It's hard to improve on natural dog health because it's impossible to improve on nature. Dogs evolved on a raw meat and bones diet. Their system works best with this. Difficulties arise with:
cooked food (notice any cookers in nature?)
with the poor quality meat (in even the best commercial dog food)
the unnatural filler (melamine, sawdust, crushed nutshells as dog food?)
all the chemicals that give it acceptable (to humans) colour, preservatives to give it a long shelf life (despite the claims on the label)
the isolated and synthetic nutrients which are difficult to digest
Huge health problems arise when dogs are fed a diet of commercial dog food, most of which tends to disappear as soon as they are put onto a raw meat and bones diet.
However, some health issues remain, despite the best diet. Although most dog health problems are caused by an unhealthy diet, there are some which aren't.
Grief affects dogs as much as it affects us. The loss of a much loved companion or human can create 'stuck' grief in dogs, that is grief they can't work through and recover from.
Pets also have a tendency to take on our 'stuff'. If we are stuck in grief, they can share the load, or take it on completely.
Grief that is unresolved can move into depression. A depressed dog is a sorry sight, as most dogs are happy and loving.
Dealing with problems such as these, with homeopathic medicines, can complete the natural dog health circle.
The homeopathic medicine Natrum muriaticum (Nat mur) is one of the most common medicines in the treatment of grief.
Other symptoms that may develop from the grief (or without grief) are:
a dry nose and dry mucous membranes
anaemia
abdominal ascites, dropsy or oedema
nephritis, or inflammation of the kidneys - urine is difficult to pass, taking time to come