This list is a long one, when I am talking about the benefits of CocoTherapy Chips and Oil but I thought that I would give a little bit of personal experience to represent why we carry and LOVE these products!
I'm not really sure if this is limited to small dogs, but our pugs have always had trouble with their anal glands and leakage. If you don't know what that might mean but are grossed out at what you think it means... don't worry, you aren't far off. The Anal sacs are two small scent-sacs in the area of the anus. These are a type of "marking" glands. When a dog has a bowel movement, these sacs are normally squeeze, and a very smelly, oily secretion is released with the feces. If there isn't enough fibre or the dog has runny poops - the anal glands won't get expressed naturally and there for will leak (when full) and then your nice, dry clean only pants are covered in a horrible stench and your dog is feeling uncomfortable from all the pressure (and stink).
MeiMei started having problems with her anal glands after a weekend at the dog kennel (first and last time we took her to a kennel) - I'm guessing because of stress she had some problems - down there - and has needed to get her anal glands expressed manually once a month or so (we usually head to the vet for something like that). Miko has ALWAYS had trouble with her anal glands and, although she has never had an infection (knock on wood), she used to have random anal expressions (on the couch, the chair, or pants, my arm and IN OUR BED) almost everyday. We sort of just learned to keep a blanket or towel on us at all times when she was sitting on us, and to not put on the nice clothes until we are just about ready to head out the door. We had also tried a couple of things to help her with this issue, increasing her fibre intake and such, but nothing really made a difference.
Until now. When we first got the CocoTherapy Chips in stock I ripped open a bag to try out with the girls. I had always read that pure coconut oil and meat had huge benefits for dogs like Miko (with tons of allergies, yeasty, smelly with tummy troubles) but never found a product that we liked and that made any difference. I started to sprinkle the Coconut Chips on their meals - just about 1 tsp or so (you have to be careful that you don't give them too much at first - just give them little bits at a time to see how they react with it) and after about 2 weeks I noticed something. No leakage. It was sort of shocking because even after we would get her anal glands manually expressed by the vet - the leakage would come a few days later (if not the next day) and we never really got relief from it. But this seemed to be doing the trick! The true test came a couple weeks later when we went back to the vets office for our "monthly treatment" (of anal expression) and they mentioned that Miko's anal glands weren't really full. HAAAAAZZZZZZAAAAA!!!! We have been continuing to give them the Coconut Chips sprinkled over each meal, and although we have had an incident here or there, it is NOTHING like it had been before and for that, I am excited about this product and am proud to be carrying it!
Another benefit I have heard about with the Coconut Oil - other than helping with bad breath, flaky/dry skin and increase your health, help you lose weight and fight infections!!! It also helps with TEAR STAINING! We recently read some customers reviews on the CocoTherapy facebook page that they were so excited to be using Cocotherapy Oil with their pets and their tear staining had improved! This is without the aid of antibiotics or products that could have some potentially harmful effects with your pets.
It truly is a miracle product! But tell us what you think - how has CocoTherapy helped your pet?
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