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"Calendula officinalis is an easy to grow herb with lots of health benefits for your dog through internal and external applications.
- planting Calendula and picking the blossoms. Or go to your local health food store to buy it dried.
- Add fresh or dried Calendula to your dog's dinner for improved digestion, and yeast and fungal-infection prevention. Throw some fresh or dried flower heads, either whole, chopped or ground into your dogs regular meal. Add up to one teaspoon ddried or one tablespoon fresh flower petals per 20 lbs of body weight per day.
- Use a Calendula salve (bought or home made) on exterenal injuries to speed healing and prevent bacterial growth
- Brewing Calendula tea and using it as a highly effective wash and healing agent for wounds, stings, hot spots and rashes.
- Soaking your dog's toothbrush with Calendula tea before brushing to help prevent gum disease.
From Modern Dog Magazine - Spring 2010
Also, Brewer's Yeast has never been an issue in any of my dogs, save for those that had allergies. They do after all, make Brewer's yeast pills for dogs.
The gums are likely a kind of pectin, or starch made to thicken the food, as the zoo med canned food it like a thick and heavy gel. I do wish they would be more specific than just gums, since they can mean many things.
Being as it is for reptiles that have notoriously more sensitive digestive systems than dogs, I think it would be relatively safe.
Sadly, many dog foods, even high quality ones, have corn in them. Not that I'm going out of my way to feed my dog with corn based products.
All in all, I have not let Pixels get into the habit of stealing Fred's food. It's formulated for turtles (ok bearded dragons AND turtles), not greedy little puppies. Though I see Pixie just plotting on how to get her paws on his super worms and freeze dried grasshoppers.
I think she is taking the terrier in her a bit too far with the wanting to eat bugs thing, lolol. |