Cough Mixture Remedy for Dogs

Dogs (especially older dogs) sometimes suffer mild irritations in the airways that trigger coughing when weather changes or a sudden change in climate. However too much coughing dries out mucous membranes, which irritates the breathing tubes and makes coughing worse. You don’t want to wait until your dog is coughing day and night to get some homemade cough mixture remedy.

Note: If your dog has chronic cough i.e. kennel cough, pneumonia, heart disease or trachea failure; this cough mixture remedy won’t help much at all. Best is to take your dog to the veterinarian.

This remedy recipe is great to ease that irritation when your dog has a cough, or just to keep his lungs healthy.

Ingredients:

• 5 small carrots, shredded
• ¼ cup parsley leaves
• ¼ potato, chopped
• 4 sprigs watercress
• ½ teaspoon of slippery elm powder
• 1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil
• 2 teaspoon of bone meal
• ¼ cup distilled water

Method:

1. Puree the carrots in food processor or juicer (don’t throw away the pulp).
2. Add all other ingredients and blend until smooth.
3. Feed this once a day.

Special note: Preferably use organic ingredients. If they aren’t available in your area, remember to wash them thoroughly and peel off the carrot skin before shredding.

After five days and the coughing didn’t improve, you will have to make a trip to the veterinary clinic. An alternative is to get a bottle of children cough mixture off the pharmacy counter; however I don’t recommend this as many don’t know the proper dosage to give to their dog.