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Apple Cider Vinegar and Yogurt
Posted by Christine (Vista, Ca) on 03/08/2010
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I thank God that I found this site. My 8 year old male Shih Tzu, Sammy has been scratching and biting at his skin and paws incessantly for quite some time. I took him to the vet for an ear infection two weeks ago and it was yeast. They gave him antibiotic drops for the ears. I also told the vet about the scratching and biting. The answer once again was he has allergies. Give him a benedryl. My poor pup was miserable. I found this site last night and I am so thankful for all of the postings and suggestions. I decided to try straight ACV on his skin. I sprayed it on his body and paws. It seemed to relieve him instantly. He smelled like a salad but he didn't seem to mind.
I did not feed him this morning to make sure his food had left his stomach. He is on a national dry brand with salmon and yogurt but I think it is causing irritation. It is a lower brand of food. I have tried the higher brands but they irritate his skin more. Tonight I found a wet food that was mostly meat products no glueten or grains in it. I added a 1/4 of plain yogurt and a tablespoon of ACV. Mixed it up and he ate it all. Right now Sammy is sleeping peacefully in his bed for the first time in many, many months. He usually wakes up scratching and biting. I am going to continue with this diet and start to dilute the ACV with distilled water as we go on. I don't understand why Vets can't seem to figure out that yeast is the cause of most scratching and self biting in dogs. I makes sense that the yeast is spread to other parts of the dogs body by scratching. Treating Sammy's paws has made a world of difference.
Apple Cider Vinegar and Yogurt
Posted by Becki (Blaine, Mn) on 02/14/2010
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My past sheltie died three years ago due to chronic yeast infection in her ears. She was treated for years with steroids and antiobiotics. Between the two drugs her immune system was ruined and her body was overtaken causing damage to all of her internal organs. After a week in an oxygen kennel at the University of Minnesota and numerous tests she died. I give my present shelties a raw diet after one of them started to have skin/allergy problems. Within a week his skin was clear and no more scratching. I also give them probiotics. When he does have a flair up (if he is given a treat with grain in it) I spray 50/50 acv/water on him and if he has a spot that appears to be more itchy I put greek yogurt on it...because he seems to have a problem when he eats yogurt. Between the acv, yogurt and daily probiotics he is a happy boy. I give my shelties the same probiotics that I take.
Apple Cider Vinegar and Yogurt
Posted by Mr. Smithster (Los Angeles, Ca) on 12/29/2009
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ACV and Yogurt. IT WORKS!
Our experience. My dog Willow is a 20lb terrier mix, current age 2 1/2, fixed female. We rescued her at age 5 mo. She is the best dog I have ever had the pleasure of living with. From day one she has been a no issue pup, except... Allergies. At approx. 9 mo. old she had an eye infection. The Vet gave antibiotic eye meds and cleared right up. 3 mo. later, same thing. Same meds again, cleared up again. At 1 1/2 years old she started licking her paws to the point of no hair on the paw. Vet gave some antibiotic spray, Seemed to clear up. Approx 3 mos later she started loosing all her fur on her back legs and around her rear. Vet said, Allergies. Gave steroid shot and she was fine, fur grew back. 1 mo later same thing except now all four legs and all paws. Vet suggested steroid pills, we tried them for about 2 weeks and she was not getting much better, but the steroid pills made her a zombie dog. I stopped the meds and went in search of a vet that might be able to help. After 4 vets, all suggesting the same thing, I found a great vet that was willing to work with us. After much trail and error and little success, we discovered a med called Atopica. This once a day pill isnt a steroid, so no side effects. Willow responded very well, 80-90% of fur grew back and no noticeable itching/scratching. Then i stumbled onto this site. Even with the Atopica, Willow would get small patches of what the vet said was a skin yeast infection. 2 wks ago i started the ACV/Yogurt treatment. Within 3 days i saw noticeable improvement. Now she has fur gowing fur where i didnt know she grew it! No yeast spots on skin. Absolutely no itching/scratching. Wow! I also had an allergy test done on her 6 wks ago. She was slightly allergic of turkey/chicken. Of course I was feeding her Orijen kibble mixed with Wellness Core kibble, both turkey/chicken. So for the last month she has been on Wellness Core Fish kibble, with a 1/4 can of canned salmon in the morn. I also stopped the Atopica when I started the ACV/Yogurt. In the morn i have been putting 2 teaspoons of ACV on her canned fish along with 2 squirts of high omega fish oil. At lunch she gets a 1/4 cup of plain Yogurt. 1 cup of Grain free Wellness Core kibble, which she eats over the day. Thats it. I guess it could be the new food, but i didnt notice much difference till we started the ACV/Yogurt. I am going to keep this up. I did use white vinegar, 50/50 w/water on her yeast spots and they cleared up in a few days. They havent returned and fur has grown over the spots. We have our little furry pup back! She is so comfortable now. Its so nice seeing her with no discomfort. Thanks so much for this info. I will keep posting to let everyone know if this treatment is lasting. It sure seems to have worked for us. After 4 vets and hundreds dollors, if not more, this is a blessing. Thanks Again!!!
Apple Cider Vinegar and Yogurt
Posted by Cat (Dallas, TX) on 07/29/2009
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I am so glad that I found this website!!!! I have two Lhasa Apsos and a Lhasa Poodle mix. The first was a "street urchin" and the other two were adopted through a rescue. My second, Chugger has been plagued with ear infections and nasty, greasy skin for two years. They are on a raw diet and supplemented with the best dry food with no grains. I also spent three months making homemade dog loaf.... nothing worked. Since I read about kefir and ACV three weeks ago, the results are amazing. I'm also giving "Mommy Baths" at home with pine tar shampoo and I'm just baffled that the vets don't know that this works!
Thank God for Google and this website.
Cat, Chachacha, Chugger and Chiclet
Apple Cider Vinegar and Yogurt
Posted by Claire (Port Charlotte, FL) on 07/03/2009
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i have a nine month old german shephard and have spend thousands on him in vet bills due to asumed food allergies, meds you name it hes been on them. well i took matters into my own hands due to nothing else working and running out of money and patience.he had parvo when we got him and has been on all kinds of medications therafter and i read up on line and it clicked the meds were making him worse the itching, scratching,chewing i thought yeast infection makes perfect sense.i give him 1 table spoon of organic yoghurt, watch the sugar content, with a probiotic mixed in. use apple cidar vinegar in his water 1 to 2 tablespoons and spray the affected areas with 50/50 white vinegar and distilled water. its a slow process ita been 7 days he is not itching and his fur is deffinatly growing back wow all from me reading on this site and best of all no vet bills !!!!
Apple Cider Vinegar and Yogurt
Posted by Gena (Nicholasville, Kentucky) on 05/17/2009
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I found this website about 3 days after adopting a english bulldog, I could not believe the state that her skin was in when I got her, she was not well taken care of and she stunk and had yeast infection all over her skin, face and belly. I was trying to find a natural way to help her be the beautiful bulldog that she is when I came across this website. I bought the ACV (1 tbs) and organic vanilla yogurt (2 tbs), and mixed it with a lamb and rice dog food, in less than a week her skin has went from an inflamed, painful red to a light pink. The hair on her face and chin is growing back and her skin is not swollen and painful. She also had a few hotspots on her back that I started using ACV and distilled water ( half and half) on. The sores are almost completely healed and she is not scratching as much. Everyone at my work has commented on the change in her appearance and how dramatic it has been so quick. I am so thankful that I found this site first before spending a lot of money at the vet.
Thanks to all for the feedback and suggestions that you post.
Apple Cider Vinegar and Yogurt
Posted by Mary (Rochester, New York) on 03/19/2009
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I have a six year old American Pitbull named Bleu. He weighs 100lbs(yes, heavy I know for a pit) he has been suffering from what I recently discovered through this site was yeast infections on his skin. This was confirmed by yet another $150.00 trip to the vet. I have started him on the yogurt and ACV. I mix the yogurt with 1/2lb of cooked 70/30 burger, 1 cup of plain yogurt, 2 raw eggs, 1 Tbls of ACV and a dash of garlic powder and he loves it. I also switched his regular food to an all natural one with the main ingrediant being salmon. So far so good. I spray him once a day with 50/50 water and distilled white vineger. I never thought I could get that smell to go away, but it's gone. No more cheese whiz, dirty sneakers, make my eyes water smell. I would like to thank everyone on this site for their advice. I didn't want to put him down, he is my best friend. My son's got him for me before they left on thier first tours of Iraq and has been my constant companion ever since. Thanks for help saving my Baby Bleu.
Mary
Apple Cider Vinegar and Yogurt
Posted by Ambra (Kent, Washington) on 02/08/2009
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It has been a week since I started my Shih Tzu on Holistic food and treats, kefir (a different form of acidophilus), ACV, and appropriate shampoo. The yeast infection is down by 75%, the awful smell is gone, Riley seems happy and does not scratch as much. It's hard to believe that such simple remedies have done what $$$$ of medications did not do. I am grateful to all those who have contributed feed back and input.
Apple Cider Vinegar and Yogurt
Posted by Ambra (Kent, Washington) on 02/02/2009
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It's me and my Shih Tzu again. Have changed his food to Holistic, fed him yogurt and Acidophilus, and bathed him with medicated shampoo with a generous wetting of ACV solution. I am absolutely amazed at the fast change. In just two days the redness on the skin has greatly diminished, his mood has perked up and he does not smell as strongly. My gratitude goes to those who set up this website and all the pet owners who contribute feedback.
Apple Cider Vinegar and Yogurt
Posted by Kelly (Singapore) on 10/10/2008
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My 9 month old puppy has on/off yeast for about 4 months now.Recently it has spread to her muzzle,eyes and paws. Worse off is her ears which the vet had assured me that its ear mites. Oh how wrong he was! It got so bad that daily cleaning doesn't help at all.
After earthclinic online, I purchased ACV and yogurt yesterday. After showering, I sprayed the ACV (half acv and water)on the affected area. It must have sting real bad cos my dog was frenzily running around d house.
This morning, I noticed that the reddish inflamed skin is gone, especially around the eye area and the affected areas have turned pinkish! Not flaky anymore but soft skin. Her ears are clear and have no smell at all :)
I am definitely continuing with ACV and yogurt, and have a small bottle ACV spray that I can use daily. No way am I going to feed her all those unneccessary meds from the VETS!
Apple Cider Vinegar and Yogurt
Posted by Karen (Pittsburgh, PA) on 10/01/2008
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I just adopted a 10 year old lab/hound mix. He is deaf and has yeast and ear infections. I stopped giving him the Baytril & Keconzole because it was making him very sick and after doing research realized that it was possibly killing him! Thank you everyone on all these sites for sharing your stories. I've started giving him the acv and yogurt, for topical and oral uses. In less than a week the odor is gone from his ears and his motor skills and energy has dramatically improved since taking him off the meds! I started to give him 2 tbs of yogurt mixed with food daily but stopped today because it is giving him completely liquid diahrea. Has anyone had this happen to their dogs? Is it something that will go away or should I just discontinue giving it to him orally? He also has the yeast infection pretty bad at his bum area so I've been using the womans yeast cream there, what's the longest to use that or is daily too much? Thanks for any answers!
Apple Cider Vinegar and Yogurt
Posted by Stacey (Navarre, Florida) on 07/05/2008
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Recently, my 1 year old Boxer started to show signs of allergies; smell, scratching, hairloss, etc. The first trip to the vet resulted in steroids and antibiotics which helped, for a while. Our second trip we saw his office partner who said it was yeast and she could give him some wipes for the skin but medication was probably not going to help. She suggested I adjust his diet. She gave me some tips and off I went. I bought him Duck based dog food and Duck based treats, started researching onling then found this site. 3 days after the food change which I mix with 1 Tbs of ACV and 2 Tbs of plain Organic Yogurt the yeast is gone! I am shocked as I was not sure this would work. Thank you to everyone who feels compelled to post their experiences online. I am gratefull!
Apple Cider Vinegar and Yogurt
Posted by Claudia (PDX, Oregon) on 02/27/2008
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What has made my dogs skin and coat beautiful is a daily combination of 1/2 tsp of ACV mixed in some plain organic yogurt. I use "nancy"s". My big dog- black lab mix has yeast issues in his ears and paws and it has cured this problem but also improved his coat as well as the coat of my other dog. I see huge skin improvemnets. It took about a month to see the difference as I think it changed the PH of his gut thus working it's way out to the skin. I got a little lax on the routine and right away notice the old problems back. Needless to say I am going to do this everyday from now on. One more thing- my dog with the yeast problem has been allergy tested and has a dairy allergy- I figured I would take a chance with the organic yogurt and I have seen NO ill effects- it is full of all the good bacteria- not sure if that made the difference or what.
