Bella is my other Papillon. She is a happy little dog of 12 years (born May 17, 2012) and has a very mild and faithful personality. Bella and Ditte Dot Com are not related, but they come from the same breeder.
Bella was sterilized when she was 5 years old and also gets extracts of medicinal mushrooms in an attempt to maintain a healthy and strong immune system.
Below is Bella’s dose.
Dorthe Øfeldt
Denmark
Bella’s daily dose
As with Ditte Dot Com, daily records in an Excel sheet are kept of Bella’s dose and general condition. Bella has been given Coriolus Versicolor since January 1, 2020, Reishi since April 11, 2021 and Antrodia Camphorata since March 20, 2023:
From July 6, 2024 for a temporary period: The composition of medicinal mushrooms was changed for different reasons, including due to the theoretical possibility that long-term use of the same mushrooms may lead to the body getting used to the mushrooms and the resulting reduced immune-stimulating effect. There was a break with Reishi only until August 10, 2024 and with Coriolus until September 8, 2024.
Bella’s current dose is: Maitake, Shiitake, Cordyceps, Coriolus as well as Lion’s Mane and Reishi before her dinner.
Bella only gets the contents of the capsules and not the capsules themselves.
Bella’s total daily dose of mushroom extracts is 3.550 mg (equivalent to 1183 mg per kg body weight of currently 3 kg).
Bella gets (like Ditte Dot Com) the mushroom extracts outside of meals/treats – minimum 30 min. before food/treats.
The reason why I give Bella most of the mushroom extract away from meals is because of the biological explanation referred to under Method (point 4) where it says that mushrooms’ beta-glucans, due to their size, do not pass the intestinal wall easily. In order to increase the chances of beta-glucans entering the blood-stream, it is preferable to have as little “competition” as possible present.
Since September 8, 2020 I have added a little vitamin C to the mushroom extract, as research suggests that the absorption/therapeutic effect of mushrooms’ beta-glucans is improved when beta-glucans are combined with vitamin C – Read more about the rationale for using vitamin C under Method (point 8) including, that elderly dogs become less proficient at producing their own supply of vitamin C and therefore more in need of antioxidants. As explained by Dr. Ardigò the active ingredients present in medicinal mushrooms are absorbed more completely in the intestine, when combined with vitamin C. In particular, vitamin C breaks up the long molecules present in mushrooms into shorter sequences, increasing their absorption. Bella’s total daily dose of Vitamin C is currently 360 mg (2 x 150 mg + 2 x 30 mg) equivalent to 120 mg/kg body weight which is distributed over 4 times a day.
Bella’s daily dose:
Bella gets Milk Thiste (1 capsule every 2 days) mixed with the Lion’s Mane and Reishi.
The mushroom extracts, vtamin C and Milk Thistle are mixed with approximately ½-1 ml of water (equivalent to a pinch of water) so that it binds together. I put the mixed lump on small, thin slices of meat and fold the slices so that it becomes a mini “sandwich”. I only do this because Bella won’t accept getting it in a mouth syringe.
8:00 AM:
Coriolus: 350 mg
Maitake: 500 mg
Vitamin C: 150 mg
12:00 PM:
Coriolus: 350 mg
Shiitake: 500 mg
Vitamin C: 30 mg
4:00 PM:
Coriolus: 350 mg
Cordyceps: 500 mg
Vitamin C: 30 mg
At 8:00 PM:
Lion’s Mane: 500 mg
Reishi: 500 mg
Vitamin C: 150 mg
Milk Thistle (1 capsule every 2 days): 500 mg
Bella gets only one meal per day (in the evening) consisting of clean meat (without fat): Turkey, beef or pork cooked or roasted with a little salt and occasionally some veal liver. To her meal is added grated carrot as well as blueberries and Goji berries, and I vary by adding green peas, blanched cauliflower and raw broccoli. This is all cut into tiny pieces and mixed into her food. Furthermore, she gets the content of a 1000 mg Omega 3 capsule drizzled over her meal.
To her meal is added:
