The Possible Canine’s Blog
A word on the buzzwords…
..."species-appropriate", to be specific. This morning I am amazed yet again at how many people feel that "species-appropriate" is the main aspect of nutrition that needs to be considered when developing or choosing a canine diet. I know, I can come across a little...
Recipe for a Fifty Pound Dog – follow-up
As promised, here are some follow-up comments with regard to the recipe. I've based most of them on what my students have asked - I assigned this entry to the class, to see if they might come up with questions. And, clever bunch of keeners that they are, they hit on...
HomeMade Cooked Recipe(s) for a Fifty Pound Dog
Update on this entry! Eight years ago I shared a turkey/rice/beef/sweet potato recipe, and while many people used it or variations and their dogs did superbly well, times change, we all keep learning and growing, so I am going at the bottom of this entry, to add an...
Danny and the quest for *what works* – sensitivity can be unpredictable and needs can always change
Many of my readers know a little bit about my beloved Ridgeback Daniel, the dog who rescued my heart after I lost Luke so suddenly and so cruelly back in 2006. Danny has been a soulmate for me since the day I clapped eyes on him, a wide eyed, sweet faced puppy of 10...
What a man you were
You know those little funny, cute, goofy things we all say to dogs when we love them so much and we're focused on them day to day? Yeah - you who are reading this blog surely do. I had a few of those with my Luke...Wildewit's African Jabulani - a few, well more like...
Back to the Grind!
...and I don't mean eggshell, although that's pretty much a constant around here.. It's been a month since I've been blogging - due in part to a heavy consulting workload, and then a two week "vacation" that has turned to three as I started research for my herbal...
Supplements 101
I know, I know - I have promised (and am working on!) entries about canine cancer, allergy, yeast, anxiety and more...but hey, it's been a busy week (new students, lots of client work) and it's the weekend (a long one here in the frozen north) and I am behind. It's...
Zinc
Since this sub-category is "Nutrients A-Z" - and since I am always going on about zinc, I thought we might start with a short entry on the role, requirements and optimal sources of zinc in the canine diet. In contrast to the never-ending tomes I compose on energy...
Carbs Continued – Using the foods
In this entry I want to take a closer look at some of the main foods we could use to form the carbohydrate portion of our dogs' home made diets, and then look at a sample diet. The higher-calorie/starch foods I see people using in home made diets often include: Rice...