Herbal Medicine for dogs. Treat Balls to make herbs more appealing for your dog

Delta is a little fussy what she eats, and as with most dogs, when she is not well, her appetite diminishes, and she is very reluctant to take any herbs or supplements no matter how good they are for her.

For Arrow, I can add anything to his meal and he will gobble it up no questions asked, look around to see if there is anymore.

I am always asked

How do I get my dog to take their herbs?? By making them into Treat balls!

Because all dogs are different with their tastes, we need to come up with clever ways to make them more enticing for dogs that are a little more sensitive, without putting them off their whole meal.

Herbs just don't work when they stay in the bottle.

These little meatballs are a great way to mix up her herbs into something more palatable and I can either feed them as a treat if she is not getting a meal at the time, or I can use them as part of her meal.

They are a great way to make herbs more palatable

This mix made up 16 treat balls

Herbal Medicine for dogs treat balls

Ingredients

• 200g Roo mince

• 2Tbsp Chia seeds

• 1 can sardines in spring water

• 1tsp Medicinal Mushroom powder. I used Chaga powder

• 1Tbsp Bone broth powder

• Herbal tincture (I used 24mls- Which is 4 days worth of herbs for Delta)

• Slippery elm to dust if they are too moist

Method

• Mix the Sardines and spring water and the chia seeds together.

we want the chia seeds to moisten and become nice and gooey to hold the balls together. Allow to sit whilst preparing the other ingredients.

• In a bowl, add the mince, medicinal mushroom powder, bon broth powder and herbal tincture into a bowl. Add the moistened Chia and sardines into the bowl. Mix until well combined.

We want a nice tacky and thick mix that we can roll up into meatballs. If this needs thickening you can add in some slippery elm powder, almond meal, coconut flower or similar to get the right consistency.

• Roll out into small meatballs.

The size you need depends on the size of your dog. I made mine into 20c piece (AU$) sized rounds. This mix divided into 16 balls.

Calculate how much herb is in each ball.

These balls had 24ml in the whole batch, and it made 16 balls.

24/16= 1.5ml in each ball.

Delta is on 3ml twice per day of her herb mix. This works out to be 2 balls, (containing 1.5ml tincture each) twice per day.

4 balls per day all up.

• These can be stored in the fridge for a few days, or can be frozen then thawed for each day.

Roo, Sardines, Chia, bone broth, mushroom powder and herbal tincture ready to make into treat balls.

The herbs that Delta is currently taking is a mix of adrenal herbs that all taste pretty good. If these were liver herbs that tend to be a little more bitter, we may need to decrease the amount of tincture in each ball.

Herbs can be made more appealing and appetising for your dog.

Some herbs taste better than others. You may need to experiment with different amounts of herbs in the balls to make them more appealing

Delta giving her approval to the balls

Delta is feeling better with her herbs, and without the stress of loosing her appetite from the herbs throughout her whole meal.

Have a play with the recipe. You can really substitute any meat, add offal if needed, add different nutrient powders. The options are endless. I often use these to mix up more calcium from eggshell.

Please comment below and let me know what you have tried, and what works for you and your dog.

Give your dog a pat for me.

Kerrie x