giving a calcium suppliment?
giving an oil suppliment, like fish oil, or wheat germ oil? Both oils are good for arthritus.
www.auntjeni.com is what i give my dog, maybe there is a supplier in NH. Or you could as a natural pet shop to carry it, like that fancy dog shop in N conway, arnt you near there??
steamed squah is excellent summer or zucc, pumpin is good, but can be too filling, great for loose poops, carrots are good for weight gain, give organ meat along with the chicken necks and backs, makes it a "whole food" rather than just muscle meat, and bone. Heart, liver and other chicken or turkey or beef parts are good. feed raw bones, like cow or chicken necks, or wings, after a meal. 2oz per 5 lbs of food, is about what a dog should get, some need more, some need less. Garlick is a good antibacterial to grind up with the raw meat.
Have a local butcher? they usually throw out marrow bones because no one cooks with them anymore, cow or goat, sheep, lamb neck bones are good, and chicken soup bones, (chicken bones, raw) are all good. LAMB is the highest in fat, so grind up some lamb, for that skinny puppy!
you can add sardines, (in water) to the dogs food. Wellness is a good overall natural dog food, or Ultra, or Nutro, or Flint river. but in my opinion, all are high in carbohydrates, which are NOT found in a wild dogs diet. For extra protien, hard boiled eggs, or raw egg yokes, not the whites, it does someting funny with biotin in dogs, cottage cheese, or ricotta cheese is all good. Steamed spinnach is good too. have to cook and make a paste out of veggies, because dogs dont digest veggies well, so get out the food processor.
does this help at all?
(excuse the bad spelling.. too lazy for spell check, the gig is up, hooked on phonics did NOT work for me..)