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Feeding Fresh for Dogs and Cats – it’s SO Easy!

September 4, 2016 by Dr. Dee Blanco Leave a Comment

It’s fresh, it’s healthy, it’s real, and it’s SOOO easy!

If you aren’t already feeding a fresh food diet to your cat or dog, what’s stopping you?

Is your particular worry about the health of your dog or cat on this list? (Well, it might not be for long…)

Your vet has warned you about raw or home cooked food and now you are worried about Salmonella, E coli, parasites. BTW – this is the most common reason folks don’t feed fresh or raw food.
You’re worried it’s too expensive.
You think you don’t have the time – “Overwhelmed” is your middle name (me, too!).

Your animal has digestion issues and can only eat one food.

You believe it’s too complicated, too much work, too messy.

You’ve bought the hype that you, a mere human, cannot do it (and only certain corporations possess the secrets to feeding dogs and cats)!

You’re a vegetarian and don’t want to mess with meat (me, too!).

You can’t believe your little Fluffy should eat anything resembling human food.

In my mini course on feeding the best fresh diet to your dog or cat, we’ll cover:

Why and how our in-home carnivores and omnivores have evolved – just like their wild cousins – to handle many foods, including fresh meat, bones, tripe, veggies, fruits, seeds and more.

Health benefits you should expect to see, feel, and sense in your animals – within days!

Dr Dee’s biggest worries about all food – hint: it’s not the parasites, bones or bacteria! And you need to know this!

Two simple recipes to get you started.

How to add fresh foods to any diet whether it be dry, canned, raw, or home-cooked.

Handouts: Nutrient Sources, Safe Handling Procedures, Bibliography for other Fresh Feeding support books, websites and more…

Whatever your biggest concerns – your obstacles, worries and fears about feeding fresh food – we’ll cover them during the webinar series. Head over here if you’d like to learn more from the Mini Courses.

Over 3 decades, I’ve seen hundreds and hundreds of animals on fresh food shine brightly, live longer, and truly enjoy their meals – you’ll get a kick out of their joy! I want to share what I’ve learned with you because FEEDING FRESH is really SO easy and the benefits are so worth the effort!

Healthy Dogs and Cats Always Choose Fresh Food First

August 30, 2016 by Dr. Dee Blanco Leave a Comment

If your dog or cat could choose their own food what would they choose?

Well, everyone knows the answer to this question, right?

They would likely choose fresh meat.

Okay, maybe you have a finicky cat who only wants canned or dry food; but, after an adjustment, period my guess is your cat would want fresh food. Would you expect a teenager dieting on hamburgers and pizza to get excited about a bowl of brown rice and veggies? Not likely.

If the evolutionary, natural default setting for a healthy diet for dogs and cats is fresh food, why do we give them the opposite?

Fear, expense, time – all of the above?

If dogs are omnivorous (as I do believe they are) and cats are obligate carnivores (it’s clear that they are), why are most commercial diets packaged, toxic “cardboard” with some meat flavoring? Oy vey! Remind me to cover this in the next Mini Course.

The idea of feeding fresh food to our dogs and cats lost favor last century when the doggie biscuit industry produced early iterations of dry kibble. Cats were not fed dry biscuits as they were left to their own devices to kill varmints – until recently.

Historical use of bran and wheat biscuits for dogs trace back to the late 1500’s in Europe. The early forms of kibble food traveled across the Big Pond, from England to the US, morphing into the present-day Milk Bone treats. I’m not kidding! Always convenient, but, never a health food, both then and now. Nothing has changed for the poor dogs of long ago, and, more recently, for our cats.

Are the advertisements of whole food, grain-free, artisanal dog and cat foods true or hyperbole? These marketing themes claim the value of a complete, wholesome diet with human grade, real-food ingredients; but, the reality is that most of their ingredients are far from clean, nutritious, or “whole.”

The good news is you can jump over all of this nonsense and simultaneously improve the longevity, health and vitality of your animal!

Make your own homemade raw food recipes for you dog or cat and see the difference for yourself.

It’s so easy! Seriously! To make this recipe you’ll need a little education, a smidgen of courage, and the desire to build a foundation of health with homemade food for your dog or cat. Top it off with the love you have for your animals, and you’ll see the results quickly by the way your animals look, feel, smell, and act!

If you aren’t already feeding fresh food to your cat or dog, what’s stopping you? If you are, maybe you need some new ideas or a refresher course. In my mini course FEEDING FRESH: IT’S SO EASY! we’ll cover the following topics:

Why and how our in-home carnivores were evolved to handle all sorts of foods, including fresh meat, bones, tripe, veggies, fruits, and more
- Clear information about the special anatomy and physiology of your dog or cat
Health benefits you should expect to see, feel, and sense in your animals
Two simple recipes to get you started
How to transition your pet to the best homemade raw food diet
Carnivore, vegetarian, vegan – what’s right?!

If you’d like to learn more about feeding your dog or cat a fresh, homemade diet, check out my 3 part mini course series on FEEDING FRESH.

I’ve taught hundreds of folks how to Feed Fresh food, it’s really So Easy. Your animals will thank you for it!

Homeopathy for Dog and Cat Emergencies: Trauma, Punctures, and Nausea

August 15, 2016 by Dr. Dee Blanco Leave a Comment

Ah! The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat……

I know your little Olympian deserves a gold medal every time she sits for a treat, but, what if she misses a step at the agility course or twists her neck catching a frisbee?

Homeopathic remedies fit perfectly for these sorts of boo-boos. Every athlete at Rio 2016 should be using homeopathy – they would never need to fear drug testing!

Here are some potential pet emergencies where Homeopathy is the best and, really, the safest option to insure your dog or cat:

He’s playing ball with two other dogs. Someone runs forcefully into his shoulder. He lets out a cry you can’t ignore. Pull out the Arnica montana.
She’s jumping over the stream, misses her step and is immediately 3-legged lame. Head for the Ruta graveolens.
She’s playing soccer with the family cat. Oops! An unintended puncture to the nose! Grab the Ledum palustre.
He’s been at day care all day, playing, playing, and playing. Exhausted, looking like a wet noodle, he eats dinner but can’t hold it down. Remember the Nux vomica.

If you’d love to learn more about using homeopathic remedies for the many emergencies that might happen to your dog or cat, check out the kit and mini courses in my shop: HOMEOPATHY FOR DOG AND CAT EMERGENCIES.

Homeopathy for Pet Emergencies: Aconite for Fear, Shock & Anxiety

August 9, 2016 by Dr. Dee Blanco Leave a Comment

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Is this your sweet little kitty when you let him know you have to take him to the v-e-t?

Does he intuit your thoughts and disappear into the ‘cat parallel universe’ that mere humans cannot see through????

No wonder they resist your efforts to haul them to the vet. That’s where awful things happen. That’s where they are certainly not the predator, but, the prey.

Even at my office, equipped with soft fabric on top of a padded table, I’m still a v-e-t! It’s still a horrible, humiliating, and overstimulating assault to the kitty perspective and energetic body. It’s still people they don’t know or trust. And, it still smells awful!

Homeopathy for Dog and Cat Emergencies: Sadness, Loss & Grief

July 18, 2016 by Dr. Dee Blanco Leave a Comment

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No one can escape loss, sadness, and grief. Every one of us has tasted some in our lives. Although they may not express their emotions quite like humans, pets can be just as affected by stressful situations. After all, they are sentient beings like ourselves. Our companion animals not only live with us, but in some cases do everything with us – eat, work, travel, shop, sleep, and everything in between. It inevitably happens they pick up on our stressors, our emotions.

Helping them thru these stressful times first starts as a responsibility we must accept as part of the choice of taking on a animal family member. Secondly, if we help balance our own emotional roller coasters, the animals will only benefit both emotionally and physically.