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Detoxing Your Pets

Written By: Dr. Jeannie Thomason - Apr• 29•13

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Detoxing Your Pets

In an ideal world and situation and if our pets were healthy, toxins would be rounded up so to speak and pumped through the eliminative organs – the liver, kidneys, lungs, intestines, and skin and then eliminated from the body. In the short run, our pet’s bodies react to toxins like our human bodies do: the immune system ramps up processes like inflammation, mucus production and diarrhea to help an army of cells to resolve the problem and purge the offending “invaders” from the system. However, when the immune system is weakened due to stress, vaccinations, non-species appropriate foods, medications and of course the household and outdoor toxins, the body becomes overwhelmed and it is forced to store these toxins until the immune system is stronger and has an opportunity to eliminate them at a better time. Sadly, for most pets today, the better time never arrives, and these toxins accumulate indefinitely, causing symptoms such as yeast overgrowth, lethargy, skin ailments, infections and digestive upsets. Ultimately, the toxic overload will weaken the work of your pet’s immune system to the point where tumors and cysts may form, and serious health conditions such as diabetes, kidney and/or liver disease and cancer, may develop as the organ’s functions become impaired.

Read more and find out how to detox your pet naturally >>> HERE

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SALMONELLA! Natura Pet Products expands Pet Food Recall!

Written By: Dr. Jeannie Thomason - Apr• 20•13

Hello?   Is anyone listening?   Does anyone see that no processed pet food is safe from some kind of contamination?
The pet food industry along with the veterinarians they “trained” in so called nutrition have been trying to tell us that feeding our dogs (and cats) a raw meat, bone and organ diet is dangerous because it may contain salmonella!

Please note though that the majority of pet food recalls due to “possible salmonella contamination” have been in processed, dry, kibble diets!

You faithful readers know where I stand on feeding our pets a diet as close to nature intends as possible and that is not and never will be anything cooked,  let alone processed or contain non-species appropriate ingredients that are found in EVERY bag of kibble and every can of garbage irregardless of the manufacturer or what ingredients the recipe for the food started out with.  Kibble is kibble is STILL kibble!

These pet foods being recalled due to possible salmonella contamination are being recalled mainly so that we human’s don’t contract the bacteria ourselves.   Healthy carnivores are designed with a certain amount of salmonella happily co-existing in their colons and their digestive system is designed to prevent that happy co-existence from getting out balance.  Read more about Salmonella the BAD bacteria here

April 19, 2013 –

Natura Pet Products has announced it is voluntarily expanding its March 29, 2013 recall of dry pet foods because they may be contaminated with Salmonella.

The expanded recall now includes all dry pet food products and treats with expiration dates prior to and including March 24, 2014.

Natura Pet Products Dog Food Recall

Products affected by the recall include:

  • Innova
  • ?EVO
  • ?California Natural
  • ?HealthWise
  • ?Karma

Only the following treat products are included in this event:

  • Innova Cat Treats
  • Wild Cravings Turkey & Chicken Formula Cat Treats
  • Wild Cravings Herring & Salmon Formula Cat Treats
  • Wild Cravings Weight Management Cat Treats
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Blue Diamond Pet Foods Making Pets Sick

Written By: Dr. Jeannie Thomason - Mar• 07•13

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This  news is nothing new these days however, I wanted to share the interesting information with you that there have been 186 complaints made about Blue Buffalo Pet foods made to Consumer Affairs – the most recent complaint being just last week -

“We opened a new bag of Blue Buffalo Evolutionary Diet with Life Bits 4 days ago. All three dogs have loose, yellow, very smelly stools. Many accidents in the house. The dogs are frantically drinking water. I thought they all caught a bug but now that I’ve read this, I’m changing to a different brand of dog food. I hope my babies feel better soon!”    To read all of the complaints, you can do so at http://www.consumeraffairs.com/pets/blue_buffalo.html 

I can only imagine all the incidents of sick and dying pets that go totally unreported due to the fact that people still think that “pet food” is what pets are supposed to eat and after-all,  I feed a well known brand that is “nutritionally complete” so surely the food is not what is making my dear pet sick .    :-(

To the best of knowledge there have been no investigations or recalls on Blue Diamond pet foods and these kind of complaints about kibble are nothing new.   We will only continue to see more and more complaints and details of pets becoming ill or developing liver and/or kidney failure as long as their adoring owners, unknowingly continue to feed them processed foods – totally void of any nutrition their bodies can utilize.

For those of you still feeding processed pet foods,  please wake up and connect the dots.   Kibble is Kibble is STILL Kibble!

 

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More on Beneful Dog Food News

Written By: Dr. Jeannie Thomason - Mar• 05•13

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Target 11 investigates claims that Beneful is killing dogs


I know most of you are not still feeding processed kibble or even canned food to your dogs but for those who are please know that Beneful is not only making dogs sick but all processed foods have the potential to make our dogs sick and more prone to diseases.

Meanwhile, please watch and share this video with anyone you know still feeding kibble and God forbid – Beneful.

       http://www.wpxi.com/videos/news/target-11-investigates-claims-that-beneful-is/vr4nL/

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Product Review – Walk In Sync

Written By: Dr. Jeannie Thomason - Mar• 04•13

Chase’s Product Review

Recently we were asked if we would be interested in trying and reviewing an innovative training harness that teaches dogs not to pull.   The “WALK IN SYNC” walking and training system.

While most traditional harnesses can actually encourage dogs to pull harder because of the “opposition reflex.”  (That’s the reflex that makes sled dogs do what they do), the Walk In Sync harness is designed to gently and effectively train the dog not to pull.

I have to admit I was a bit skeptical of using a harness on one my dogs as being show dogs they were trained to be just a little bit outside of a true “heel” position but never to pull.   I decided to try the Walk In Sync out on my retired champion male – Joey; that has always loved to move out in the ring and would at times pull on the lead to move even faster.    I put the harness on him and we went for a little brisk walk,  he was staying right in position without pulling.   I decided to go a little faster and I broke into a slow jog which usually would excite Joey, he picked up the pace and began to move a little further away from me but almost instantly fell right back into position!   No pulling what so ever!

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I totally approve of and recommend this harness and agree with part of the companies Philosophy       that this harness/training system trains “your dog in a loving, nurturing, pain free way so that your       lifelong relationship thrives”.
For more information on the Walk In Sync Walk and Training system please visit their website today.

Dr. Jeannie Thomason

The Whole Dog

 

 

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