Have you ever fed chicken and rice when your dog became ill? Did you get this advice from a friend, the internet, or a veterinarian? Feeding chicken and rice is widely viewed as a well-known and ageless remedy for digestive upset. However, it is not the method I prefer or ever recommend to clients with sick pets. This diet is especially not meant to be fed long-term either. These are a few reasons why: 1) The diet is extremely unbalanced. 2) Chicken can increase inflammation

Raw goat milk is a digestive aid filled with probiotics that can help with: - Malnourished dogs - Puppies and kittens that have weaned from their mothers and are transitioning to a new food - Pets on antibiotics - Transitioning from kibble to raw - Improved digestion (Irritable Bowel Disease, diarrhea, and in some cases Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis (HGE)* - Allergies in some dogs Personal and Professional First-Hand Experience I have been feeding the Primal brand of raw goat m

Benefits of Feeding Eggs Eggs are a great addition to your pets raw or kibble meals. As shown in both graphics, eggs contain many beneficial nutrients. Eggs not only add vitamins, minerals, and protein, they also help improve your pets coat and skin. "Duck eggs are an Alkaline producing food, which is a great benefit to cancer patients as cancer cells do not thrive in an alkaline environment. Chicken eggs are an acid food leaving a dogs body more acidic" (Nutrition Data). Th

For those that aren’t able to fully feed raw, this is another way to improve your dog’s kibble: add smelt or sardines! 🐟 These fish provide omega-3 fatty acids and other nutrients to your dogs kibble, which they desperately need! Your dogs dry food is depleted of omega-3’s during the high-temperature cooking process. What’s left, is an overabundance of omega-6 fatty acids. This leads to inflammation in your dogs body. Inflammation can be in the form of arthritis, obesity, IB

The Instant Pot is AMAZING for making bone broth. It takes 2-3 hours to make bone broth whereas a slow cooker takes at least 24 hours, stinking up your house the entire time. The Instant Pot does it in a fraction of the time and you don’t smell very much of it! Instructions: 1) Fill 2/3 of the pot with bones (I used pig hocks, pig feet, beef marrow bones, lamb neck bones, and cow feet) 2) Fill the pot with water 1-2 inches above the bones 3) Add 3/4 cup of Apple Cider Vin