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For Common Sense Training Program for All Ages: The Ultimate Puppy Toolkit The Blackwatch
Adult Program
This feed program has developed over the past 20 years and used by my kennel and other top breeders with tremendous success. This is a comprehensive, common sense based , balanced program and each component plays an important roll in helping your pet to achieve wellness. It program is not to be used in lieu of veterinarian care. This feed program is comprehensive and consists
of 5 major components.
Basic Diet I have provided a list of better food and my criteria for selection, located at this website. My preference is the Natural/Holistic Eagle Pack line of Pet Foods which I have used for 20 years. Choose one of the following or you can rotate flavors on adults. Do not mix any foods or brands of food 50/50 for any length of time, other than transitioning over to a new diet. Mixing foods can cause nutritional imbalance. Here are Eagle choices:
Nzymes - Dietary enzymes in a chewable healthy pet treat or granular form Nzymes puts the "living component" back into your pets commercial diet! All dietary enzymes are heat sensitive and lost in processing/cooking
of all commercial foods or making home cooked diets. As owners we
must put dietary enzymes back into the diet, in order to maintain
proper wellness and not deplete the body of this important resource.
This can be done by the addition to your diet with a product called
Nzymes, a chewable pet treat, or granular form which can be sprinkled
on the food to replace what is lost. Nzymes helps with the following:
Nzymes are from sprouts (food) so they do not conflict with diet or any medications. I have used the Nzymes for 20 years for my animals and I take the human product and have seen remarkable changes our health. By incorporating Nzymes into the diet, you are putting back the "living component" into the modern processed and cooked diets. This gives the body the tools it needs for repair and good health. Website to order : http://www.nzymes.com/ - 877- 816- 6500 - 8:00-6:00 PST REQUIRED FEEDING Friendly bacteria/Digestive enzymes First Choice Naturals 4 in 1 Probiotics - This is a combination friendly bacteria, digestive enzymes, vegetation and Ester-C. It fills the "holes in every diet", processed or raw. First Choice Naturals 4 in 1 Probiotics contains:
If you are using the First Choice Naturals 4 in 1 Probiotics (listed above) do not use any additional Vitamin C supplementation. The canine Orthopedic Foundation Association recommends Vitamin C supplementation to help in the prevention of certain orthopedic diseases. REQUIRED FEEDING Liquid Health Level 5000 - Joint Supplementation If you are looking for a high quality glucosamine joint support product, Liquid Health Level 5000 is the one I have used for some time. I find it an excellent and affordable product and they ship overseas too - Canada, Mexico, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom - more added daily so check with the company to see if they ship to your country. I have used it with great success on my dogs and my elderly dogs respond well to joint nutritional supplementation. The amount of glucosamine in better dog foods is minimal, helpful nonetheless, but minimal, so a good joint supplement is ideal especially for any age or breed. I start my dogs during growth stages and continue throughout their adult life. With the large/giant breeds their joints have added stressed, so any thing that can help support them as they age is a positive thing in my opinion. For more complete information and ordering go to this website: Liquid Health Level 5000 Growth Patterns - if you have written me specifically about uneven growth patterns additional MSM is helpful and the source I recommend is the Vita-Flex MSM - the best price is through First Choice Naturals at 800-937-1104 RECOMMENDED - Meats I use Eagle Holistic canned dog foods for variety (beef, chicken, liver, lamb, duck and fish).I mix a couple of tablespoons of canned meat with tepid temperature water and make a gravy. No grocery store brands they are full of preservatives and 4D meats (dead, diseased dying and disabled) and they give the dogs stinky gas. OR Homemade veggie soups work well for variety too. Country Pet makes a raw meat loaf that is balanced and you can feed with your kibble as well www.countrypet.com RECOMMENDED- Whole Foods I think it is important to incorporate some real foods into you dogs diet on a daily basis. Not only is this done for nutritional purposes, but because the dog gets bored eating the same thing day in, day out!! This is a list of recommended foods: yogurt, fruits and veggies, not necessarily in large amounts, a little is better than none. Berries melons, apples, banana, tomatoes, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, oranges, squash, sweet potato, green beans, zucchini, garlic. NO raw onions, spinach, grapes some say no garlic They love frozen berries and melon balls. Pulverized fresh veggies are best for digestion. OR
THIS OPTION
Using Real Fresh Meat - Fruits and Veggies - and NO WORK! I am excited to tell you about a product that you will like, it is an easy way to provide some real meat, (turkey or chicken) and fruits and veggies. This product is freeze dried and all you have to do is reconstitute it then incorporate into to your dog's diet. It is not cost prohibitive for breeders with multiple dogs because a 10 lbs container makes 43 lbs of fresh food. It is the answer to a prayer for us busy dog owners! The food dehydration process takes place so the ingredients are still considered raw, yet done at a temperature to kill any pathogenic bacteria. Enzymatic activity in dehydrated foods is simply suspended until the food is rehydrated.S PURCHASE A SMALL SAMPLE TO MAKE SURE YOU PET LIKES RAW FOOD! The Honest Kitchen dehydrated raw dog food is available in two no grain formulas: FORCE (21% protein - 14% fat) - Chicken, Flaxseed, Potatoes, Celery, Cabbage, Sweet Potatoes, Zucchini, Green Beans, Apples, Honey, Alfalfa, Kelp,Yogurt, Bananas, Papayas, Basil and Rosemary. EMBARK 29% protein - 16% fat - Turkey, Flaxseed, Potatoes, Celery, Spinach, Carrots, Coconut, Apples, Kelp, Eggs, Sesame Seeds, Bananas, Cranberries, Rosemary. The Honest Kitchen dog food, like the Eagle Holistic line of kibble and canned food is endorsed in the Whole Dog Journal. To order call 858-483-5995 ~ www.thehonestkitchen.com HOW I MIX MY DOG FOOD
Honest Kitchen dog food is organic freeze-dried meat, fruit and veggies. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ADDITIONS Oxy-Drops are a safe liquid to be used with with your kibble and raw meat. It will kill pathogens: bacteria, fungus and virus. When feeding untested raw meat it is particularly important to use Oxy-Drops to help prevent problems with the pathogens in raw foods. Oxy- Drops will not kill the good bacteria of the gut and helps to encourage the growth of friendly bacteria. I believe Oxy-Drops is very important in helping to prevent bloat and systemic fungus infections. It can be use diluted (1 cup of distilled water + 1 teaspoon of Oxy-Drops) for a solution to clean out ears, eyes, to spray on skin or use as a colonic. It is very beneficial in systemic yeast infections as well. 1 drop per 20 lbs of body weight, added to some water (it must be diluted), stir into dog food. To order: www.nzymes.com Nutritional Support For Special Needs Vaccine
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Fleas/Ticks/Heartworm People ask me what I use for these problems. I use Interceptor as a heartworm preventative and for flea and tick problems I use a topical product- either Advantage, Advantix or Frontline products. I do rotate a different one each year. Because these are not systemic products, I feel a bit better about using them and because the dogs/cats and my self are also on Nzymes, which detoxifies the body, I am comfortable with using these products. Special Alert: For Collie/Sheltie/Aussie and Sighthound Owners For those people who own Collies, Shelties, Sighthounds, Aussies, Border Collies, any breeds with Collie background or mixed breeds with any of these dogs in them, it is critical that you know there are certain medications your dogs CAN'T take. Do not leave it up to your vet to know this..YOU must print this out and know it - it is a matter of life or death. These dogs have a sensitivity to Ivermectin (Heartguard) Heartworm medication. Only use Interceptor. Other related drugs you can not use on these breeds or there will be neurological damage. Other related drugs you can NOT use:
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