Hyperactivity or ADHD in the dog or ...
... the connection between diet and various diseases
All body health begins in the gut. About 80% of the entire immune system is also located there.
Unsuitable food, denatured protein, sugar, additives and preservatives cause the intestinal villi to stick together and their function around metabolic processes and vitamin resorption is severely restricted. As a result, deposits and putrefaction develop, which also enter the bloodstream via the intestinal wall and the villi and thus to the organs such as the liver etc. The body poisons itself and is also unable to absorb and process enough vitamins and nutrients.
The animal reacts with (skin) metabolic disorders, digestive problems, loss of energy and allergies. A vicious circle of intolerances, the fight against which begins with chemical agents such as cortisone. In order to counteract this vicious circle in a meaningful way, it is important to cleanse the intestines in a natural way and to support it in rebuilding a healthy flora. In addition, you should of course look at the current feeding to prevent the intestine from slagging again.
Relationship between diet and behavioral problems
Today our dogs suffer from lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, osteoarthritis, cancer, dental diseases etc.
Allergies are one of the most common causes of chronic itching in dogs, which is caused by an allergic reaction to one or more substances in the environment. Many substances can cause allergies, and our four-legged friends - like us - can also be allergic to food and its additives.
Food allergies account for a significant proportion of all veterinary visits.
A food allergy is an oversensitivity to certain substances in (daily) food. A well-functioning immune system does not react to these relatively 'innocent' substances because they cannot cause any harm to the body. A disturbed or weakened immune system, on the other hand, can react very strongly to these substances.
Clear signs can be, for example: rapid fatigue, decreased appetite, weight loss, itchy skin, dull coat, diarrhea and, very often, frequent vomiting.
BUT such feed allergies can also affect behavior. In contrast to the more generally known form of food allergy, the dog does not necessarily show the above-mentioned externally recognizable allergy symptoms. It can also happen that with an internal - so-called cerebral (brain-related) allergy - the above-mentioned external symptoms appear at the same time, but this does not have to be the case. Instead, the allergy can manifest itself through uncontrollable destructiveness, neurotic yapping, disobedience, hyperactivity, compulsive behavior, inappropriate, aggressive reactions, lack of concentration, lack of drive and (sudden) mostly post-aggressive lethargy, as well as the fact that the dog is no longer house-trained. The following symptoms of a "cerebral allergy" have also been noticed: the dog often retreats into dark rooms, panting quickly, chasing "phantoms", and is very poorly focused on its owner.
Our animal is what it eats!
In 70-80% of all "illnesses" presented to the veterinarian, the diet is a direct or indirect cause. Allergies are no exception, because it is now known that ready-made food can make our dogs sick An allergy can even reach the brain, which can reveal the behavioral abnormalities mentioned above. Then our dog also stings, as it were with horses, the oats! My Anglo-français de petite vénerie responded to an energy feed within two days after a feed change extremely aggressive behavior towards the pack and people. He reacted to the corn content in the feed. Only a few days after switching to his "old" feed (BARF), he was balanced again and no longer aggressive at all.
Only a few veterinarians suspect that, for example, ear infections, fungal diseases, ulcerated genital organs, etc., can be among the long-term and secondary symptoms of an allergy, because the prospective veterinarians at the universities are barely or not at all informed about the connection between diet and the diseases that may result (according to Dr. vet. Med. Biber). Because these, in turn, are often "sponsored" with large amounts of money by the feed manufacturers. And so it is not surprising that the veterinarians often prescribe expensive diet feed with a clear conscience.
Books such as "What am I doing with this dog?" Or "The dog's aggressive behavior", "When dogs do what they want" and "Dogs on the couch. Behavioral therapy for dogs." etc. are the big sellers today. Dog psychologists are springing up like mushrooms, and in many television programs "animal nannies" try to restore mental equilibrium to behaviorally disturbed dogs.
But doesn't that give the impression that there have never been so many disturbed dogs in our society?
You can recognize good dog trainers and dog psychologists by the fact that when they visit a dog with behavioral problems for the first time, they ask the owner about the current diet and explain it to him. As in humans, a cerebral allergy can be triggered in predisposed dogs by certain allergenic substances in the food, especially in factory feed, which, by impairing the brain metabolism, cause a disease that corresponds to the hyperkinetic syndrome in humans. [...] These deviations from normal behavior, because they are neurological, can hardly be influenced by upbringing. Only after the allergenic toxins have been eliminated from the metabolism is it possible to bring about normalization through behavioral conditioning.
Thus, mistakes in upbringing are not always the reason why dogs make life hell for their owners. In the few decades in which our dogs are fed with ready-made food, they were - and are - exposed to a constant lack of vital substances and animal protein (which are replaced by chemically produced vitamins). As a result, the dog also takes in foreign substances and far too many carbohydrates through its food. Vegetable carbohydrate carriers - bound proteins - which can mostly only be found in dry food, are harmful to dogs. On the other hand, the dog can tolerate animal protein bound to water in fresh meat very well and in large quantities.
In the diet of a "carnivore" (meat eater), grain should only make up about 10%, if at all. With over 40%, its digestive tract is already more than overwhelmed. With over 60% grain in the food, the dog's organism can no longer use the food physiologically utilize it and daily reaches the limits of its resilience, resulting in osteoarthritis, liver and kidney damage ... Ready-made feed often consists of up to 80% grain!
Feeding allergens in the food can trigger a cerebral allergy (via the brain and spinal cord). This severely affects brain metabolism and can trigger behavioral problems, as in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Therefore, a change in diet is made immediately during therapy.
Such a therapy can not only be successful with cerebral allergies with hyperactive characteristics, but also with pancreatic diseases, allergic diarrhea, fungal infections and pus on ears and genitals etc., a species-appropriate diet with raw meat or a specifically selected ready-made food can quickly lead to healing.
With constant feeding of the same feed, the above-mentioned signs of illness are often not recognized for years in ignorance of the facts and are therefore treated incorrectly. Then the symptoms are treated by prescribing ointments, medication or expensive diet food instead of eliminating the cause - the inappropriate diet.
In the meantime, a number of ready-made feed manufacturers have taken the deficiency symptoms into account and offer appropriate feed. That is why every dog owner who wants to stick to ready-made food, whether dry or canned, should carefully check what he buys and feeds for his darling.
