TCVM-Tiergesundheit

Toadstool cookies for that autumn feeling

Even though fly agaric mushrooms should not be eaten—although opinions differ on this point—I think they are the most beautiful mushrooms.

That’s why I couldn’t resist creating toadstool-shaped cookies for the dogs.

Ingredients for the dough:

• 60g oat flour
• 75g buckwheat flour
• 1 tbsp coconut oil
• 50g pumpkin purée
• 50g sheep’s milk quark
• 1 pinch of cinnamon

Ingredients for the glaze:

• 3 tablespoons sheep’s milk quark
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil
• Dogfetti

Preparation:

1. Mix the dry ingredients such as oat flour, buckwheat flour, and cinnamon in a bowl.
2. Melt the coconut oil in a saucepan and mix with the pumpkin purée and sheep’s quark to form a mixture.
3. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
4. Place the dough in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.
5. Flour the work surface with a little flour, roll out the dough, and cut out shapes with a mushroom-shaped cookie cutter.
6. Bake the cookies on a baking sheet in the oven at 160 degrees Celsius (convection) for 12 minutes.
7. Once the cookies have cooled, you can decorate them.
8. To do this, melt the coconut oil and then mix it with the sheep’s milk quark. Now spread this glaze onto the mushrooms.
9. Finally, sprinkle the red dogfetti onto the cap/umbrella of the mushroom.

𝘉𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵!

Remedy for heartburn

A decoction of oatmeal forms a protective layer of mucus over the stomach lining and soothes the stomach.

Since chamomile tea has the same beneficial effect, I like to boil it together with the oatmeal.

You only need:

• 3 tablespoons oatmeal
• 100 ml goat’s milk
• 150 ml water
• dried chamomile or chamomile tea (1-2 bags)

Preparation:

1. Put all the ingredients in a pot and bring to the boil.
2. Then simmer the porridge on a low heat for 5 minutes.
3. Depending on your preference, you can now offer your four-legged friend the porridge as it is, or strain the liquid through a sieve and feed it to them on its own or mixed in with their food.

Please always make sure that the porridge is no longer hot when feeding!

To achieve the best possible effect, your four-legged friend should take the appropriate home remedy before or with their meal—NOT after!

Get well soon!

Dogfetti

You don’t need much to make this colorful confetti as a decoration for food bowls, dog biscuits, cakes, etc.

Ingredients:

• oat flakes
• naturally colouring foods, such as turmeric, (green or blue) spirulina and beetroot (optional food colouring)
• zipper bags
• a few drops of water

I used 1/2-1 teaspoon of coloring powder for every 15g of oatmeal.

Preparation:

1. Mix the oat flakes with the desired colour in a zipper bag.
2. Add just enough water (max. 5 ml) for the oat flakes to take on the colour and knead everything well.
3. Then spread the coloured oatmeal on a baking sheet (crumble the mixture a little) and let it dry in the oven at 50 degrees Celsius for 30-40 minutes.
4. Once the oat flakes are completely dry, you can store them in a sealed jar for at least 3 weeks and use them to decorate your four-legged friend’s food as you wish.

Have fun recreating it!

Turmeric latte for dogs and humans

The superfood ‘turmeric’ is now being used more and more frequently – and rightly so!

This is because turmeric has powerful anti-inflammatory properties and can therefore help to relieve joint pain, strengthen the immune system and aid digestion.

Here, I’ll tell you how to whip up a healthy and delicious turmeric latte for your four-legged friends.

You need:

• Turmeric (see quantities below)
• 1/2 teaspoon coconut oil
• 50–100 ml water
• 100–200 ml goat’s milk

Curcuma:
Dogs up to 10 Kg: 0,5 g daily
Dogs above 10 Kg: 1 g daily
Dogs above 20 Kg: 1,5 g daily

Water and goat’s milk should be adjusted for small and very large dogs according to their size.

Preparation:

1. Bring the water to the boil and mix in the appropriate amount of turmeric and coconut oil to form a smooth liquid.
2. Add the goat’s milk and mix everything together.
3. Please test that the turmeric latte is not too warm before serving this treat to your dog.

𝘉𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵!

Bircher-Muesli for dogs

My dogs were given a kind of Bircher muesli, which Dana, after initially hesitating to try it, ultimately found so delicious that she ran back to her empty bowl three more times to see if it had magically refilled itself.

You need:
(2 p𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇s)

• 20g puffed amaranth
• 40g oat bran
• 60g oat flakes
• One ripe banana
• 1/2 apple
• Water (as needed)
• 150ml coconut milk
• 1 tbsp. coconut oil

Preparation:

1. Mash the banana in a bowl.
2. Add the amaranth, oat bran and flakes, water and coconut milk to the mashed banana and mix together.
3. Heat the coconut oil in a pan and grate half an apple.
4. Mix both into the muesli.
5. Finally, you can either cut the remaining half of the apple into small slices, cut out shapes to top the muesli with, or simply eat it yourself.

I topped the muesli for Dana and Mozart with peanut butter, a pinch of Ceylon cinnamon and mulberries.

PS: It is, of course, also suitable for us humans.

Dogtziki

Tzatziki – we humans eat it quite often in summer when we barbecue… but for dogs?!

Of course, they can have some ‘Dogtziki’ too, but with less seasoning.

You need:
(2 p𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇s)

• 7 tbsp. (goat’s/sheep’s milk) yoghurt
• 150g cucumber
• a pinch of salt

Goat’s or sheep’s milk yoghurt should be used for this, as these have a gently warming effect and thus balance out the cooling effect of the cucumber.

Preparation:

1. Put the yoghurt in a bowl.
2. Finely grate the cucumber and squeeze out the juice so that the tzatziki does not become watery.
3. (As it would be a shame to throw away the cucumber juice, you can either drink it yourself or give it to your four-legged friend.)
4. Then add the grated cucumber and a pinch of salt to the yoghurt and mix everything together.

Enjoy!