A recent post by Dr. Becker at Mercola listed the life spans of different breeds from several studies and most are decreasing, in spite of veterinary organizations saying pets are living longer. One comment to the post spoke of their Irish Setterish dog in the 1940s living to 18 and still doing great except for [...]
SOON - August 6 & 7 - I will be teaching basic homeopathy and holistic home care at the special farm in Buckfield, Maine and then in Lexington Park, Maryland (email Tracie Tepke) September 30 - October 2. What have you wanted to learn about health for your cherished companions? Much of it will be covered [...]
While I generally recommend pet sitters over kennels because of the vaccine issues and many other issues, some dogs (and a very few cats) actually LOVE going to kennels, so the following is great news for the UK and may be precedent setting for other countries. Pet Welfare Alliance in the UK reports that titer (or [...]
In an article posted by Debbie Donaldson about the InterZoo 2016 expo, many pet food manufacturers from around the world are advertising they are putting meat, real meat, into their processed foods. There are BARF and fresh meat claims, too. Do I think this is good? Yes and No. Yes because some dogs and cats [...]
A wonderful woman , Laurie, who runs fundraisers to fund veterinary care for people who do not have enough money, posted recently on a topic that I think is so critical. In the Healthy Animal's Journal (cat one will be out very soon), I walk you through looking for the early warning signs of internal [...]
A facebook post reported on a dog now being driven on their old walks in a trailer pulled by her human on his bike. She barks when she is ready to walk...he stops, lifts her out of her very secure bed and together they walk slowly....when she is tired, she sits and back into the [...]
Well, really, the choices you make for your companion animals can save the world. You know many of them and have shared many with me - sustainably raised food ingredients, locally sources beds and toys, visiting the ill/infirm/aged and so many more. Here is a different slant on how your feeding choices (and maybe others [...]
Dr. Becker has a great post about 10 things people need to do to nurture their cats, some of which may be forgotten in our busy lives. I have ordered them a bit differently for my readers. Ignoring pain since cats can be very stoic. If you are using the Journal and tracking the EWS [...]
Sunday, April 10 at 1:30 eastern, I will be speaking on Healthy Animals Nurture Your Health. This is the first day of over 70 talks at Learn It Live, mostly on spiritual approaches to health. Mine will be the only one directly talking about your companion animals, but keeping yourself deeply in tune with your [...]
Dr. Becker does a great presentation of the early signs of common inherited diseases of 9 breeds of dogs, even asserting that holistic treatment may prevent them from worsening. I say that if you start at day one with holistic approaches, you may even prevent the beginning signs of these diseases. Briefly, with my added [...]