Heart Like a Dog

The Good, the Bad, and the Oh My God of living with dogs!

Under the Weather

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Friday when I took the dogs for a walk I noticed Sampson has been licking at his paw again. 🙁

Licker He had licked it so much, I was afraid another day or two of licking and it would be bleeding.

Unfortunately his appointment with the Holistic Vet is not until the 12th of April, so I decided to wrap it.

I went into the medicine box and lo and behold I found a bottle of Vetericyn VF for wound and skin care.  The directions say to apply three to four times per day, you can use either with or without wrapping.

I opted to wrap it, to keep him from licking it off.

BooBoo He doesn’t care for it at all, but it keeps him from licking it.

I’ve watched him closely both in the house and on our walks.  He is not favoring his paw, he’s not limping or complaining about it.  In fact he is running and jumping as he always has.

I’m not sure exactly what is going on with it, whether it hurts and he’s very good at hiding his discomfort, or if he’s licking out of habit.  But until we know, I’ll be keeping a sharp eye (and a bandage) on it.

We also found out our friend Cali from The Daily Dog Blog is feeling under the weather.  If you have a minute stop by and show her Mama Julie so love.  She’s really worried about Cali.

Feel better soon Cali!  We love you!!

Tasty Cubes

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Do you Dorot?

I discovered these wonderful little cubes at Trader Joe’s.

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IMG_4489 Currently I’ve only used the Garlic and Basil, but I love these things!  They are little frozen cubes of herbs imported from Israel.

One cube equals one teaspoon, no chopping, mincing or crushing. I pop three cubes of Garlic and three cubes of Basil into my spaghetti sauce and it’s just perfect.

Perfecto.

At Trader Joe’s the price is $1.99, at my local grocery store it’s $2.99.

Once I’ve used all the little cubes I have a nifty little tray to do something else with.

Dog treats!

You could basically freeze anything in these cubes.

Here’s what I put it mine.

IMG_4387 This one has pumpkin.  I used a butter knife and plopped it in, then leveled it off.

IMG_4488 This one has some applesauce and some yogurt.

They freeze pretty quickly and they pop right out. (Except when you overfill the applesauce.)

I don’t know about you, but my guys are always hanging around the kitchen, and when they actually stay out of my way, I like to give them a little reward.  The problem is we’re also watching their weight so I don’t like to give too many traditional dog treats.

Besides, have you noticed all the recalls lately?  That’s right, when you make your own treats you know exactly what went into them.

Do you have trouble getting medication into your pup?  Is (s)he a pill spitter? I see no reason why you couldn’t freeze the pill inside one of these tasty little cubes an hour or so before it was due.

Presto, no muss, no fuss.

Here are some of the other things I’ve thought of that you could put in there:

Beef or chicken broth

Cottage Cheese

Peanut butter

What’s your pups favorite treat?  Do you think it’s freezable?

This ‘N That Thursday – March 7, 2013

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Today we join our friends at the 2 Brown Dawgs blog for This ‘N That Thursday.

“This ‘N That Thursday is for those times when you want to post about unrelated topics or each topic isn’t quite long enough to make up a whole post.  It can be anything you want, so feel free to grab the button and join us!”

Wooded Agility

Ever since Snowtober of 2011, almost every time we have a storm we lose more trees and branches in our little neck of the woods.

Sometimes the trees fall in such a way that they cannot be used as an agility jump.

IMG_4160 Technically I COULD clear this if I wanted to, but I don’t.

And then sometimes you think they’re a little too high, but your dog proves otherwise.

She really is that athletic.

One day Hubby and I watched in shock and awe as she cleared a pile of brush about three feet high and six feet wide.  Of course I never get THAT on video.

Blog Changes.

Yesterday when I was catching up on my blog reading I came across this, Want to Feed Raw but Don’t Know How to Find Sources for Food, by Dawn over at NEPA Pets.  I already feed raw and have a food supplier, but I’m always open to new resources.  And let me tell you, this article lists some awesome resources not just for raw food, but websites where you can find organic resources for human consumption.

Over the past couple of years I’ve really begun to look at the things I put on and in my body.  I think it really started when I switched the dogs to raw.

Whatever. Why, how or when it started doesn’t matter, the fact is it started.

And since I’m so in tune with my consuming habits, I’ve also begun to be very aware of what I expose my dogs to.

There’s a lot of healthy alternatives I’ve discovered in the last couple of years, both human and canine related. I think I’d like to share some of them here.

Hear me out.

I don’t intend to change this blog in the respect that I won’t post stories about my dogs, because that is just never going to happen, but I would like to share with you some of the things I’m doing to improve the lifestyles for the dogs, the Hubby and I.

For instance, did you know that the best oil to cook with is Coconut oil?  Besides giving your food a uniquely tropical flavor, coconut oil has many benefits. It is good for your heart, helps maintain your blood sugar and has great immune boosting and anti-bacterial benefits.

Coconut oil is actually solid until the temperature hits 70° and then it liquefies, the best way to liquify coconut oil is to place it (or the jar) in a cup or bowl of hot water. Melting the coconut oil in the microwave destroys many of its excellent properties.  I use the solid to grease pans for baking, and recently substituted coconut oil for vegetable oil in chocolate chip blondies.  The result was delicious.

And dogs can have the coconut oil too.  Sampson and Delilah get a spoonful of it every night to help keep their immune system strong and healthy.

I like a product that is multi-functional and that can be consumed by both the humans and the canines in my household.

I’d like to know what you think about that.  I know there are a lot of blogs/websites out there with all kinds of information that you can readily access when you want it, so my question really is this:

Are you interested to know what I’m doing to help me and my dogs stay healthy and live a long and satisfying life?  Would you like to know what kinds of natural/healthy alternatives we are incorporating into our lives?

Many thanks to our friends at the 2 Brown Dawgs Blog for instituting This ‘N That Thursday!!

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