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Archive for January, 2009

Natural cough remedies

By Dr. Kim • Jan 26th, 2009

I’m all for using nature to support the body, especially when it is in a “cleaning house” phase such as a cold or cough. This article really does give some insight into the hows, whats, and whens to use both herbs and homeopathy in this situation. I use many of these herbs myself and also [...]



Herbal support for our pets’ eyes

By Dr. Kim • Jan 25th, 2009

Living with a Neo Mastiff that was poorly bred, a rescue, severely undernourished and abused prior to coming to live with us, will more than likely lend to some of the predisposition of this breed to eye problems. Therefore I keep an “eye” out, pun intended, for good products that support eye health. And [...]



The Ear Doctor

By Dr. Kim • Jan 23rd, 2009

This is one of the regular issues that crop up in our dogs and cats, ESPECIALLY those not fed a species appropriate raw diet. Sometimes though even our raw fed dogs will have some trouble maybe because the meat had too much hormones or other ingredients or as in the case of chicken, they [...]



Food for Our Pet Carnivores

By Dr. Kim • Jan 22nd, 2009


Photo by Illona Haus.
What food is best for our pet carnivores? Raw meaty bones of course! Sometimes people aren’t ready to deal with that or hear that. One master herbalist who raw feeds his own dogs decided to come up with the next best thing: a dehydrated all meat food. I typically don’t [...]



Essential Fatty Acids

By Dr. Kim • Jan 19th, 2009

There is a reason why these are called “essential” fatty acids – it’s because they are ESSENTIAL to our good health and that of our pets! I’m often contacted about joint problems in dogs, usually after conventional care has not helped or only added to the burden of ill health with all the drug treatment [...]