When you are in the great outdoors and hiking things just seem simpler. I started thinking about the great lectures by Ross Palmer DVM and Michael Lappin DVM PHD about infectious diseases and inflammation due to arthritis.(ivseminars.com) I have often thought that food allergies cause so many problems due to their wrath of the skin, ears, bowels, bladder, anal glands, and brain.
I was hiking after a reported fatal Grizzly attack in my area. The shrill alarm call of a Pika (rodent about size of a hamster) made me jump. 
Then a moose jumped out of the brush and really unnerved me for a moment. She stared at me as if to say “It’s early and I was busy eating, do you mind?” I didn’t feel like such a big strong hiker after all! By the way, there is a bear spray that will stop a charge at 15-30 feet. I did not buy any; I was prepared to slowly back away or play dead if necessary.
So if your pet eats ingredients that cause inflammation, it may cause itching, redness, or pain in various organs. Common sites are the ears, skin, stomach, bowels, anal glands, bladder, liver, kidneys, and brain. Any chronic infection that keeps returning may be due to inflammation letting it happen.
I was lying by a creek near Dubois, Wyoming and turned to look when Lonna said my name in a slightly higher pitch than normal. That usually means she is alarmed or excited, or needs something. Lonna was reading her book and glanced up to see a large nose attached to a deer head, mule ears, broad shoulders, and small butt looking through at her through the windshield of our rental car. I rolled over to see a mommy and baby moose less than 10 feet away from me in front of our car. She was now interested in me and what I was doing. 
I know enough about animals and especially about how protective and aggressive moose can be with kids in tow. I slowly got up and backed away and the baby immediately started to nurse. After the meal, both moved back to the brush for snack.
Dr. Lappin talked about how organs can send up the white flag, when an infection of the tissues or blood by bacteria is in progress. Funny enough, same thing happens with allergies. When an allergen comes in contact with an organ of a sensitive animal, things get red and irritated and don’t work so well. The skin will itch, the ears will get red and gunky, the stomach gets irritated an rejects food, the bowels get irritated and push everything out the rear end, the anal glands become sore and inflamed, the bladder gets red and irritated, and the brain shorts out on occasion. 
This could be the universal theory of inflammation and illness. Bacteria or food ingredient s can both cause problems. Inflammation could lead to infection. (As in chronic skin, ear, and bowel problems.)
Dr Palmer talked about the role of obesity in joint inflammation and declining lifespan in dogs and enjoyed my insights in Dog Dish Diet. We both know that our canine population needs to lose weight to live longer , happier, healthier lives.
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