At the 2012 Pet Expo I met a wonderful veterinarian, Dr. Dan Moore. He had been a conventional veterinarian and very skeptical of clients' interest in alternative treatments. He retired and took a class by Dr. Pitcairn which took him on a path of developing healthy products for the large number of horses he was raising. [...]
November was National Pet Diabetes Month. It is estimated that 45 % of dogs and 58% of cats are overweight, a leading cause of diabetes. Feeding a raw meat diet, using holistic approaches, tracking weight in the Healthy Animal's Journal and exercising cats and dogs appropriately go a long way to managing weight. Decreasing vaccines [...]
Just read a great report on a woman I have admired for years - Vicki Rummel. She is devoted to Pets On Wheels in Baltimore County, MD, and has even gotten the organization to accept titers in lieu of vaccines. She also sells a raw meat diet and has one of the best notebooks on [...]
Remember that every animal, like every person, thrives on different foods. Some cats can live to over 20 eating dry food free choice and some dogs live a long life on grocery brand foods, just as my husband does fine eating frozen dinners, fast food and drinking diet coke. Some animals, like some people, need [...]
Finally, the blog is starting again. My commitment is to pass on information to help you keep your animals healthy, heal yourselves and the planet. I would love to hear from you about: What you would like to read about. What products you love and why. Which practitioners you love and why. What foods are [...]
Happy Holidays and Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse was on December 21. It was one of those very rare events when a lunar eclipse and the winter solstice coincide, apparently it hasn’t happened in more than 300 years. I woke up early and was fortunate enough to watch it from my bedroom window – what a [...]