All Entries in the "Dog Health" Category

Man versus Dog

Our dog, Jimmy Choo, might not look like the sharpest tool in the box, but when it comes to not taking his worming tablets this dog is a master.

A while back my husband and I had purchased Drontal Plus worming tablets, which we consider one of the best on the market for protecting Jimmy Choo against many varieties of round worms and tape worms. We had the Drontal Plus XL tablet which meant that we only needed to give him one tablet orally, so our first line of attack was to hide it in his doggy food. Five minutes later we checked his bowl and there was the tablet, no food in sight, just one immaculate pill. Every other dog we have had has eaten the tablet without any problems, so we knew there was nothing offensive about the taste or smell!

Second plan of attack was more upfront – we offered him the tablet from our hands to see if he fancied it. He obviously didn’t, so we tried to hide it in some of his favourite dog treats, we used about four different types of treats all of which he loved but he resolutely refused to take in the tablet. By now we had one fat pup filled up on all the delicious food we had fed him but he still hadn’t been wormed.

So we decided to look online for our fellow dog owners’ advice. One video showed a man simply opening his dog’s mouth and popping the medicine in – this seemed a bit optimistic for our liking but we gave it a whirl and sure enough the tablet came out and Jimmy gave us the look of contempt that we deserved. Someone else suggested hiding it in a mars bar – a random trick that he blindly swore would work. However, mindful of the harmful effects of chocolate on dogs, we decided to hide it in some cheese – one of Jimmy’s favourite “human food” treats.

So, with the tablet well-concealed in a small lump of cheese we offered the concoction to Jimmy Choo….and finally with success! Tablet eaten without a clue – Man 1 and Dog 0 – score is to be updated in three months…

Raw Dog Food – Is This A Healthier Diet For Your Dog?

I think we can all agree that the canned and dried food the majority of us serve our dogs is not ‘natural’ no matter what the quality and I have been looking into the possibilities of ‘going truly natural’ and serving up a raw dog food diet to my dogs, maybe just one meal – morning or evening.

Dogs Pine Too – Has Your Dog Lost a Partner?

Dogs really do suffer from grief and pining for pack members that have suddenly disappeared from their lives. I always thought that dogs were pretty much OK as long as they had their favorite human – until a few years ago.

Dogs Don’t Wear Glasses—Dog Eye Health

When Scooter entered my life my entire picture of dog eye health changed. As an older dog with two trips to the local kill shelter under his belt, he was also blind and fat.

Diabetes in Dogs—A Natural Remedy

Ten years ago diabetes in dogs had few natural remedies to counteract the effects that the disease held over a dog. Insulin shots and specialized diets were pretty much the best you could do unless you knew exactly where to look.

What is a Dog Detox? Natural Remedies Can Help

When I first heard of a dog detox, I had the image of a bunch of dogs lying in rows of beds, shaking and panting, coming off of their tramadol with medical support. It hadn’t occurred to me that you could actually detoxify a dog the same way you can detoxify yourself. The more I learned about dog detox the more I started to grasp the value in it.