Is your dog poorly?

When we have a sick pet, theres a few things to consider. Firstly, while we have a poorly puppy, they need to receive fodder that is highly digestable. They need to be using all their energy on healing not extracting the nutrients from their food. So we need to think about feeding something thats easy to digest whilst giving maximum nourishment. Their body will be demanding more nutrients for healing, replenishing and repair.

Following on from digestibly we need to look at nutrient rich foods. Striking the balance between the two. Which brings me on to what i will be offering my girl when she gets home. They are usually on much smaller meals when they come home, which means we need to maximise the power of every mouthful. Our dogs need moisture, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. With proteins; including offal (covering many of the vitamins and minerals needed) and fatty acids giving us maximum nourishment.

After our pups have surgery even for normal procedures, they can be all out of sorts. Theres a couple of things i like to do and have ready for when they come home. If its a planned procedure then you can be prepared. If like Tinkerbell who was rushed in, it was my second thought after i left her whilst she had surgery, i needed to get prepared. This lead my onto getting them bones out. Its most defiantly one of the first things ill be offering her is some homemade bone broth.

Ill cover the recipe on another blog, its super simple to make you just need a bit of time. Bone broth is super hydrating, easy absorbed as its liquid, and great to get anyones appetite started again. I love that you can tailor the bone broth to suit your pet too. So if there’s any intolerances you can just change the protein source and hey presto its suitable for all. Im making her goat bone broth, i always like to use novel proteins for bone broth, its just my preference. I used goat bones (weight baring bones) glug of organic apple cider vinegar and distilled water. All in a slow cooker for 40 hours.