Don't Worry, PEE Happy – herbal blend for a varied diet for horses and dogs

Drinking, urinating, and the body's fluid balance are part of an animal's normal daily life. When everything works as it should, these things usually go unnoticed – but sometimes pet owners start paying attention to these small everyday signs.

Many owners pay attention to how their animal drinks, how often it urinates, and how its general demeanour appears. In such cases, dietary variety often becomes an important part of the overall picture.

Don't Worry, PEE Happy is a 100% natural herbal blend that brings berries, roots, and herbs to the horse's and dog's diet as part of a balanced and well-being-supporting diet.

Don´t Worry, Pee Happy contains cranberry, marshmallow root, yarrow, goldenrod, sea buckthorn, dandelion leaf, nettle, sage, nettle root, and a pinch of love 🧡.

Herbal blends as part of a varied diet

Herbs are often used periodically as part of a varied diet. Berries, roots, and herbs bring many nutrients and compounds naturally found in plants to the diet, such as polyphenols, flavonoids, and organic acids.

When several different plant-based raw materials are used in feeding, the diet naturally accumulates a diverse range of plant-derived nutrients.

Don't Worry, PEE Happy combines berries and herbs that bring variety to the diet as part of a balanced diet.

Berries as natural sources of vitamin C and plant compounds

Many berries naturally contain vitamin C as well as plant compounds known as polyphenols. These compounds are found particularly in berry skins and seeds.

Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) typically contains approximately 10–25 mg of vitamin C / 100 g and approximately 300–500 mg of polyphenols / 100 g. Cranberry also contains polyphenolic compounds called proanthocyanidins, typically in amounts of approximately 40–120 mg / 100 g.

Sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides) is one of nature's richest berries in vitamin C. Sea buckthorn berries can typically contain approximately 200–600 mg of vitamin C / 100 g. The berries also contain polyphenols and carotenoids, typically in amounts of approximately 30–40 mg / 100 g.

The nutritional composition of berries naturally varies depending on the plant species, growing conditions, and harvest time.

Nutritional composition of herbs

The plants in the Don´t Worry, Pee Happy herbal blend naturally contain, for example, plant fibre, polyphenols, flavonoids, mucilage, aromatic plant compounds, as well as vitamins and minerals

For example, marshmallow roots naturally contain abundant mucilage and polysaccharides. Nettle leaves contain minerals and flavonoids naturally found in plants.

When is the herbal blend used?

Herbal blends are often used as part of a varied diet, for example

• periodically

• as a course

• to add variety to the diet

Dosage

Horse approx. 500 kg

1–2 dl per day
for a maximum of 2 weeks at a time

Dogs

1 tsp – 2 tbsp per day
for a maximum of 2 weeks at a time

1 dl ≈ 20 g

Recommended to be steeped in warm water before serving.

Not recommended for pregnant animals.

Average nutritional values / 100 g

Crude protein 10 %, Crude fat 3 %, Crude fibre 22 %, Ash 8 %, Moisture 9 %, Sugar 4 %, Starch 1,2 %

Background information and studies

The polyphenols and proanthocyanidins contained in cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) have been examined in several animal studies.

In a study conducted on dogs, the effect of cranberry extract on the adhesion of Escherichia coli bacteria to Madin-Darby canine kidney cells (MDCK), which correspond to urinary tract epithelial cells, was examined. The study found that the compounds in the cranberry extract reduced bacterial adhesion to the cell surface.

In another pilot study conducted on dogs, the use of a polyphenol-rich cranberry supplement and its effects on urinary tract microbiology were examined.

Vitamin C acts as an antioxidant in the body. In studies conducted on horses, supplementation with natural vitamin C increased blood ascorbic acid levels and antioxidant capacity.

References

Chou H.I. et al. (2016)
Effects of cranberry extract on adhesion of Escherichia coli to Madin-Darby canine kidney cells.

Biasibetti E. et al. (2019)
A pilot study to evaluate alternative approaches for urinary microbiology in dogs.

Winther K. et al.
The absorption of natural vitamin C in horses and anti-oxidative capacity.