Homeopathic treatment for dog ear yeast infection?

cdstewart said:

the yeast infection is the secondary infection. i have a golden who is allergic to everything under the sun. food diets do help with this problem and one of the things that helped us on our farm was to give the dog glutten free food suppliment cod liver oil or salmon oil and i feed mine a pure salmon diet. i agree with the op who said vinegar it definitely helps. regular benadryl also helps with the itching.. try using it twice a day and it will help relieve the itching.. my dog eats blue wilderness either white fish but mostly salmon because i've had the best results with it. the animal version of benadryl is the same for both humans and animals.. you'd be surprised to know that most of the meds vets use are the exact same as the human version. definitely get the ear infection under control and if your dog loves water like mine does try using ear plugs if he will permit it.. it took my dog a while to get used to it.. he also would lick his feet raw.. my vet is my friend and gave me all of this advice, it doesn't hurt having a dad who's a nationally known dog trainer as well

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OnceOffComment said:

Hi,

I know this thread is over 4 years old now, but I thought let you know how you can get rid of a yeast/fungal infection because a lot of people seem to have the same problem looking at the replies...

The reason why your dog has a yeast infection is because his immune system is compromised. A dog or any other animal should normally be able to throw off an infection quite quickly, however every time your dog received a worming or anti-biotics, or sedation, his intestinal flora got killed off, which is the key to his immune function. So you just need to help him restore his immune system function and give some NATURAL antifungal herbs and he will be able throw off the infection.

SO PLEASE PEOPLE, DON"T EVER SAY THAT THE DOG JUST HAS TO LIVE WITH IT... YOU CAN GIVE YOU RDOG A ITCH FREE LIFE IF YOU HELP HIS IMMUNE SYSTEM

So you will need to get the following things:

1. a probiotic... most ideally get a 'fresh' probiotic, i.e. one that isn't freeze-dried, but comes in a liquid with living microbes. Just google something like animal probiotic fresh living. If you don't find something specific for dogs, just get something for horses or cattle and adjust the dose according to his bodyweight. Give him this for many months (even though the infection will be dealt with much faster than that).

2. Olive Leaf tincture or capsules... this is a strong antifungal, that will kill the yeast infection. Give the dog again the amount appropropriate for his body weight. You can get this online or in a herbal dispensary or health shop. Alternatively you can also use Cat's Claw or a combination of both.

3. Grapefruit Seed or Citrus Seed capsules... this is another potent natural antifungal. Same here, give him a dose that is suitable for his body weight.

4. rub a couple of drops of pure natural Palmarosa essential oil in his ears, this will kill the fungus quickly and reduce itching.

Be aware that he may have a classic fungal 'die-off' reaction, where he might feel and look very crook for a while. If that is the case, just reduce the dose of the olive leaf and grapefruit seed extract until he looks better again. It is actually a good sign that the yeast is dying, but you don't want to overload your dog's body with too fast a die off. He might more itchy for a a few days but it will pass.

The most important thing will be that you maintain his gut flora, so give me probiotics for long periods of time. Change to natural worming agents (especially Diatomaceous Earth). And you must give him probiotics whenever he has anti-biotics, and try to avoid anti-biotics wherever possible

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Paddy-Girl said:

To New Egg.

I agree about what we feed our dogs. I buy prime mince once a week. Sure dry food has added vitamins so is ok. I use a mixture of the best dog roll, dog biscuits and fresh meat, but fresh meat must be best. They are ancestors of wolves. Paddy-Girl.

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