Most of my patients with chronic skin disease only need infrequent antibiotic therapy as opposed to year-round treatment with potent and expensive medications.

Why?

Simply because the holistic therapies we use to heal the skin usually work very well. First, for pets with chronic skin infections, I always make sure an underlying problem such as allergies, food intolerance, or hypothyroidism is not the cause of the problem Assuming a pet does not have any of these issues, a holistic approach makes sense. Using frequent bathing to cleanse the skin, feeding a natural diet, using various supplements including antioxidants, fatty acids, and various herbs and homeopathics, most pet owners will find that they are able to reduce the pet