AUTUMN: A delicious festive season for two and four legs

Long walks, especially in autumn, offer many opportunities to collect valuable gifts of nature. We have put together a few tips for you.

Experience Switzerland with dog

Nuts

A nut contains many important vitamins and fats, which can also be a valuable nutritional supplement for dogs. Of course, you must be sure that the dog has no nut allergy. And always feed nuts only in small quantities, because especially nuts can promote overweight and also have a high content of phosphorus.
Nuts should be used sparingly in any case, as they are a highly concentrated food. After removing the shell, you should divide the nuts into very small pieces. Only in this way can your dog absorb and utilize them optimally. Nuts for dogs can be given as a snack or mixed into their food.

These nuts for dogs come into question: Cashew nuts, peanuts, hazelnuts, almonds, Brazil nuts, pistachios, walnuts

Do not feed these nuts under any circumstances: Macadamia nuts, bitter almonds, nutmeg, black walnut

With edible chestnuts, special caution is required for four-legged friends: The shell stings with its spines, and swallowing the chestnut can cause intestinal obstruction. In the green shell and in the raw chestnut are substances that can lead to digestive disorders for the dog even in small quantities, in larger even become dangerous. Cooked and shelled chestnuts, on the other hand, make a great autumn snacking option, are rich in B vitamins, low in fat and gluten-free.

Important: Nuts can cause allergies in dogs wei humans. Therefore, when eating for the first time, try only on a trial basis and in small quantities. Never give seasoned (no salt or other spices.).

Kürbis

Caution: not all pumpkins are suitable for consumption .
Caution: not all pumpkins are suitable for consumption .

A great addition offers the autumn season with the diverse pumpkin varieties. The colorful pumpkins are not only with us bipeds more popular than ever, even dogs may enjoy them without hesitation and benefit from the many vitamins (vitamins A, C and E) and minerals (magnesium, potassium, iron and zinc).

Particularly suitable are the edible pumpkins Butternut or Hokkaido, which can be steamed or baked in the bowl best supplemented to the existing food.


CAUTION:

Not all pumpkin varieties are suitable for dogs (and ornamental pumpkins are absolutely TABU). Wild grown pumpkins as well as home grown in the garden can contain dangerous bitter substances and can lead to severe and life-threatening poisoning. Therefore, buy the pumpkins only in the supermarket or organic market where they are also grown professionally and without bitter substances. As a tip: You can also always try in advance and if this tastes a little bitter use the pumpkin better not.

In case of symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea or excessive saliva, as with all symptoms of poisoning, immediately consult a veterinarian.

Our baking tip:

Pumpkin treats

1 cup pumpkin puree from Hokkaido pumpkin (from stores or organic market)
3 tablespoons canola oil or coconut oil
2 eggs
2 cups buckwheat flour or rice flour

Heat oven to 150° C convection. Mix the puree, eggs and oil. Gradually add some of the flour to the liquid mixture until the dough has the appropriate consistency (like baking a cake). If the dough is a little too firm, you can add a little water. Knead well and let it stand for about 10 minutes. Either roll out the dough to a thickness of about 0.5 cm and cut out small cookies with your molds, or use baking mats and fill them. Now it's time to put them in the oven and bake for about 40 minutes at 150°C convection oven.

Let the biscuits cool down (in an open container) and then feed them within 3-5 days (store in a cool place).

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