Sue (UK) on 05/22/2025

Trying to give a litre of water to a pet is difficult! Sipping a litre throughout the day and being consistent for a human is difficult. So I figured... greater concentration in the litre bottle combined with less frequent but greater 'sips' might work.

Starting with Walter Last's 1 teaspoon Borax in a litre of (distilled) water, of which we know that 1 teaspoon gives 3 mg Boron.

Therefore 18 teaspoons would give you 56mg Boron.

Divide this 18 teaspoons into 6 teaspoons 3 times a day. (Giving 18.66mg Boron per dose) (Also the litre doesn't have to be made up every day)

This would be manageable to give to a dog or for a female human (double the dose for a male). (4 or 5 days a week?)

Can anyone see a problem with this, please? Or has anyone tried this way? I understand it's horses for courses (pardon the pun) but topical application with DMSO is difficult on a very hairy dog!

Replied By Sue (UK) on 08/26/2025

Sorry Cindy but did you understand that the 18 teaspoons is of the Newnham/Last solution (1 teaspoon of borax in a litre of water), I.e. where one teaspoon of the solution gives you 3mg of Boron (not 18 teaspoon of borax! ) Thus the total of 18tsps (of the water solutiuon) gives you the 54mg of Boron as in Ted's protocol for women (or female dogs)?

Replied By J (Tennessee) on 08/28/2025

Hello wanted to ask if you were aware of a change in the color of your urine when you started the borax dosing?

Replied By Bj (Michigan) on 08/29/2025

J, You didn't mention what the change in your urine looked like. Though it has been many years since I began using borax, I remember that at first my urine was a bit cloudy. I attributed this to eliminating large amounts of candida albacan (systemic yeast infestation). Though our bodies need candida in our gut, and it should not be eliminated completely, an over abundance causes all sorts of health issues. Any other change may need to be looked into. Also try backing off from the borax intake for a few days then reinstate it.

Replied By Kat (Ky) on 10/17/2026

So I have a huge metal water bowl for my two big dogs and I have a glass one for that my other big dog I don't know how much to put in that much water so should I just get a small bowl with 16 oz of water and put 1/8 of a teaspoon in it and then I'll just have to keep doing it throughout the day or how much would I put in the big pan of water

Replied By Art (California) on 08/28/2025

Hi J,

I never noticed a change in urine color from borax.

Art

Replied By Art (California) on 04/16/2026

Hi Denise,

I just weighed one level full measuring teaspoon of Borax on my digital milligram scale and it weighed 4009 mg. Borax is said to contain 11.34% boron as mentioned at the following link under the heading, "Technical Definition" :

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/chemistry/borax-mineral

So if one level full measuring teaspoon is approximately 4000 mg and you multiply that by .1134 (boron content of the teaspoon of borax), that equals 453.6 mg of boron in one teaspoon of borax, not 30mg as you stated.

We want to be good to our dogs!

Art

Replied By Sue (UK) on 04/21/2026

With respect, I think you might be conflating the teaspoon of borax in a litre of water (which provides the concentrate according to Newnham protocol) with the teaspoon of this concentrate which is then ingested... giving you the 3mg boron in the ingested teaspoon solution. (It's a teaspoon (5ml) of a litre of water with a teaspoon dissolved in it initially) This ongoing confusion is because of the two very different protocols of Newnham and Ted)

Replied By Kat (Kentucky) on 10/17/2026

I thought it was a pinch 1/8 th is what I do in 16- 24 oz of water for me..i have a big water pan for my 2 dogs and glass mixing bowl for my other dog.t oo hard to figure dosage for big water pan..so ill give 16 oz water in small bowl with 1/8 borax?