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Causes of allergies in dogs
Allergies in dogs are the common type of illness found in dogs, there are many reasons for this type of illness which will be looked into in this write-up, the environment in which the pet lives is first one of the causatives, skin diseases such as rashes, ringworm, itching and ear infection are some of the factors that cause these allergies.

 When your pet is exposed to the pathogen responsible for allergy it shows up in the first year and may later disappear which will later reappear when the dogs come in contact with such pathogens the next time thus causing a different type of strange feeling which is irritating to the dog this is known as dogs allergies.

Often a time it has been discovered that fleas are one of the most common causes of allergies in dogs you might have not noticed the presence of flea pitching on your dog but it does not take much for its effect to start manifesting that is the more reason you have to be very observant and make sure your dog is free from all kinds things that could attract fleas to him.

Another common cause of allergies in a dog is the nature of the food they eat, it could be indoor or an outdoor dog, either the food he feeds on outside or inside can as well cause such allergy

Also, another allergic cause is a result of pollen, which does not affect his sense of smell that is the nose, the skin is the main part of the dog’s body that is very sensitive to allergy, skin inflammation and scratching is a common cause of allergy in a dog.

Betters ways in which you can stop dog allergies
The best way you can be able to stop allergy in your dog is by carrying out an allergy test, this is done by shaving some part of the dog’s hair and an allergen injection is given to the pet at that particular spot of the skin, and is carefully closely observed to see what it will react to thereby knowing what type of allergy the dog is suffering from. 

Another way is to take sample blood of the animal to the laboratory for some blood analysis test, but it takes about a week for the result to be out to ascertain what the cause is and treatments are followed immediately.

If your dog is suffering from an environmental allergy such as a pollen reaction on his skin, or he has contact with some harmful grass to which his skin reacts, the best solution is to bath him anytime he comes in and you notice that he might have contact with such grasses and when caring out the bathing using some specific dog treatment will help eliminate all form of the pathogen in the skin.

Some natural remedies do work very well in the treatment of allergies in dogs these natural remedies are all in form of vitamins which include vitamin E, amino acid, zinc, and vitamin B- complex the good part is that you can find them in foods thus it is better to feed your dog with food that is made up with rich nutritious food elements especially those with vitamins mentioned here has this will go a long way in preventing and stopping allergies in dogs  

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