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Many conventional vets are giving our pets antibiotics for many health conditions. I remembered when Mitzi was a puppy, for most of the problems she has, e.g. diarrhoea, skin rash, mange. I am also certain her vet will prescribe antibiotics for her. I ask myself, this surely cant be the only solution? She is so young and already on so many doses of antibiotics, this can’t be all that I can do for her! Her organs (e.g. liver and kidney) will degenerate over time (esp. when she had mange) especially if she is dependent on it for long periods. We humans are avoiding antibiotics and our doctors are adviced against prescribing antibiotics for us unless it is absolutely necessary. Surely, long term usage of drugs will also be detrimental to our dog’s health and also loose it’s effectiveness over time too!

I did my readings before I got mitzi on long term antibiotics for her mange and found out many side effects of antibiotics. Some includes:
- Allergic reaction (skin rash)
- Destroy of the intestinal good bacteria
- Bacterial resistance
- Dryness of eye, skin and coat
- Vomitting
- Yeast Infection
- Fever
- Organ diseases such as Liver, kidney, gastrointestinal

As such, to avoid unnecessary reaction from long term usage of antibiotics, I turn to natural means to ensure my dogs are in optimum health instead of depending on drugs. Many antibiotics today have lost it’s effectiveness on our pets when it is overused.

Of course, if Fido has a situation at hand that requires immediate antibiotics prescription, pls go with your vet’s recommendation and prescription. However, choose a vet that is thorough and will guide you on other ways to ensure a balance and no overuse of conventional drugs.

For a long term skin condition, if a vet continues to prescribe antibiotics without assisting you in searching out the root cause of Fido’s skin condition, this should raise an alarm.

Skin scraping is a basic check if the skin condition is due to mange, ringworm/fungal condition. Blood tests is done to check for thyroid disorder which is a common cause for chronic skin condition and lastly skin biopsies to test for diseases and food allergy trials to eliminate food allergies. All these must be done systematically by a vet to determine the actual cause of skin condition before administering any drugs to control the situation.

If you feel that your vet is not helping Fido in her chronic skin condition in at least a few of the ways I have mentioned, pls get recommendation for another vet that can perform more tests for Fido.

Do also note that antibiotics can use to treat bacterial skin conditions but not conditions such as ringworm, most mange conditions and uncomplicated skin allergies.

I am not against antibiotics, but I feel the use of it should be managed and not overuse for fear Fido no longer have any reaction to it especially when she needs it. E.g. after a surgery to prevent infection, etc. Talk to your holistic vet about this if you are concerned.

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