Creating Health!

THE PROPER NUTRITION CAN
CREATE HEALTH AND LONGEVITY
FOR OUR ANIMAL COMPANIONS

  NUTRITION!  THAT'S RIGHT!

I talk with people every day about their dogs and cats.  Most of the time people are calling because their animal is ill or experiencing some kind of imbalance.  Often, these beloved animals have been diagnosed by a veterinarian, and most have been on one or more prescription drugs with varying degrees of success.

Some of these animals have been out of balance for weeks, months, or even years!  Many are being treated with heartworm and/or flea medication in addition to the prescription drugs!  

The truth is, many imbalances, including ear infections, itchy skin, IBD, urinary tract infections, diabetes and thyroid issues rarely occur in a balanced dog or cat.  These imbalances and others can be resolved or avoided altogether by simply feeding your dog or cat a wholesome, species-appropriate diet and eliminating foods and ingredients that create illness!  Did you know that a well-nourished animal is naturally resistant to fleas, ticks and other parasites?

It is the goal of this website to help you CREATE HEALTH! for your dog or cat, and even for yourself.  see my blog

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Following is a recipe for Lily's favorite "power meal."  

Lily at the Window

 
I serve this, or some variation at least two or three times per week.  For a dog who is not feeling well or is in recovery, I serve this, or some variation, every day - sometimes 2-3 times per day: 

1 raw or cooked egg or 1/2 c chicken broth
1 Dr. Harvey's Power Pattie, crumbled
1 scoop of Dr. Harvey's Multi-Vitamin Herbal
1/4 tsp. Ultra Oil
1/4 tsp. Animal Essentials Plant Enzymes/Probiotics
1 capsule ONP Probiotic

Mix and serve!  For a more substantial meal, mix the above ingredients with chicken chunks or other protein. For a large dog, double the ingredients.  (If an animal is very ill or not eating, offer water or chicken broth with enzymes and greens  throughout the day)

Lily on a winter morning with best friend Oz

Once you begin introducing foods that are
loaded with the proper nutrients,
you will notice a difference!

Look for clear eyes, white teeth, soft shiny fur!

Your dog or cat should look and feel
energized and content after a nutritious meal!





Both canine and feline have very
short, acidic digestive systems that were
designed to digest concentrated nutrition
in the form of whole raw foods!

 Lily's diet keeps her looking good!

 From my eBook, The Whole Food Recipe Book

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The Significance of Whole Food Nutrition

Believe me - I fed only dry food to my dogs before I converted to whole food nutrition.  I just fed the dog food recommended by the guy at the feed & grain store - it was what he fed his dogs.

That was 18 years ago.

Since that time, I've become painfully aware of the pet food industry's complete lack of concern about what our animal's nutritional needs really are.  The sad truth is - Not only is most dry or canned food NOT nutritious, it actually contains toxic and harmful ingredients, using rejected or leftover products from the egg and grain industries.  Don't even ask about their sources for meat.  Science Diet uses cellulose in their weight control formula, and will not disclose the source of this ingredient.  The cellulose replaces the peanut hulls that they used to use.

Two years ago, we adopted a puppy who, we discovered, had a rare birth defect that impairs her immune system.  Once we finally got the correct diagnosis, and over the course of treating her both holistically and with traditional veterinary approaches, we discovered the amazing healing powers of whole food nutrition.

Here is what I have learned:

Essential Fatty Acids (fish oils) carry toxins out of the body and are essential for optimal health and a beautiful coat.

Enzymes must be present in the body for all cellular healing and repair to occur.

Greens provide an incredible array of trace minerals, amino acids, essential fatty acids, and vitamins.  They also capture and carry toxins from the body.

And what's more,dry and canned foods are not natural and are the source of many, if not all, imbalances that are plaguing our companions at epidemic proportions.

Here is how it happens:

Most commercial dry and canned foods have been heated to high temper- atures, sometimes 1,000 degrees, destroying all of the enzymes, and many vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients in the ingredients!  These most fragile nutrients are some of the most important for creating health in our companions!

The heating process also changes the structure of proteins and carbo- hydrates, making both much more difficult for your dog to digest and much less nutritious than the original, raw ingredients.

Hard to digest ingredients create a burden on your companion’s organ systems.  The pancreas struggles to make enough enzymes to digest this processed food. Over time, the pancreas becomes enlarged and exhausted, unable to keep up with the demand.

Since all cellular healing that occurs in the body requires the presence of enzymes, this continual diversion of your companion's personal enzymes to the digestion process begins to weaken the immune system.  The results?  Any of the following: Over- weight, bad breath, body odor, hot spots, itching, ear infections, air- borne allergies, digestive issues, urinary tract infections, paw licking, and the list goes on.

So your friend’s food actually requires more energy to digest than it is giving back in return, and is often the source of toxins and chemical preservatives.

If your companion is not digesting his food completely, larger than normal particles get absorbed into the body, where the immune system interprets them as “invaders” or toxins, and creates inflammation – in the form of itching, paw licking, ear infections, IBD, anal gland issues, bad breath, etc.


From The Encyclopedia of Natural Pet Care:
 
“Most allergies in pets are caused by poor nutrition.  Well-nourished animals don’t get allergies and animals that have them often get rid of them if they eat a well-balanced, natural, raw diet." 

"Cortisone and other drugs may mask or suppress allergic symptoms, but they don’t reverse them, and, over time, the condition of drug-treated animals usually deteriorates.”
 
“Even if your pet’s allergies seem unrelated to food, they are probably connected.  Hot spots, skin eruptions, inflamed toes, anal itching, inflamed ears, lick granulomas, most digestive problems and several immune system disorders have their roots in diet.  Because nutrition is such an important factor in treating allergies of all types, changing to a raw, natural diet is the single most important step you can take to improve your pet’s health.  Once your pet is eating whole, natural foods, taking nutritional supplements and herbs that improve digestion and the activity of beneficial intestinal bacteria, drinking pure, uncontaminated water, dining from glass, ceramic or stainless steel dishes, getting the right kind of exercise, spending several hours per day exposed to natural light and enjoying a life of reduced stress, his or her allergic conditions should improve and gradually disappear.  The other strategy most recommended by holistic veterinarians is the elimination of annual revaccinations.”