Pantry Must-Haves for Pet Illness Recovery
Greetings! My name is Dawn, and I am the manager at End of the Leash Mukwonago. You may have met two of my furkids—CJ and Princess Buttercup. They come with me most days, but being seniors they tend to nap the day away in the office...working hard, as they like to claim!
CJ had a frightening experience a few weeks back, and I’d like to take the opportunity to share some of my experiences with you. Out of nowhere, CJ spent over 24 hours having seizures one after the other. Heartfelt thanks and deepest gratefulness goes out to the fabulous Dr. Witte of Witte’s Natural Vet. She helped get them under control, and get him back on the road to health.
CJ the Sheltie, furkid of Dawn, Manager at End of the Leash Mukwonago.
For the first week afterwards, CJ struggled to make his mouth work properly. He could drink okay, but eating wasn’t working. Knowing how healthy bone broth is for people and pets, I offered him just a tiny bit in a shallow dish. He lapped it up immediately, and licked the bowl clean. In a few hours, I tried a small amount of raw goat’s milk, and he lapped that up as well. I always keep canned or dehydrated pumpkin on hand just in case, so I added some to his liquids to prevent any diarrhea (an unsteady-on-his-feet dog, long Sheltie hair and diarrhea are NOT a good combination!).
Dawn & CJ at End of the Leash.
After a day or two of the bone broth and goat’s milk, I could see his strength returning as his body started healing from the seizures and adjusting to his medications. I slowly started re-introducing his regular raw diet with liberal amounts of bone broth, and even brought a small bowl of goat’s milk, freeze dried raw food, and canned pumpkin for him to enjoy at lunch.
It’s now been over a month since that scary seizure-filled day. CJ is back to mostly normal—maybe a little sleepier than normal on some days—but when you are a senior citizen, that’s allowed! After this experience with him, I will always have pumpkin, bone broth, raw goat’s milk, and some type of freeze dried food on hand, either in the pantry or in the freezer, just in case.
Dawn
Here are a few articles with supporting information for the foods Dawn used during CJ’s recovery!
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