Diet Recommendations

This is really critical ‑ common, commercial foods are not adequate. A great diet will help restore health to ill pets and often prevent health problems. The best diet to feed is a balanced, supplemented, homemade diet. After all, what is best for you – prepared, canned, boxed foods that meet the minimum daily requirement, or the freshest, least chemically treated vegetables (and meat)? Good nutrition guides include Dr. Pitcairn’s New Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats, The New Natural Cat: A Complete Guide for Finicky Owners, It’s for the Animals “Cook” Book, Cat Care Naturally – Celeste Yarnall, Naturally, The Ultimate diet, See Spot Live Longer, Reigning Cats & Dogs: Good Nutrition Healthy Happy Animals, and now many others (see my web site for more).

Many other good books, tapes, Whole Dog Journal & web sites are listed in the references.

Do you use just one cookbook or nutritional guide? Your animals need the same individualized consideration. An excellent tape on commercial pet foods and the raw meat diet is by Jean Hofve of API when she spoke at the Holistic Veterinary Medical Association’s Annual conference in 2000. A new article on the regulatory mess in the pet food industry is at http://leda.law.harvard.edu/leda/data/784/Patrick06

General Nutritional Guidelines

I Do Not Even Cook For Myself

What About Quality of Ingredients?

Great Links About Feeding Fresh Foods

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