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HINTS
& TIPS
Any hints and tips you have, please feel free to email
me.
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FIRST
AID KIT ~
PIRITON TABLETS
COTTON BANDAGE
SORE PAWS
CUTS / GRAZES
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For stings and bites.
Polly got quite badly stung by nettles on her belly.
She was going mad, pulling herself on the floor, licking
it and trying to bite her belly.
I gave her 1 Piriton tablet and within 15 minutes
she was fine.
In case of cuts to paws ~ bound tightly will stop
bleeding
Cotton
baby bootees held on with elastic bands (not too tightly
of course)
I use Tea Tree ointment on Polly ~ she usually gets
cuts on her belly from the grain stalks going through
the fields and between her toes sometimes. I put it
on at night then she won't lick it off when she's
asleep
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| PORK |
I
never give Polly any Pork products. It is supposed to
give them tummy upset and diarrhoea. Apparently it's
because Pork is a protein that dogs find the hardest
to digest and eliminate any extra nitrogen (from the
excess protein). |
| HOODIES
(cotton) |
Some
nice ones in Asda at the moment. Large size fits Polly
~ their sizing is totally wrong. Up here in Scotland
in the winter, she needs it on during the day when she
goes out for her walk. |
| PASTA
OR RICE |
Polly
loves boiled rice or boiled pasta twirls with cooked
fish or cooked chicken pieces and a small carrot. I
cook the chicken or fish from frozen in the microwave
with the chopped small carrot for 7 or minutes then
chop up with the pasta or rice and leave to cool. She
also loves tinned Sardines with Pasta. |
| POISONOUS
TO DOGS |
Chocolate
~ in any quantity.
Onions ~ highly toxic to dogs ~ cumulative ~
builds up in the system resulting in death
Sultanas & Raisins ~ highly toxic ~ can cause
renal failure |
| BONES |
I
never ever give bones to Polly ~ bones stick in the
gut and stomach causing perforations |
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POLLY
is a very fit, alert and healthy dog. She gets loads of
excercise ~ I walk her at least 2 or 3 miles in the day
(often more) and she gets 45 minute walk at night. I am
very careful what I feed her but do not go to the extreme
of feeding her human quality food (unless it is special
offer). I always leave complete biscuits down (Science Plan
or Arden Grange) all the day so they can snack at any time.
Her diet is (not in any particular order)
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Fish
bits (Haddock offcuts from the fishmonger, being very
careful to remove the bones) ~ cooked
Beef (cheapest cuts from the supermarket) I feed them
this chopped and raw
Beef mince is good, I mix it in with the complete
biscuits so the fat soaks into the biscuits~ cooked.
Sometimes raw.
Beef heart ~ cooked
Chicken / Turkey ~ cooked
Rabbit (caught by the local gamekeeper) cooked
Tinned
sardines in tomato sauce
Occasional small pieces of cheese
Eggs (eggs from our chickens) raw
Porridge for breakfast
Also ~ Tomatoes, carrots, broccoli, cabbage, peas
pasta, rice, natural yoghurt
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