When feeding puppies or younger dogs, boil up all your vege scraps (potato skins and carrot peelings etc), then when soft, mash them up…. they really love it and it’s great for them. Also lavender, freshly picked and rubbed along a dogs back, keeps away fleas!

Linseed seeds cooked in the food for dogs, gives them a shinny coat.

Our dog developed an allergy to red meat (very common in older dogs )The vet recommended a diet of cooked rice, veges, and a little dried dog food. He advised us to buy the cheapest rice and cook it up in bulk and to add carrots and greens. When we had chicken, she had the […]

Before rinsing our margarine or ice cream containers for the recycle bin give them to your dog to lick clean. Dogs like it and butter wraps too.

To make dog food (dry) make a vege stew, pumpkin as a base, pasta or rice, boil all together and add garlic, not in the drinking water as dogs will not drink water with additives. Don’t ever put onions, leeks into dog stew. The garlic helps with worms and fleas.

To stop your neighbours cat hanging around your door or digging up your precious vegetables buy a water pistol from a cheap variety store. Much cheaper than chemical repellents and only squirting twice gets the message across.

I made a great dog bed by cutting up an old foam mattress. This required a hand saw, but didn’t take much effort. I went to the local coffee bean shop and got free hessian coffee bean sacks. I used these as bed slips. All in all I managed to get 2 large dog beds […]