overgrowth, low energy, and bad smell. Users rated this product second highest and reported very good results.
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: 01/22/2010
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.