Probiotics For Bulldogs And French Bulldogs

The prebiotic, probiotic, and digestive enzymes help digestion and metabolism.

The two common probiotic groups in your bulldog’s GI tract are

• Lactic Acid producers
• Bifidobacterium

Probiotics for Bulldogs and French Bulldogs / BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH:

When the composition and function of “good probiotic gut bacteria” are compromised, it can significantly impact your pet’s gut health. If “bad gut bacteria” like E. coli take over and overwhelm the good probiotic bacteria, they can become unchecked and dominant, leading to a condition known as “bacterial overgrowth” or “Intestinal Dysbiosis.”

Intestinal Dysbiosis might lead to:

• Chronic diarrhea
• Weight loss
• Systemic disease

BULLDOG GUT PROBIOTICS GOOD BACTERIA  

The intestinal good bacteria are essential for:

1. DIGESTION: healthy digestion
2. BILE SYNTHESIS: biliary system function
3. FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS
4. VITAMIN B12 SYNTHESIS: avoiding vitamin B12 deficiencies related to illness
5. NUTRIENTS CONVERSION: Probiotics may allow for the better conversion of food into nutrients.
6. DETOX: Probiotics can help prevent toxins production by harmful intestinal bacteria and reduce toxins absorption.

The intestinal tract is home to millions of bacteria, most of which are beneficial to the pet.

Probiotics for Bulldogs and French Bulldogs STRESS DYSBIOSIS :

Stress and anxiety in any form can lead to dysbiosis, while intestinal dysbiosis can also trigger an endogenous stress response.

It is common to diagnose abused, abandoned, and malnourished dogs from county shelters with some stage of intestinal dysbiosis. These dogs often present with diarrhea and systemic diseases due to a damaged intestinal wall, increased gut permeability, and toxin leakage (“leaky gut“).

These toxins can affect the pet’s immune system and skin barrier, among other issues.

Ruffles The Rescued Bulldog Probiotic Case Study: 

“Ruffles” was in a critical medical state when rescued by So Cal Bulldog Rescue (SCBR). Her probiotic BEFORE & AFTER transformation videos were dramatic.

She had to have surgery to correct her elongated soft palate and a hysterectomy and was placed on Dr. Kraemer’s therapeutic supplements, stress-free environment, proper nutrition, and affection & love. This prevent-and-treat multi-modular approach helped speed up “Ruffles” healing.

Probiotics Mechanism of Action:

1. GUT ADHESIONS: Prevent adhesions of bad bacteria to the GI mucosa.
2. REDUCE BAD BACTERIA: Compete on available food (resources), thus reducing the number of bad bacteria.
3. ANTI TOXIN: Reduce harmful toxins
4. IMPROVES DIGESTION: Aid digestion
5. IMMUNE BOOSTING: Enhance and stimulate the immune system (immune modulation)

Bulldog Digestive Enzymes 

In addition to “good gut bacteria,”  your bulldog and French bulldog also store digestive enzymes (lipase, amylase, and protease).

• Amylase helps break down carbohydrates
• Protease helps digest protein
• Lipase aids in the digestion of fats.

BULLDOG DIGESTIVE ENZYMES BENEFITS 

Bulldogs and French bulldogs’ digestive enzymes help:

1. DIGEST & TRANSPORT: to digest and transport food.
2. VITAMINS & MINERALS: The digestive enzymes collaborate with other important digestive elements, vitamins, and minerals.
3. NUTRIENT UTILIZATION: Your bulldog digestive enzymes also help maximize nutrient utilization.

DIGESTIVE ENZYMES WARNING:

• COMMERCIAL FOOD: your bulldog’s digestive enzymes are killed at high temperatures, therefore they are usually missing from commercial pet diets.
• MALABSORPTION & MALDIGESTION: digestive enzyme deficiency can lead to malabsorption and maldigestion. 

DIGESTIVE ENZYMES AND PROBIOTIC SUPPLEMENTATION:

Supplementing with bully pre/probiotics and digestive enzyme products containing cellulose appears to be particularly beneficial for pets with medical problems.

Adding functional digestive enzymes aids in

• breaking down various nutrients in the diet
• enhancing digestibility
• and facilitating rapid absorption in the GI tract.

Bulldog probiotics combined with digestive enzymes can improve the digestion and transportation of food.

Dr. Kraemer’s bully pre/probiotic with digestive enzyme supplementation can help prevent the depletion of your bulldog’s digestive enzymes and reduce their workload.

BULLDOG PREBIOTIC BENEFITS

Prebiotics are mainly plant-derived nondigestible fibers. They can help with reducing inflammation and the growth of gut pathogens.

Dietary fibers like psyllium and pectin improve your bulldog’s fecal consistency due to their water-binding properties.

• GOOD BACTERIA: Bulldog Prebiotics stimulate the “good bacteria”
• DIGESTION: Bulldog Prebiotics improve the digestion of food nutrient
• HOMEOSTASIS: Bulldog Prebiotics maintain homeostasis and normal fecal material

BULLDOG PROBIOTICS SYMBIOTIC BENEFITS:

Symbiotic combines prebiotics and probiotics. This combination is synergistic and, thus, more powerful and effective than each.

The Bulldog Symbiotic Combo can be used therapeutically to combat:

1. Harm by Antibiotics:  antibiotics can harm your bulldog’s good bacteria
2. Harm by Anxity: separation anxiety, traveling, and kenneling
3. Harm by Stress: such as “colitis” and Stress diarrhea
4. Harm by Parasite: Acute diarrhea due to intestinal worms, protozoa, and other microorganisms
5. Harm by Autoimmune Diseases: like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
6. Harm by Leaky Gut: This can lead to skin diseases like Atopic allergic dermatitis
7. Harm by Immune Suppression: like immune suppression drugs

Symbiotics (prebiotics, probiotics, digestive enzymes) Are very safe.

They have minimal to no side effects and can be effective with or without traditional rx.

GUT BACTERIA & PROBIOTIC ULTIMATE CONDITIONS :

• DIET: Keep your bulldog and French Bulldog on a balanced diet, clean water
• CALM: Providing a healthy, stress-free environment
• EXERCISE & PLAY: Maintaining a good physical shape with daily exercise
• DRUGS: minimizing exposure to immune suppressant drugs and antibiotics.

Warning: Bulldog microbiome good bacteria can be affected by:

• FOOD QUALITY: The quality of your bulldog diet
• WATER QUALITY: Drinking water
• AIR QUALITY: Air pollution can reduce
• ADDITIVES: Chemical additivities
• STRESS: Anxiety
• ALLERGIES
• PRESCRIPTION RX

Probiotics for GI Disease Rule of Thumb:

Probiotics are not regulated as drugs in the United States and, thus, undergo minimal regulatory scrutiny.

Check for NANSC Quality Seal proving that the supplement was tested by independent quality testing

Please review my “Supplement Must Know / DO NO HARM” page HERE.

Dr. Kraemer V4B  Bulldog Probiotics TIPS & WARNINGS

Below are probiotics tips and warnings courtesy of Dr. Kraemer

1. PRE/PRO & DIGESTIVE ENZYMES TIP:

Probiotics, digestive enzymes, and prebiotics can help:

• Support Immune modulation
• Support sensory mortar function
• Enhance GI mucosal barrier function
• Help to combat GI pathogens

2. MEDICAL CONDITIONS HEALED BY PROBIOTICS:

Probiotics, digestive enzymes, and prebiotics might help a range of medical conditions, such as:

• Allergies
• Diabetes
• Liver disease
• Behavior disorders

3. BULLDOG GI DISEASE TREATED WITH PROBIOTICS:

Probiotics, Digestive Enzymes, and Prebiotics might cause a range of GI conditions, such as:

• IBD
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Ulcerative colitis
• Intestinal Dysbiosis

4. POSITIVE IMPACT OF PROBIOTICS:

There is some evidence that digestive enzymes, prebiotics, and probiotics can positively affect:

• Cancer
• Joint Disease
• Degenerative disease
• Proper puppy development.
• They can also impact anti-oxidants, thus helping the body fight harmful conditions.

5. VITAMIN B12 IN BULLDOGS

Bulldog and French dysbiosis can be diagnosed with a blood test measuring folate and vitamin B12 (cobalamin) levels. Bulldogs suffering from intestinal dysbiosis typically have elevated folate levels and decreased vitamin B12 levels.

If your bulldog is suffering from dysbiosis, vitamin B12 supplementation is usually recommended. This can be administered either through weekly injections or given orally daily.

6. BULLDOG PROBIOTICS GOOD BACTERIA:

Probiotics are the “good bacteria” in a bulldog, which, when administered in adequate amounts, can improve your bulldog’s gut wellness and overall health.

7. PROBIOTICS FOR IBD:

Pre and Probiotics also help combat GI diseases such as IBD (inflammatory bowel disease)

8. BULLDOG PROBIOTICS MICROBIOTA 

9. BULLDOG IMMUNE SYSTEM AND PROBIOTICS:

A well-balanced microbiota regulates your bulldog’s immune system, aiding in the defense against pathogens, and providing nutritional benefits. It also impacts obesity and possibly endocrine conditions such as diabetes, allergies, and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in bulldogs.

10. ANTIBIOTIC IMPACT ON PROBIOTICS:

One major indication for probiotic treatment is in the prevention of “antibiotic-associated gastrointestinal side effects” (AAGS),

11.  BULLDOG VITAMIN B12 TIP:

The intestinal tract is home to millions of bacteria, most of which are beneficial to pets.

These intestinal bacteria are essential for digestion and the synthesis of vitamins like B12. Additionally, probiotics can enhance the conversion of food into nutrients, prevent toxin absorption, and mitigate damage caused by toxins produced by harmful intestinal bacteria.

12. PROBIOTICS FOR BULLDOG DIARRHEA TIP:

Probiotics might significantly shorten the duration of diarrhea secondary to acute gastroenteritis in dogs.

Probiotic administration was also shown to significantly decrease the duration of diarrhea.

13. PROBIOTICS AND IMMUNITY TIP:

Supplementing with probiotics may also help stimulate the immune function of the intestinal tract.

1. PROBIOTICS DAMAGE DUE TO TOXIN WARNINGS:

Specific factors that can disrupt the normal intestinal flora (i.e., bulldog good bacteria) of the bowel:

• STEROIDS: Immune Suppressants RX (like a steroid)
• ANTIMICROBIAL: Antibiotics, especially when used long-term
• STRESS: Stress & Anxiety due to boarding, hospitalization, Surgery, shipping, weaning from mom, separation
• CHRONIC DISEASE: Disease & Illness
• POOR NUTRITION: Low-Quality Diet

2. ANTIBIOTICS’ NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE MICROBIOME 

3. HYPOALLERGNIC DIETS WARNING

A food trial with an elimination hypoallergenic hydrolyzed protein should be initiated in conjunction with the pre-and/or probiotics before antibiotic usage.

4. GUT DYSBIOSIS AND PROBIOTICS WARMOMG:

5. BACTERIA PROBIOTIC QUALITY  WARNING:

6. LEAKY GUTS WARNING

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