Giving Your Dog a Multivitamin Could Prevent Cataracts

There are few things in life better than a set of big, brown puppy dog eyes. Since eyes are the windows to the soul, there is no denying that puppy dog eyes can have quite an effect. In those eyes are love, happiness, devotion and comfort, which is why you want to do everything you can to keep your dog’s eyes in good shape.

One of the best ways you can do that is by giving your dog  i Love Dogs Multivitamins with Green Tea & Reishi. Besides keeping his coat glossy and enhancing his immunity, our vitamins also help keep your dog’s vision healthy, so he can continue to beg for table scraps and belly rubs with those eyes for years to come.

Just like humans, as your dog ages, he starts to lose his vision and could develop cataracts.

Three vitamins found in i Love Dogs multivitamins are essential to keeping your dog’s vision clear: Xanthophyll (lutein), and vitamins A and B-2 (riboflavin).

Lutein, states webmd.com, “is one of two major carotenoids found as a color pigment in the eye (macula and retina). It is thought to function as a light filter, protecting the eye tissues from sunlight damage.” Considered to be the eye vitamin, it is used to prevent eye diseases such as cataracts. Vitamin B-2 works to prevent cataracts, too.

These vitamins, coupled with Vitamin A, help to protect your dog’s vision and eye health, since cataracts can form from trauma, diabetes or age.

Another good reason to give your dog a daily multivitamin is that treating his cataracts may require surgery, which can be very hard on your dog.

“Currently, there is not a good non-surgical treatment for this condition. With the increase in veterinary surgical skill and equipment, the surgical procedure to remove the problem lens is becoming increasingly more common,” says peteducation.com.

However, if your dog is not healthy, surgery is not an option.

Peteducation.com says, “For a successful outcome, the affected animal must undergo a thorough examination to determine if he is a good surgical candidate. Diabetic animals that are not regulated, aggressive animals that are difficult to treat daily, or animals in poor or failing health, are not good surgical candidates. If you suspect your dog is developing cataracts, then you should work closely with a veterinary ophthalmologist to take the best and most effective course of treatment for the dog.”

To find out more about i Love Dogs Multivitamins with Green Tea & Reishi and to purchase them, click here.

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Sonya Simpkins

Sonya Simpkins is a contributing writer for i Love Dogs, Inc. In her spare time, she loves to take her dogs for long hikes and treks to the beach, out to eat and on long road trips across the county. She then turns those adventures into useful advice for other dog parents who also love to take their dogs with them wherever they go.

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