Top 20 Supplements for Dogs & Cats

This comes from an article by Ann Brightman in the June/July 2008 issue of Animal Wellness Magazine.

Antioxidants
B vitamins
Calcium
Chondroitin
Colostrum - Speeds the healing process by as much as 50%.  [From Teresa: So effective, I use it for all my sick kitties.  There is a brand called "Transfer Factor" that manufactures a special veterinary colostrum, google on [...]

How to ensure that your pet gets antioxidants

Holistic vet Shawn Messonier, DVM, lays the foundation for getting good antioxidants into your pet in the June/July 2008 Issue of Animal Wellness Magazine.  You hear how important they are in humans but your dogs and cats need them, as well.
“Oxidation” is a normal process.  You see it when a slice of apple turns brown.  [...]

A cure for one of the biggest cat-killers in the United States

“No wheat, only meat”… that should be our mantra.
As a holistic pet food feeder for over ten years, I have long known that corn and wheat were the nemesis of our pets.  But I stumbled across this article of how Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins links the grain-based proteins in dry cat foods to the explosive incidence [...]

Cornophobia, Demon Corn, Is Corn In Pet Food Really All That Bad?

With corn, corn gluten meal, ground corn, corn grits, corn bran, and corn meal so prevalent in commercial pet foods for dogs and cats, one does have to ask… Is corn really all that bad for your pet?
“When you read the label on a bag of cat food and the first ingredient is ground yellow [...]

What are the best ingredients in pet foods today?

Found an interesting list compiled by Dr. Lisa Newman, N.D., Ph.D., Mike Adams, and the non-profit Consumer Wellness Center. I’ll only list the 4-Star and 5-Star ingredients; these would be GREAT in your furry family’s food.
Reviewing the list, clearly Dr. Newman is speaking from a human nutrition standpoint because, while she [...]