What do I do about my Dog’s Eye and Skin Problems?
Jun 13th, 2008 by Teri
The herb eyebright can be used by making a tea and using it daily as a wash, for it relieves irritated eyes. You can also add it to your dog’s drinking water to be taking internally for it can fight off infections similarly to Echinacea tea.
Also using sea salt in a saline solution by dissolving about 1/8 teaspoon of sea salt in 1/2 cup boiling water. Let this cool and apply with a squeeze from a cotton ball as it can shrink the swelling and cleans out the infection and mucus.
Today and in the summer season it is not uncommon for your dog to itch all over. It is the season of fleas, ticks, mites and other creatures that bite into your dog in the warmer climates and seasons.
Simple Solutions:Use a teaspoon of Brewers Yeast or 1 capsule in tablet form and add into your dog’s food. Some recommend tea tree oil and rubbed over the affected scaly patches will bring relief. Aloe is great for healing raw scratchy skin and dry skin patches which you can apply liberally.
Commercial shampoos use harsh chemicals and can actually aggravate a skin itchy problem. For an all over solution bath your dog in cool water and use baking soda mixed with water and lightly towel dry without rubbing the skin. Your dog can dry in the warm sun naturally without the heat from a hairdryer which actually aggravates the skin.
If your dog has insect bites, cuts, wounds or sores use a drop or two of Echinacea which has natural anti-biotic properties.
A dog will get overheated in the high summer temperatures and heat exhaustion can be serious to your pet’s health.
Keep your dog healthy and safe in the summer heat is easily and inexpensive with simple solutions.
Teri Salvador
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I never thought about tea tree oil for itching. My friends dog has a real problem with itching and he has tried everything. I will let him know about this.
Yes tea tree oil is a type of disinfectant…so it will clean out the bugs also. Aloe vera will heal the skin especially after alot of scratching it can be quite irritated.
Thanks for your comments and passing it on to your friend and his dog.
Teri
Very good information here. I no longer have a dog, she passed almost two years ago and we just have not found one that compares to her. However, we do have a frequent visitor, who likes to roll in the pasture. What is a remedy for this, as she does this weekly, and all that bathing has to be too drying for her skin?
I guess the baking soda would probably be the mildest and cut the smell too.
Thanks for your question Barb, and I am sorry about your dog. You have a dog that visits often? Rolling in poop is not uncommon and if you can keep your dog from rolling in it all the better with a leash.
I know that is sometimes hard to do but it does avoid having to bathe them so often which indeed does dry out their natural oils.
Try to divert the dog’s attention from their destinated rolling areas with a can filled with coins or some other noise. A good old bath in oatmeal organic shampoo is need to get out the dirt and smell.
The baking soda bath definitely will neutralize the smell as a final rinse. Actually this dog is trying to rub itself into the poo of other animals to mask its own scent so it can hunt without detection. It is a very ancient way of dogs to sneek up on their prey undetected, so this dog has some hunting instincts from way back.
Teri