Tawai - Training for Companion Dogs

11/12/2025

Allergies…

Several things that help with allergies and itches:
- Never bathe with shampoo or soap. That way you don’t wash off natural oils that are the first barrier against pathogens
- Add 2 teaspoons of organic apple cider vinegar (ACV) to their food. Dilute in 1/4 cup of water before adding to their food so as to not corrode their teeth.
ACV changes the body’s pH and helps with yeast infections.
- Add a good dog probiotic to their food. (I use Fourflax probiotic).
- Add sources of Onega 3 and 6 to boost their immune system: fish oil (be sure to get fish oil tested for mercury), spirulina, h**p seed oil.
- I also add turmeric as an anti-inflammatory and for overall health.
- In Summer I harvest any stinging nettle I see and put it into paper bags to dry off.
I then scrunch it up on top of their food. It’s a natural anti histamine and very nutritious too

Also, if dog has yeast smell on skin, dandruff or rashes, spraying coat with a 25% ACV solution diluted in water can help change skin pH killing off yeast

03/12/2025

I hope none of you need to use this but in case there is a dog attack or fight I wanted to share the way I separate fighting dogs:

I learnt this in Brazil as a kid while doing schutzhund (protection work) for dogs that wouldn’t obey the out/auss command.
To separate a dog fight you put a leash on the attacking dog, or both if it’s 2 dogs fighting each other.
Then grab flap of skin between abdomen and thigh (marked in red on picture) and you pull backwards and upwards. Pull strong and sudden.
If 2 dogs, both owners, or person handling the dogs, agree to pull at the same time. Dogs will let go and turn round to check what’s hurting them. Pull dog/s away from each other.
And no, I’ve never had a dog turn on me and bite me.
Has worked every time I’ve helped separate a fight.

And it helps if the people around the dog fight remain as calm as possible.
Shouting, hiting and freaking out just adds “fire” to the fight

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