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Medication and Protein Based Meals

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When you have a sick dog, and your vet is prescribing medication for your dog’s ailment, you should consider diet as another way to react to symptoms of medications, and use of such medicines.  With each medication, comes a set of symptoms that is new to your pet, with the use of the medication.  Our dog suffered from inflammatory bowel syndrome, which was supported by Prednisone, and offered her inflammation relief with this medication, but did bring on increased water intake and urination symptoms.  Similarly, she was on Cerenia for nausau, which created some anti-hunger symptoms, and some sleepiness.  Not only that, but she was on Metronidazole and Famotidine for stomach acid and loosening of the stomach exit muscle created some wellness results, but there were some poor results, as well.  The medicine did not work if it was not given a 20- 30 minutes before a meal.  And, for a sick dog, only medication and protein offered the right way gave us great success.

Medication Works Best with a High Protein Meal

003How is it that medication will work better for a dog on a high protein diet?  The answer is simple, especially when the dog is taking orally prescribed medications.  The real reason is that the protein chain ensures that medication works best, and when you look at the results, you are certain to find better results with your dog with this combination.  Dogs are protein eaters, and do much better when sick, on protein vs carbs for their meal plan.  When you are searching for the right solution, go to your vet, get the right medication, and then, really consider their diet.

Protein strands keep toxins from staying in the blood, and often have a way of sticking to calcium and magnesium deposits.  With advanced age, dogs have a great advantage with a protein diet, as they will eliminate any toxins with ease.  The protein will be easier to manage with medication as well.  A good form of protein is chicken, as it is lean and can be the right processor for adding collagen and good connective tissues.  Livers function better with a protein diet, and often release lots of good enzymes for digestion.  There are sometimes higher liver levels with a high protein diet, but it offers a way to keep the medicine working correctly.   When you consider how diets are often changed to low fat, and dogs develop cancers or tumors on this diet, this is an indicator of lower levels of liver activity.

Medication can be Encapsulated for Best Use

009A vegetarian gel capsule will be a great way to pocket pill your dog’s medications for ease of orally submitting your dog’s medication.  Sometimes, pills taste really bad, so encapsulating them in a no yeast, no wheat, no gluten, no corn, no soy milk, no sugar, no starch, no preservatives, or animal products.  This way, you are not interfering with the medication in its effectiveness, but allowing it to be ingested by the dog correctly.

Medication should be given before a meal

Encapsulated medication, should always be given 20 minutes before a meal.  This will ensure a good digestion of the protein and allow for good support of the medication. Only be sure to give medicines that need to be given on a full stomach, after your other pills.  When you have a sick dog, this will ensure you have good success, and eventual stop of the medication going forward.

Flaxseed Oil for Dogs

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Why is flaxseed oil such an important oil to provide nutrition for your dog?  When you are looking to improve your dogs health, one way to do so, is to provide EFAs or Essential Fatty Acids to your dog’s food.  The best dog food has flaxseed oil as an ingredient, and that is a good thing to look for in the ingredient list.  Sometimes, you are torn between two foods, and just looking for flaxseed oil can increase your dogs food nutrition choices.  Even if the ingredient is lower down the line of food offered ingredients, that can be a good decision maker to which food you buy for your best friend.  This rich source of vitamin E, vitamin A, provides a key to health that not many oils provide.

Flaxseed Oil for Lowering Inflammation

The thing that we all should consider when we look at our good food choices, is are you and your dog receiving the right nutrition?  Often sled dogs or husky dogs in sleds, are given flaxseed oil in their raw food choice.  The ability for cells to become more robust, and their cellular linings thicker, is the result we see with any EFA introduction, but with flaxseed oil, you see this ability to prevent cellular damage.  The fact is, if your dog is under some allergy stress, or exercises too much, the introduction of flaxseed oil can be a good thing to improve reconstruction for your dog.  Cells are evolving things that need repair, and with a proper Essential Fatty Acid like Flaxseed Oil, your dog will find good health quickly.

Health with Flaxseed Oil

fishoil capsAdditional anti inflammation is not the only benefit, as this key piece of support from Flaxseed Oil will provide food antiaging and anti tumor assistance as well.  Sometimes, a dog will be eating  a less than nutritious food, and get a good food option once and a while.  With this fleeting nutritional addition, the body will store the extra nutrition in fat reserves.  The reason many dogs today have fatty tumors all over their chests and back, is often due to these fleeting nutritional boosts.  With the continual use of flaxseed oil in your dog’s food, you will see the results of shiny coat, healthy looking skin, and good health in the form of less events like fatty tumors.  The many issues that your dog experiences, even with joint problems can be a reason to incorporate this great element to your dog’s food.

Flaxseed Oil Spoils Easily

Often we buy dry dog food, and it sits on a shelf for awhile, during production and then in the dog food store, before it sits on our shelf at home.  Do yourself a favor, and buy smaller bags of food when you can, and always keep a fresh bottle of flaxseed oil in the fridge.  The oil is sometimes best when it comes in a dark bottle, and is always oxygen sensitive.  It is a good oil to buy frequently, and if you can, in smaller sizes to keep your nutritional advantage to a higher level.  The flaxseed oil you buy should not smell rancid or sour, but have little smell to it.  Being able to add flaxseed oil to your dog’s food is a very good idea.

Raw Bones for Healthy Teeth and Gums

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Raw bones are a great treat for dogs and cats for that matter, but specifically for dogs as they really need a place to chew.  Dogs use a chewing break for exercise, and mental release.  Consider your dog when you come home from work, is he or she happy relaxed, or stressed and excitable?  The addition of raw bones to your doggy routine can be a great nutritional benefit.  Here is why raw bones, not processed bones are best.

Raw bones are close to Natural Events

dreamstime_l_27876126Dogs are often misunderstood by many means, and it usually creates an unusually naughty and excited canine companion.  With the advent of the modern age, our companions are often only our canine companions.  More and more people are isolated from each other, and rely on their dogs for love and affection.  This small pack family unit is hard on both the human and the dog, but it can be successful when the human allows their dog to be a dog.  Raw bones are a great way to give a dog that hunt and kill moment of feeding; just like a dog pack would eat.  It is a relaxing way for a dog to eat, pull, twist and chew some stress from their day that was often alone, and too closed up and quiet.  Or, if you have little ones running around, the constant noise of the day, can be whisked away for a dog with a little time to chew a raw bone.

Raw bones offer good amino acids

Raw bones and raw meat are good additions to the stored dry food we feed our dogs each day.  Once a week, check with your butcher on a raw beef long bone, and give it to your dog, watching that they do not get rib or soft bones like vertebrate.  Dogs often presented with a raw bone will attack it with gusto, looking for the best place to pull the meat that remains on the bone, and crack open any areas nearing marrow.

It is important to always be present when you feed raw bones, as our dogs have sometimes taken a cut thigh bone, and gotten it stuck around the bottom of their mouth.  It is such a nice circular bone, and they chew away the marrow inside the ring, and then boom!  They have a bone stuck!  This is something that I have prevented with purchase of longer, larger bones, and a time limit to chew time.  Each week, we let them chew for no more than 15 minutes of glorified doggie chewing time, and then snatch the bone away with a leadership grab.  Dogs chewing on bones will revert to their pack hierarchy of alpha and submissive roles, and you as the feeding human are a submissive role for certain.  During the bone removal, be safe, and allow your dog this aggressive stance, but be firm upon removal of the raw bone.  Do not save it, as a fresh raw bone is a great treat, but a stale saved stored bone is unhealthy and a risk of disease.

Raw Bones : When to Buy

Most butcher shops and grocery stores do their large cuts early in the week.  Plan to buy your raw bones on a tuesday or a wednesday for the best choices.  Good options for dog bones are leg femur bones cut into 3 or 4 inch cuts, shoulder joint bones, hip or upper pelvic bones, and nuckle pig bones.  Do not feed your dog chinese dried pig ears, tails or any skin pieces from the scrap piles.  Often sold to pet stores, these cuts are worthless to dogs, and will be too soft and create intestinal damage to your dog.  Look for bright red meat, beef, venison, and lamb cuts, that are larger and easy to hold onto.  Raw bones should be free of any odor or apparent rot.