A-Z of dog wellbeing: Immune system

A healthy, properly functioning immune system operates like the world’s most omnipotent drug. A malfunctioning immune system in dogs can open the door to a host of diseases, such as infection, diabetes, osteoarthritis, and cancer. Find out how you can help your dog stay healthy.

When an animal suffers disease, physical or emotional injury, the healing process works to restore the normality we know as health where the body is currently unbalanced, diseased, damaged or lacking in vitality. Thinking of injury or dis-ease as a body out of balance, rather than broken or faulty is a far more gentle way