Anna from Colorado recently wrote in to tell us how she used Evanger's to help her dog improve her demodectic mange. Thanks for the note, Anna! Hopefully you'll inspire others to use pure and natural foods to help other pets with the same diagnosis.
About 7 years ago we adopted Bella, an 8-week old mixed breed puppy from the Humane Society. They called her a Sheltie mix but didn't really know because she had been abandoned in a box with her litter-mates at about 6 weeks of age. Shortly after we got her we started noticing bare patches of skin on her face which quickly spread to her feet and legs. We took her to our veterinarian who diagnosed it as demodectic mange. Our veterinarian was very concerned, because demodectic mange can be fatal to dogs. He said there were three standard responses; first, we could give her a high dose of the same medication used for treating heart worms, but cautioned that it could kill any dog with the blue merle gene, and with her possible Sheltie heritage, advised against it. His second option was to prescribe a series of dips in a toxic bath that would hopefully kill off the mange. However, he mentioned that something like 25% of the dogs treated this way develop "drowsiness, lethargy, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, and a staggering gait" and can even suffer permanent neurological damage. The third option was to just hope it would go away on its own, perhaps with the help of a topical ointment, but he didn't feel very confident about this option due to the wide spread of the effected patches on Bella's skin.
I went home and did some research on the internet and found a site that stated that the mange mites feed on the yeasty secretions in the puppy's hair follicles, and if I removed anything yeast producing from my puppy's diet, the mange would go away. I picked up a case of Evanger's "Cooked Chicken" and a case Evanger's "Hunk of Beef" and within in days of feeding my puppy this high quality, grain-free dog food the mange's progress reversed itself. My veterinarian was astounded and thrilled that I had shown him such a simple and non-toxic cure for a troubling condition.
Thought you'd like to know.
Anna G., Green Mountain Falls, CO
About 7 years ago we adopted Bella, an 8-week old mixed breed puppy from the Humane Society. They called her a Sheltie mix but didn't really know because she had been abandoned in a box with her litter-mates at about 6 weeks of age. Shortly after we got her we started noticing bare patches of skin on her face which quickly spread to her feet and legs. We took her to our veterinarian who diagnosed it as demodectic mange. Our veterinarian was very concerned, because demodectic mange can be fatal to dogs. He said there were three standard responses; first, we could give her a high dose of the same medication used for treating heart worms, but cautioned that it could kill any dog with the blue merle gene, and with her possible Sheltie heritage, advised against it. His second option was to prescribe a series of dips in a toxic bath that would hopefully kill off the mange. However, he mentioned that something like 25% of the dogs treated this way develop "drowsiness, lethargy, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, and a staggering gait" and can even suffer permanent neurological damage. The third option was to just hope it would go away on its own, perhaps with the help of a topical ointment, but he didn't feel very confident about this option due to the wide spread of the effected patches on Bella's skin.
I went home and did some research on the internet and found a site that stated that the mange mites feed on the yeasty secretions in the puppy's hair follicles, and if I removed anything yeast producing from my puppy's diet, the mange would go away. I picked up a case of Evanger's "Cooked Chicken" and a case Evanger's "Hunk of Beef" and within in days of feeding my puppy this high quality, grain-free dog food the mange's progress reversed itself. My veterinarian was astounded and thrilled that I had shown him such a simple and non-toxic cure for a troubling condition.
Thought you'd like to know.
Anna G., Green Mountain Falls, CO
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