Whole Dog News

In case you have not heard yet – VIN News is reporting some concerning news about Blue Buffalo Wilderness Diet Chicken Flavor; “veterinarians have revealed cases of hypercalcemia secondary to vitamin D toxicosis occuring in dogs…” From VIN News Service: Veterinarians report mysterious link between dog food and hypercalcemia August 31, 2010 By: Jennifer Fiala [...]

How cool is this? I never in my wildest dreams thought that there would ever be a national day to celebrate and focus on holistic pet care – we’ve come a long way baby! National Holistic Pet Day was founded by Colleen Paige of Animal Miracle Foundation. When asked what sparked the designating of this [...]

The Natural Care and Feeding of the Breeding Potential Bitch I hope everyone reading this is already aware of the fact that dog breeding is simply not mating top dog A with top bitch B. As responsible breeders, it is our duty to research pedigrees and verify the outstanding qualities and dreaded faults of particular [...]

As a veterinary naturopath and animal nutritionist, one of my passions, is through education, to help expose and eliminate the unholy alliance between pet food companies and veterinarians. Everyone needs to be aware that it is the multi-billion dollar Pet food companies that fund and control veterinary education, research, and practice, putting out the lies [...]

Amy Snow & Nancy Zidonis, founders of Tall Grass Animal Acupressure Institute and the authors of The Well-Connected Dog: A Guide to Canine Acupressure have written a great little article/tip of the month on their site that I wanted to share with you. “When you see that your dog is having a digestive problem, you [...]

Will the pet food recalls ever end? Is there NO safe food for our dogs? PACOIMA, Calif., June 18 /PRNewswire/ — Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc., of Pacoima, CA, announces a voluntary recall of Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Chicken Dry Dog Food with the “Best By” date of June 17, 2011, in 5-lb. and [...]

Vaccinations and How They Disrupt the Immune System Patricia Jordan DVM, VND www.dr-jordan.com There is historical evidence that the Chinese were the first to attempt the theory of vaccination during the Song Dynasty (960-1279).1 This procedure was called virolation and was first used with small pox crusts as snuff to blow up the nostrils of [...]

The Horrific Results of Allowing The Unnecessary Vaccination of Companion Animals to Continue The veterinarian that put this together asked to not have their name linked to this because: “The dogs tell their own story and the history of malpractice belongs to a vet, whom isn’t pointed out but there are plenty others doing the [...]

Today, Susan Thixton of Truth About Pet Foods has written a great and informative article regarding: Purina Pet Food Executive Brenda Bax who has applied for a patent “that seems to control corporations (any corporation) working with Animal Welfare Organizations. By the way, Brenda Bax also sits on the Board of Directors for Delta Society; [...]

The big news that has a lot of dog owners talking and even up in arms right now (especially dog owners who feed a raw diet to their therapy dogs) is that the Delta Society put out a shocking statement regarding a new policy prohibiting animals fed raw meat or raw animal products from participating [...]