Totoniks Gut Health + Hydration — Small Dogs

Your small dog has a touchy stomach — irregular stools, mystery gas, or she's just coming off antibiotics and needs some extra support getting back to baseline. Or maybe it's just a hot day, a travel day, or a dog who's never been great about drinking enough water on her own. This is a food-first mix you add to her water that gives her actual nutritional support while making hydration easier, instead of one more thing to force down.

Why It Fits the ReWilding Model

I'd rather reach for something built from real food — venison blood, bone broth, mussel — than a synthetic hydration formula with a long ingredient list I can't pronounce. This is support you can see the ingredients in, mixed fresh, given with intention, not a daily default you stop thinking about.

What's In It

According to the manufacturer, Totoniks Gut Health + Hydration is a natural functional topper for small dogs, blending New Zealand grass-fed venison blood, beef bone broth, and green-lipped mussel (GLM). They describe the venison blood as contributing iron and amino acids, the bone broth as collagen-rich, and the GLM as supporting comfort — mixed with water to create a daily blend intended to support a healthy gut microbiome, nutrient absorption, regular stools, and steady hydration.

Full ingredient list (per manufacturer): dehydrated venison blood, dehydrated beef bone broth, maltodextrin, dehydrated green-lipped mussel (mollusc), calcium bentonite.

Allergen note: contains mollusc.

Calorie content (ME, calculated): 3,710 kcal/kg; 148 kcal/sachet

Guaranteed analysis: Crude Protein (min) 60% • Crude Fat (min) 1% • Crude Fiber (max) 6% • Moisture (max) 6% • Ash (max) 5% • Calcium (min) 0.02% • Potassium (min) 0.4% • Magnesium (min) 0.02% • Iron (min) 1,500 mg/kg • Omega-3 (min) 0.1% • Omega-6 (min) 0.07%

A note about the maltodextrin in the Totoniks products from the manufacturers website: "Real venison blood is our hero ingredient. It’s packed with nutrients but it’s naturally rather sticky, which makes it hard to turn into a clean, free-flowing powder. To fix this, we use a tiny amount of a natural processing aid to make the powder easy to handle, otherwise it would clump up. While most companies use corn-based maltodextrin, which is often GMO and glyphosate-heavy, we went to great lengths to avoid that, so ours comes from cassava root, a clean and natural source."

How to Use It

Per the manufacturer's directions (SNIP • TIP • FILL • MIX):

1. Snip: Shake the sachet, then cut along the line.
2. Tip: Empty into the Totoniks bottle.
3. Fill: Add warm water to the bottle's marked line and secure the lid.
4. Mix: Shake vigorously (5+ times) to dissolve.

Feeding: give up to half a bottle per day. For once-daily feeding, pour up to ½ bottle over a meal; for twice-daily feeding, use ¼ bottle per meal. If you're feeding more than one small dog, portion so each dog gets up to ½ bottle daily.

Choose your pack:

• Starter Pack — 7 sachets (2 weeks) + 250 ml reusable glass mixing bottle with dose lines and a quick guide
• Refill Pack — 15 sachets (1 month), for use with your existing bottle

What Makes It Different

This isn't a synthetic electrolyte powder. It's built from three real food ingredients you can name, in a short, simple label, mixed fresh in reusable glass rather than another single-use plastic bottle.

Who It's Not Right For

Per the manufacturer, this is best suited for sensitive bellies, irregular stools, mystery gas, post-antibiotic support, warm-weather hydration, and travel days. Also per the manufacturer: this is for animal consumption only, is not a food or treat, and is intended for intermittent or supplemental feeding — fresh drinking water should always be available alongside it. Once mixed, refrigerate the bottle between uses and discard after two days.

This is education only, not a substitute for veterinary diagnosis or care.