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It’s All About Choices

August 6, 2014August 6, 2014 Healthy Dog Club

“By nature, dogs are scavengers and will eat whatever they are able to. Since our modern day pet does not have to live so opportunistically, it is the owner’s prerogative to seek out the best CHOICE of diet for our four-legged companions.” By Robert Mueller, BSc, Pharm. Here in America, we are very fortunate to be able to choose what we want to eat, enjoy it when we are ready, and have it cooked (or not cooked) exactly to our liking. This is called freedom of choice. Our pet…

Ask an expert: What’s Really Causing Those Hot Spots and Itchy Skin?

July 15, 2014July 15, 2014 Healthy Dog Club

By By Robert Mueller, B. Pharmacist What’s causing my dog to itch and scratch so much…why the hot spots and what can I do to stop it? I can’t bear to watch it anymore…it really hurts me to see my dog suffer. I thought for a while before I replied to her because the solution she was looking for was complicated… like isolating the cause of cancer. There is simply not a one-word answer…because skin and allergy issues are normally the result of several triggers…and in the end it…

Does Vitamin D play a role in our pets health?

May 7, 2014April 20, 2015 Healthy Dog Club

Source – Dr. Mauria O’Brien Got vitamin D? Most people know that this compound, a supplement frequently added to milk, plays a role in developing and maintaining healthy bones. But recent findings in humans suggest that vitamin D has a much broader effect on health and immune function. Dr. Mauria O’Brien, a specialist in emergency and critical care at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana, is determined to find out what this means for animals. “Many studies in humans have found that low vitamin D status…

This Feeding Mistake Can Lead to a Fatal Deficiency

April 30, 2014April 30, 2014 Healthy Dog Club

Dr Becker at Mercola Pets Thiamine, or vitamin B1, is a water-soluble vitamin absorbed from the diet through the small intestine, and is necessary for normal carbohydrate metabolism. Organs that use a lot of energy, like the brain, can be severely compromised by a thiamine deficiency. A lack of thiamine can also lead to a buildup of lactate, resulting in acidosis. How Your Pet Can Become Thiamine-Deficient In recent years, there have been several major recalls in the U.S. for thiamine-deficient pet foods. Cats require about three times the amount of dietary…

Nutritional Supplements for Dogs…Explained

April 10, 2014April 10, 2014 Healthy Dog Club

“I have observed that the degenerative disease process takes 5 to 6 years to surface when consuming a heat processed food and when they do, it is assumed that they are part of the “normal” aging process. Such diseases are rarely linked to the pet food that caused them. Bottom line is that heavily denatured food does not support good health.” – Robert Mueller, R. Pharm., author of “Living Enzymes: The World’s Best Kept Pet Food Secret” and co-formulator of the BARF Diet® natural diet for dogs. By Robert…

The controversial pet food

March 21, 2014October 8, 2015 Healthy Dog Club

By Robert Mueller, R. Ph. Feeding raw is the recent buzz word that has kibble dog food manufacturers scrambling. Why are they worried? Is it because they are afraid that the more educated consumer will see greater benefits from feeding Fido a more nutritious food source? Are they afraid of losing the market share of their multi-billion dollar bonanza? Or has the technologically advanced, Google-driven Internet made the spread of knowledge easier, resulting in a highly educated consumer? Consumers today are looking past convenience as the only criteria for choosing…

Ask a holistic vet: Dogs with diabetes

March 20, 2014 Healthy Dog Club

By Dr. Cathy Alinovi, DVM: Diabetes in dogs is very similar to human type 1 (juvenile onset) diabetes. This means that the cause of dog diabetes is primarily autoimmune. (Type 2 diabetes is managed almost exclusively by diet.) While type 1 diabetes is not caused by diet, diet and nutrition do play a large role in managing canine type 1 diabetes. An autoimmune cause of diabetes in a dog means that something in the dog’s immune system has gone wrong; therefore, their immune system is attacking itself, rather than attacking…

Aggressive dogs off leash

March 15, 2014 Healthy Dog Club

by Doggy Dan Clients often ask what the proper thing to do is if you’re approached by a potentially aggressive dog. It’s a good question and a common enough scenario that pet owners will eventually find themselves in. An unfamiliar dog off the leash might come running up to you while you’re out for a walk with your dog. Being challenged by another dog when you and your dog are out walking is a real cause for concern, especially if you have a small dog or a puppy, an older pet,…