These are GOOD for dogs:
These must be RAW:
· Apple (remove pips)
· Pear (remove pips)
· Prune (remove pip)
· Peach (remove pip)
· Cucumber
· Zucchini
· Carrot
· Broccoli
· Parsley
· Basil
· Garlic
· Beans
· Peas
· Beetroot
· Turnip
· Cottage cheese
· Yoghurt (plain, unsweetened)
· Minced Kangaroo
· Minced Turkey
· Minced Chicken flesh/necks
· Egg (soft cooked)
· Lentils, Split Peas (cooked)
· Barley, Millet, Buckwheat (cooked)
· Rolled Oats (soaked overnight)
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What’s in the food and how to serve it
Note: the volumes used in the meals below are based on 2 dogs (weighing 7-8kg
each).
BREAKFAST is
½ cup rolled oats and ½ tablespoon psyllium husks covered in hot/boiling water
and soaked overnight.
Prepare the night before.
Give half a portion to each dog in the morning.
DINNER is
½ cup Vet’s All Natural Complete Mix
(barley, oats, soyabean, flax seed, carrots, peas, parsley, garlic, kelp, calcium, vitamin
C, lecithin)
soaked overnight in two-thirds cup water (must soak for 12-24 hours), stir well
- or –
Fresh Vegetables finely shredded and chopped
(cucumber, zucchini, carrot, broccoli, turnip, parsley, garlic, cooked lentils,
olive oil)
- plus –
100grams Raw minced beef
Prepare the night before.
Give half a portion of Vet’s All Natural Food OR Fresh Vegetable Food PLUS half
a portion of beef mince to each dog in the early evening.
The Vet’s All Natural Food is a dry food that needs to be soaked in water for
12-24 hours to rehydrate and reconstitute the grains and vegetables.
See www.vetsallnatural.com.au
for more information. This is an Australian product.
See www.sojos.com Sojos European-Style
Dog Food Mix and Sojos Europa Grain-Free Dog Food Mix for similar products in the US.
The Fresh Vegetable food can be made in bulk and frozen in 1 cup (250-300ml) portions.
Defrost as required.
When giving this fresh food, add ½ teaspoon of Vet’s All Natural Canine
Nutritional Powder and mix well into the food before serving. This powder contains herbs,
vitamins and minerals.
See www.vetsallnatural.com.au
for more information.
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USEFUL LINKS
Dachshund Backs:
www.dachshund-dca.com/discbook.html
bajaokla.com/dachback/
Dog First Aid:
www.healthypet.com/firstaid.html
Poisons information:
www.twodogpress.com/twodogpress/
healthy.html
pets.robbiehaf.com/plants.htm
Natural Foods and Remedies:
www.vetsallnatural.com.au
www.wholisticanimal.com
www.sojos.com
www.holisticanimal.com
www.drpitcairn.com
www.pettribune.com/2002/060102/
holistic.html
http://anniesherbals.com/Getting
%20started.html
What's really in commercial dog food:
Go to www.google.com and search for
"what's really in dog food" and prepare to be grossed out!
Or read this article.
Understanding Dogs:
www.stanleycoren.com
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RECOMMENDED READING
How Dogs Think – Stanley Coren
How To Speak Dog – Stanley Coren
Veterinarian’s Guide to Natural Therapies for Dogs – Martin Zucker
Dr Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats – Richard
Pitcairn
Dachshunds for Dummies – Eve Adamson |
These are POISONOUS for dogs:
1. Chocolate
2. Onion
3. Walnuts
These are BAD for dogs:
1. Chicken Bones
2. Cooked Bones
3. Fat, chicken skin
4. Pork
5. Potato
6. Spices, Salt, Sugar
7. Milk (with lactose)
8. Tea/Coffee
9. Grapes and raisins
10. Citrus fruit
11. Pineapple
12. Mushroom
13. Wheat
BACK CARE
Because of their long spines and disproportionate body structure, dachshunds can easily
have serious back injuries.
About one in four dachshunds experience a disc problem, usually between the ages of 3 and
7 years old.
A disc injury can lead to complete paralysis of the spine and back legs. Surgery is
required.
Rules for preventing injury are:
NO JUMPING, UP OR DOWN
NO CLIMBING STEPS, UP OR DOWN
NO FAST RUNNING, TWISTING, TURNING, ROUGH GAMES
CORRECT LIFTING OF DOG – hold the front legs and chest with one
arm, and hold the back legs and hips with your other arm, and lift the dog horizontally.
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IMPORTANT
1. Do Not Give Hot Food
2. Do Not Give Icy Cold Food
3. Make sure that clean fresh Water is always available
SNACKS
1. ½ apple/pear/carrot (remove seeds) for each dog during the afternoon
2. 1 or 2 small biscuits for each dog during the day
3. Large raw bone once a week
NATURAL HOME REMEDIES
Rescue Remedy (Bach Flower essence) – 4 drops
– for any kind of pain, fear, anxiety, panic
– put 4 drops in your palm or dish and give to dog; if they won’t take it, rub
the drops on the mouth/lips or on the top of the head
Slippery Elm Powder (herbal) –
1 teaspoon dissolved in a few tablespoons of warm water for diarrhoea - or - 2
teaspoons (the same way) for constipation
– usually given with a small amount of food
Hydrogen Peroxide 3% - 5ml
– to induce vomiting if dog has eaten poison or rubbish
– give as soon as possible, within 2 hours
– use a syringe to draw 5ml liquid, smear a little bit of honey on the end, put into
the side of mouth near the back, and squirt in
– if nothing happens after 10 minutes, repeat the dosage (once or twice more)
– as little as 14 grams of dark chocolate can kill a small dog; induce vomiting
immediately or take to the vet.
– as little as 30 grams of onion will poison a small dog and make it very sick;
induce vomiting immediately or take to the vet.
Digestive Aid (homeopathic) - 3 small pills
(crushed or whole) added to each dog’s food at each meal
- this is a homeopathic digestive enzyme to improve digestion
- see www.wholisticanimal.com
for more information
Gastro Mix (homeopathic) – 2 small pills crushed
– for all stomach problems, food poisoning, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea,
cramps, pain, fever
– crush the pills inside a folded piece of paper, put the powder in the bowl and give
to dog; if they won’t take it, rub the powder under the lips with your finger.
– if after 15 minutes there’s no improvement, repeat the dosage, twice more if
necessary
- see www.wholisticanimal.com
for more information
Nux vomica 30C (homeopathic) – 4 small pills crushed
– for stomach problems, food poisoning, nausea, vomiting, cramps
– crush the pills inside a folded piece of paper, put the powder in the bowl and give
to dog; if they won’t take it, rub the powder under the lips with your finger.
Thuja 30C (homeopathic) – 4 small pills crushed
– give the day before annual vaccinations to prevent vaccinosis, adverse reactions to
vaccines like allergies, or bumps under the skin at the site of the injection
– crush the pills inside a folded piece of paper, put the powder in the bowl and give
to dog; if they won’t take it, rub the powder under the lips with your finger.
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