Dirt

EAT DIRT

“What’s in it for me?” A return to healthier stools and skin, in dogs with chronic illnesses or inflammation.

  • Feeding DIRT is the most direct way to give soil based probiotics you would otherwise PAY for.
  • Dirt germs are essential for dogs which may not get dirt naturally, or are eating as many preservatives as humans do nowadays.
  • Soil is so important to the fawns (newborns) of deer that they will NOT survive infancy without it.

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Also this Project Introduction – Exploring the Hidden World of Microbes

What Kind of Dirt? (Should be ALL of the following)

  1. Black dirt
  2. Ideally: From under moss at the base of a tree.
  3. Little, fine roots in it are GOOD
  4. Nearby fungi are also good. (Fungal rhizoids)
  5. If you find living earthworms or similar worms in the soil you have hit GOLD. Use that soil.
  6. House plants may have the above characteristics too, especially in the soil from LAST YEAR’S annuals BEFORE you plant in it again.

Look for the best dirt under moss in moist dirt where moss thrives. Look near or under decaying wood. Don’t get the leaf mulch, get the BLACK soil under that. There is a TRIAD of essentials for the most beneficial of gut germs: Plant roots, fungal rhizoids and beneficial germs. By-products from the entwined roots and rhizoids produce a micro-gel that is excellent for digestive systems.

  • Puppies eat dirt (lots of it) to colonize their gut.
  • Adult dogs on antibiotics or who lack beneficial germs may also eat dirt or chew up rotting sticks and leaves.

All you do is mix it with the food. Dogs don’t care!

HOW MUCH? HOW OFTEN?

1 Tablespoon in each meal is the correct amount for dogs over 20 pounds. Regardless of size. For dogs UNDER 20 pounds use 1 teaspoon. You can do this daily until bowels are firm and proper colored. Even once-a-week is good. Better than nothing so they say.

Project Introduction

This is not advice that fits EVERY dog. Some dogs are truly sick.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6780873/

https://www.amazon.com/Eat-Dirt-Health-Problems-Surprising/dp/0062433644

https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/soil-based-probiotics-for-dogs/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9502345/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK609362/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5859043/

 

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Author: Dr. Erik Johnson
Dr. Erik Johnson is the author of several texts on companion animal and fish health. Johnson Veterinary Services has been operating in Marietta, GA since 1996. Dr Johnson graduated from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine in 1991. Dr Johnson has lived in Marietta Georgia since 1976.