Probiotics and Prebiotics
The Latest Dog Food Trend

Probiotics and Prebiotics are the latest trend in the dog food market today but what are they and do they really offer any benefit to your dog? Find out what you need to know about each one and how they function together.

Probiotics are an additive that are being added to your dog's food to assist your dog's digestive system in restoring the balance between good bacteria and bad bacteria. Probiotics are a good bacteria that help your dog with digestion and can actually assist in helping them with stressful times in their lives.

Some of the functions of Probiotics that are necessary to keep your dog's digestive system healthy are as follows:

1. Helps to stimulate the immune system
2. Increase in energy levels
3. Produces some vitamins
4. Produces natural antibiotics that fight against bad bacteria like E-coli or Salmonella
5. Regulates hormonal levels
6. Removes toxins from their body
7. Aids in digestion

So what are Prebiotics? They are natural, non-digestible ingredients that promote healthy digestion in your dog. They do this by providing nutrition for the “Good Bacteria” or Probiotics.

Good Bacteria are naturally found in your dog's digestive system. The idea is to build up more good bacteria than bad bacteria to aid in your dog's digestion and build their immune system.

It might be surprising to learn that about 70% of your dog's immune system is located in their digestive tract. Making sure the balance between good and bad is maintained directly affects your dog's health.

Adding a Prebiotic to aid in the energy of the Good Bacteria can be beneficial for the following:

1. Diarrhea
2. Colitis
3. Constipation
4. Diabetes
5. Some Tumors
6. Osteoporosis Protection
7. Inflammatory bowel disease

Why do you need probiotics and prebiotics in your dog food? There are many things that can cause a shift in the balance of good bacteria vs. bad bacteria in your dog's digestive system. For starters, stress can be a major culprit contributing through grooming, surgery, moving or going to the vet for example. Just like us, stress wears our bodies down and that's when your dog can become sick.

There are other things that can cause a good bacteria, bad bacteria imbalance such as antibiotics which automatically destroys the good bacteria and the bad bacteria. As mentioned above, stress, other medications, diet changes or poor diet, environmental issues such as soil that has been sterilized or chemicals.

All of these will change the balance which causes your dog's digestive system to stop working properly and this leads to a health problem. Long term, it can lead to early death and disease.

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