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We live in a world that’s completely upside down, where dry, ultra-processed brown pellets are sold as the healthiest option for dogs, and fresh, species-appropriate food is labelled as dangerous. Where toxic flea treatments and vaccines are pushed as essential, and natural health is brushed off as “woo woo.”
But when you stop and look around, it all starts to make sense, not from a wellness perspective, but from a business one.
Because this system isn’t set up to heal.
It’s set up to profit from disease.
What Is the Disease-for-Profit System?
It’s the cycle where industries, like pharmaceuticals, processed pet food, and even many corporate vet chains, make more money when your dog stays unwell. Not critically ill, but just sick enough to need ongoing “management.”
They don’t need to ‘cure’ anything; in fact, ‘curing ‘ would be bad for business.
What they need is lifelong customers.
The truth is:
Disease is made. It doesn’t just happen overnight.
It’s the result of long-term exposure to the wrong food, chemicals, drugs, and stress.
But instead of helping us uncover why dogs are inflamed, itchy, reactive, or in pain, the system just steps in with suppressive meds, synthetic diets, and chemical treatments to keep the symptoms quiet… for now.
Let’s Start with Pet Food
Kibble is the cornerstone of the problem. It’s marketed as “complete and balanced,” but what that really means is: heat-damaged, dry, synthetically fortified pellets made from leftovers and fillers.
It’s cheap to make. Easy to store. Easy to sell.
But feeding it long-term leads to:
- Chronic inflammation
- Skin issues, hot spots, and gunky ears
- Yeast overgrowth
- Pancreas, liver, and kidney stress
- ‘Allergies’ and sensitivities
- Digestive imbalance
- Low energy and behavioural changes
The body can only cope for so long before things start breaking down. But instead of saying, “Let’s remove the cause,” you’re told, “Let’s put your dog on a hypoallergenic prescription kibble.”
Spoiler alert: It’s still kibble, just more expensive, more processed with horrendous ingredients.
And What Happens at the Vet?
If your dog is itchy, you’ll likely be offered Apoquel or Cytopoint, both drugs that suppress the body’s natural inflammatory response. Sure, the itching can stop, but that’s only because the body is no longer allowed to react. The problem hasn’t been fixed; it’s just been buried deeper, which drives the dis-ease deeper into the body, setting the stage for chronic illness.
For digestive issues, it’s antacids or antibiotics.
For ear infections, it’s steroid drops, again and again.
Every symptom is treated like a separate condition, but no one ever asks:
Why is your dog’s system under pressure in the first place?
Most conventional vets mean well; they’re kind people working within a broken system. But vet education is heavily influenced by pharmaceutical and pet food companies. The same companies that sell the products are writing the textbooks and sponsoring the training.
It’s not health care. It’s symptom management, wrapped in sciencey-sounding jargon and marketed as gold-standard care.
The Cycle Looks Like This:
- Feed ultra-processed food.
- Body gets inflamed, overloaded, and toxic.
- Suppress symptoms with drugs and medicated products.
- It damages the body further over time.
- Return to the vet, repeat tests, get more prescriptions.
- Buy more expensive “solutions” that never truly heal.
- Keep coming back, because your dog’s still unwell.
Round and round it goes.
It’s profitable, not preventative.
But We’ve Been Brainwashed to Accept It
We’ve been told it’s normal for dogs to have:
- Chronic ear infections
- Constant itching
- Yeast in their paws
- Anal gland issues
- Daily medication
- Repeated antibiotic courses
- Behavioural issues due to “breed traits”
But it’s not normal, it’s common, and there’s a big difference.
We’ve been so conditioned to believe this is just part of dog ownership that we stop asking questions.
We get stuck in survival mode, doing what we’re told, hoping for relief.
What’s the Alternative?
Simple:
Support the body, don’t suppress it.
Feed real food, not synthetic pellets.
Detox gently, and remove the causes of inflammation.
That’s how you reverse the cycle. That’s how you get your dog truly well.
This is the work I do every day, helping people break out of the system and find real answers. It takes courage to go against the grain, but once you see it… you can’t unsee it.
Your dog was never meant to live on brown balls and booster jabs.
They were designed to thrive on real food and clean living.
Sickness isn’t random. It’s created, and it can be uncreated.
Final Thoughts
If your gut has been telling you that something feels off, trust that.
You’re not paranoid, you’re awake.
The disease-for-profit system only thrives when we stay quiet, confused, and compliant. But you don’t have to play by those rules anymore.
There is another way.
And I’m here to show you how to take it by ditching the drugs, jabs, and junk and get your dog back to health the natural way.
Thank you for reading.
Teresa x
Canine Wellness Specialist 