Wag Our Tails!
Healthy Cooking and Natural Living for Happy Dogs
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The Benefits of Home-Cooking For Dog Owners 1. Gives you complete control over what ingredients go into your dog’s meals. 2. You can offer a variety of grains, beans, and veggies to suit your dog’s needs. 3. You decide what proteins to feed your dog. 4. Provides balanced meals that are packed with nutrient-rich ingredients. 5. Includes foods that are seasonal, fresh, living and come straight from the fields. 6. Adds your own loving touch and good intentions into your dog’s food. 7. Lowers the cost of your dog’s food. For Our Gorgeous Dogs 1. More energy. 2. Glossy coat. 3. Healthy skin. 4. Bright, sparkling eyes. 5. Improved quality of life. 6. Fewer trips to the vet. 7. Longevity. 8. Improved digestion. 9. Fewer allergies and ear problems. 10. Calmer and more relaxed. 11. Prevention from risk of disease. *Home-made food has a lower economic paw print Warming, Cooling, and Neutral foods All foods have their own unique characteristics. One way to understand these characteristics is to look at the warming or cooling effect they have on the body. This way of classifying foods has been effectively used in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, and Macrobiotics. Very simply, if you give your dog cooling foods, it will help to cool and calm her down. If you give her warming foods, then she will feel more heat and energy. Using warming and cooling foods can help to balance your dog. Today different breeds of dogs live all over the world. Some breeds are more suited to cold climates and have thick, warm coats, yet now live in a hot climate. This can be very tough on them. Increasing cooling foods and reducing the warming ones is one way to help them to feel more comfortable. Small, energetic dogs who are kept in an apartment with very little exercise can adjust well to a vegan diet which is generally more cooling. Animal protein is warming, increases energy, and creates more heat, which can make these dogs more yappy and frenetic. Understanding which foods are cooling or warming is also good for adjusting to the different seasons. For example, in hot, dry weather more cooling foods are beneficial, and in cold, damp weather, more warming foods are recommended. Cooking changes the quality of foods too. Generally, cooked foods are more warming, and raw ones are more cooling. Raw grated carrot has a more cooling effect compared to cooked carrots. Using the following lists of foods can help your dog to feel calmer or to have more energy. Healthy dogs can generally enjoy a variety of warming, cooling, and neutral foods. Using a variety of both warming and cooling foods will create a more neutral diet as they balance each other out.
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We all want our gorgeous dogs to be super happy — with sparkling eyes, a shiny coat, wet nose and wagging tails. But have you thought about how a different diet could benefit your beloved pooch’s well-being and longevity? Food and health expert Melanie Waxman shares her kitchen secrets and reveals how her simple and healthy recipes, developed over decades with her own dogs, can dramatically improve your dog’s life and mood. Some of the dishes are so yummy, they may cause some human salivating and a teeny taste too. Wag Our Tails! also contains fascinating information about foods that have a warming or cooling affect, amazing superfoods, the use of essential oils, the benefits of acupuncture, dog communication and much more. When we nourish our gorgeous dogs with fresh and local foods we also help to lower our carbon paw print which means a win win for all.
About the Author
Outside the front door of Melanie’s house in the Spanish hills overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, hangs a wooden sign. It says: Dogs welcome, people tolerated! The sentiment is tongue in cheek of course as Melanie loves people and is the mother of seven wonderful grown-up children. Dogs have always been an enormous part of Melanie’s life, giving endless hours of joy whether hiking in the mountains or snuggling with them on the sofa after a hard day’s work. Melanie is considered a pioneer in the field of nutrition, food energetics and holistic health having spent four decades practising integrated therapies and working with people from all over the world. She has also studied pet and eco psychology, and has worked with dog listeners, horse whisperers, trainers and Olympic world champions from the horse world. Melanie’s approach to life and especially with her dogs is down to earth, practical and realistic, and includes masses of love and wisdom.