Low calorie dog food? Just as we all have been trained or conditioned by our food providers, we believe that eating the same amount of food, but those low in calories and fat will actually make us lose weight, we carry this belief over to our loved pets world believing they too can eat a lot of food as long as we make sure it’s low calorie. NOT true! A light food is really just empty calories, which are more difficult to digest or process thereby developing a slower digestive tract, which ultimately results in an animal, which is heavy...

What’s in ACV? Many vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients and substances are available in ACV to improve the health of your dog. ACV can provide them with enzymes and important minerals, such as potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, chlorine, phosphorus, iron, silicon, and other trace minerals. The vitamins contained in ACV are bioflavonoids (vitamin P), beta-carotene (precursor to vitamin A), vitamin C, E, B1, B2, and B6. Tannins from the crushed cell walls of fresh apples as well as Malic acid, tartaric acid, propionic acid, acetic acid and pectin (fiber) are also contained in AC. ACV is cheap, easy to use,...

Apple cider vinegar, an old folk remedy, has been shown to improve the health of horses, dogs, and other animals. It reduces common infections, aids whelping, improves stamina, prevents muscle fatigue after exercise, increases resistance to disease, and protects against food poisoning. Cider vinegar is rich in the vitamins, minerals, and trace elements found in apples, especially potassium; it normalizes acid levels in the stomach, improves digestion, and the assimilation of nutrients, reduces intestinal gas and fecal odors, helps cure constipation, alleviates some of the symptoms of arthritis and helps prevent bladder stones and urinary tract infections. How to Use...

Brought to you by William Pollak D.V.M. and the Fairfield Animal Hospital “Holistic & traditional approaches to support the best of animal health.” Ear mites are common in cats and dogs. Cats usually start them, and they’re the last to be treated. Direct physical contact is an important part of transmission from one animal to another. A cat with ear mites will scratch its ears frequently, and a deposit that looks like dried coffee grounds, black, gray or even white will form down in the ear canals. A dog will scratch and shake its head, and its ear canal may...

Conventional medicine, as we know it, uses drugs to target a part of the body where disease has control. Homeopathy looks at the whole patient and treats the individual, not the disease. In homeopathy, the individual’s reaction to the imbalance is the guiding process that determines the homeopath’s course of action. Signs of discomfort and abnormal function as well as emotional considerations are most important for proper treatment. The homeopathic practitioner also takes into consideration the personality of the dog, the time of the year the symptoms are worse, the time of day when the dog seems uncomfortable, the past...

Protein, digestible protein, is the most important part of your dog’s diet, and amino acids are the building blocks of protein. More meat in the diet assures sufficient amino acids. Raw meat is believed to be the best source for these building blocks. Do not be fooled or mislead or even directed to diets, which say they use meat…where in reality the meats are liquid forms of meat (which they do NOT have to say) and after processing end up in low amounts in the actual product compared to the starches (usually grain free diets) or grains. Many grains and starches...