The Possible Canine’s Blog
A Few Words on Calcium, and Supplements in General
Further to the last two entries on management of your dog's diet during COVID-19 - perhaps the biggest issue home feeders are facing now, is finding supplements needed to balance their dog's home made diet. This is, as mentioned in the last two entries, more of an...
Further Information for Home Feeders
Hello all...I hope you are all safe, staying in, and doing well in this difficult time. Many have emailed since my last update - I have limited time for blogging these days, but it's important to me to get this information out to you. Further to the last post, I've...
Message to my Clients, and Anyone Feeding Home Made Diet
This message is first and foremost directed to my clients, both current and recent (last few years) who are too numerous to reach individually, whose dogs are eating one or more of my therapeutic recipes. First let me say that anyone who needs specific advice, whose...
Cooking Course Starts Next Week
Hello, Readers! This is just a quick reminder that the Cooking Course starts next week- the most comprehensive course of its type you will find anywhere - with information far beyond using the NRC values, and including food science,wet vs dry methods of cooking,...
Orange Veggies Part Two
As promised, this entry will evaluate three other commonly used orange veggies that may or may not be a good fit in your individual dog's diet. We looked at sweet potato versus yams in the last article, and now let's take a peel at the every popular pumpkin, at...
Orange Veggie Differential
Good day readers - I'm just dropping in quickly today to offer you a little information, something I had promised for a while, but seems extra important now we are launching the Home Cooking Tutorial in March. It's a little series on some foods we home feeders use...
Home Cooking for your Dog – an Online Tutorial
Following a couple of previous, highly successful home cooking tutorials – I am running another session this Spring. It is a course that has been requested many times, and for which I see a real need. Homecooking for dogs is increasing in popularity, as many dog...
2020 Herb Tutorial and a Special Offer for You
I've been intending for a couple of weeks to get a new entry up, regarding my back injury, which is both healing well and more complicated than we initially thought - lots of sympathy email from fellow sufferers! but as soon as I was able to get working, I had to...
Update on my Injury/Return to Work
Hello readers, this will be a very short post as I am typing lying down and that is one slow process. Many, but not all of you follow my Page and/or Timeline on Facebook, and are aware I suffered an excruciating back injury two weeks ago, that resulted first in...
Herbal Consultation for your Dog or Cat
A brief entry today to announce the extension of my Sale on Herbal Consultations - I did not have a chance to promote it as I hoped, so in fairness to those who might want to take advantage of this offer, I'm extending it for the whole month of July. Further to the...
Top Twelve Herbs for Dogs – Updated
As I sit down to write this, it is the day we set our clocks forward "for spring" and I am gazing out my ground floor window at snow that comes higher than my ledge, and more coming down. It is hardly springtime in my part of the world - yet! but I am thinking ahead...
Astragalus
Astragalus (Astragalus membranaceus) Family: Fabaceae (legume family) Part used: root The roots are harvested from three- or four-year-old plants for maximum potency and sliced thinly. Once dry, they look like cream-colored tongue depressors. Also available in...
Herbal Support for Smoke Exposure
With all the fires raging across California, and smoke thick over the whole area but also moving Eastward across the continent, the herbal world is filled with ideas to support humans exposed to the bad air...but what about our animals? I'd like to address every...
The Spotlight Series…Vitamin D
Hello readers, and first let me say how amazed and delighted I am by the number of people registered already, for the Home Cooking Tutorial! I knew there was a need, but still - I've had a very enthusiastic response, just a few days in. I've known for some time that...
What I’m Feeding Danny
This started off as part of an exercise for the Cancer Tutorial, and as it grew I decided to share it with a wider audience. One of the things I am most adamant about is ensuring that home prepared diets meet all nutrient requirements - fatty and amino acids,...
Consultations for your Dog- a Service Update
Today I’d like to talk a bit about my Consultations, what they entail, what you as a client can expect and how the process works. After providing these services for close to two decades, I have had the opportunity to see what works best for my clients, and to that...
Christmas Cookies – especially for Seniors…
...dogs of any age can have them too, of course. I developed this cookie a few days ago, after seeing a recipe shared around, for "candycane" treats that used wheat flour, a bouillon cube and red food colouring - I mean, none of these are tragic, I dislike...
Energetics 101
This is one of those "by request" posts - since the whole topic of energetics has been tossed around so much lately in the natural health world, and there is a bit of popular confusion, I hope to be able to help sort some of it out. Plus, it's a favorite topic of...
Chamomile – much more than tea!
Chamomile (Matricaria recutita, Chamaemelum nobile) Family: Asteraceae Parts Used: Flowers, fresh or dried Actions: antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, relaxing nervine, carminative, stomachic, antiemetic, vulnerary, diaphoretic, mild antimicrobial, aromatic, bitter...
Adaptogens for Dogs – an introduction and recipe
Last week on my Page (Facebook) I had promised a couple of new recipes, and then alas, life, work and all that jazz simply got in the way. So I promised to share a recipe, an existing one from my (hopefully) forthcoming ebooklet...this is one I make and use with my...
Choosing a Pet-sitter – Things to Consider
There are times when you aren’t able to take your dog or dogs away with you when you travel. And when you aren’t you will certainly want someone who is qualified to take care of your pet while you’re away. So with that in mind, here are some things that you need to...
Spicy Chaga-pumpkin cookies
Yesterday, in the spirit of all the cool recipes I plan to share in the tutorial, I whipped up a batch of a fall favorite here - spicy chaga-pumpkin cookies, with a little extra immune boosting kick thrown in as we head into the colder weather. These cookies, like...
On being an herbalist; here’s the secret
Today is a typical weekday here at my house- parrot is screaming, three senior dogs snoring away after breakfast, exercise and playtime; cats - well, all cats sleeping as they all do every day. I'm at my desk, working with clients, answering emails, getting some class...
Do the Math Monday
A little offering from me (and this may well be the shortest blog entry ever, in the history of The Possible Canine) over at the Facebook Page (which you can access here): https://www.facebook.com/ThePossibleCanine/ What we'll do, every Monday, is look at nutrient...
Five Things Friday
This new feature will consist of five random things I want to share with readers, every Friday. They might pertain to a specific nutrient, to a food, a health condition, an individual herb, a method of herbal preparation, or even a quick recipe. I've been inspired to...
Meat Loaf for Dogs! One recipe, many variations
As promised; a fun, easy and healthy treat for dogs, with some serious benefits, and a few variations so you can make it to suit your own dog's unique tendencies. I made this for my three, not as a meal (it's not a balanced diet!) but to use as topper for some of...
One last Freezie – Omega3s, Antioxidants, Probiotics…
...and that's just the start. This very simple, but powerfully nutritious frozen treat can be used in a couple of ways, so again, I am hoping to give you options. It can be very nutrient-dense, all on its own, or diluted with some liquid (bone broth is good, but you...
Frozen Dog Treats Part Two – Savoury!
So, it's the weekend and I am having a little fun with recipes - a thread on my Facebook group convinced me to develop more frozen treats for the warm summer months, and since not all dogs love fruit, I thought I'd do a few savoury, but still very healthy versions....
Frozen Herbal Dog Treats – Part One
Every summer, a few frozen treat recipes start to appear around the internet, usually yogurt based, with additions like sardines and salmon and blueberries - all good stuff. I started to wonder if I might not concoct a few such treats myself, maybe with a twist...
Three Old Dogs
So, last week on my Facebook Page, I asked readers a simple question: who here has a senior dog? And the response was overwhelming. I suspect that thread might just be the liveliest one in the history of my Page. Seems a lot of people have senior dogs, and are...
The Possible Canine’s Blog
A Few Words on Calcium, and Supplements in General
Further to the last two entries on management of your dog's diet during COVID-19 - perhaps the biggest issue home feeders are facing now, is finding supplements needed to balance their dog's home made diet. This is, as mentioned in the last two entries, more of an...
Further Information for Home Feeders
Hello all...I hope you are all safe, staying in, and doing well in this difficult time. Many have emailed since my last update - I have limited time for blogging these days, but it's important to me to get this information out to you. Further to the last post, I've...
Message to my Clients, and Anyone Feeding Home Made Diet
This message is first and foremost directed to my clients, both current and recent (last few years) who are too numerous to reach individually, whose dogs are eating one or more of my therapeutic recipes. First let me say that anyone who needs specific advice, whose...
Cooking Course Starts Next Week
Hello, Readers! This is just a quick reminder that the Cooking Course starts next week- the most comprehensive course of its type you will find anywhere - with information far beyond using the NRC values, and including food science,wet vs dry methods of cooking,...
Orange Veggies Part Two
As promised, this entry will evaluate three other commonly used orange veggies that may or may not be a good fit in your individual dog's diet. We looked at sweet potato versus yams in the last article, and now let's take a peel at the every popular pumpkin, at...
Orange Veggie Differential
Good day readers - I'm just dropping in quickly today to offer you a little information, something I had promised for a while, but seems extra important now we are launching the Home Cooking Tutorial in March. It's a little series on some foods we home feeders use...
Home Cooking for your Dog – an Online Tutorial
Following a couple of previous, highly successful home cooking tutorials – I am running another session this Spring. It is a course that has been requested many times, and for which I see a real need. Homecooking for dogs is increasing in popularity, as many dog...
2020 Herb Tutorial and a Special Offer for You
I've been intending for a couple of weeks to get a new entry up, regarding my back injury, which is both healing well and more complicated than we initially thought - lots of sympathy email from fellow sufferers! but as soon as I was able to get working, I had to...
Update on my Injury/Return to Work
Hello readers, this will be a very short post as I am typing lying down and that is one slow process. Many, but not all of you follow my Page and/or Timeline on Facebook, and are aware I suffered an excruciating back injury two weeks ago, that resulted first in...
Herbal Consultation for your Dog or Cat
A brief entry today to announce the extension of my Sale on Herbal Consultations - I did not have a chance to promote it as I hoped, so in fairness to those who might want to take advantage of this offer, I'm extending it for the whole month of July. Further to the...