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Originally posted by paigowprincess
Thanks Ann, are you from here? I checked out one of those sites and it linked to the AHVMA or whatever the acronym is and it told me tere are no practicing holistic vets in DC(!). Perhaps like the decent burrito, they will come. Almost makes me want to get a vet degree and start a business bc man that is a lacking area.
I looked into the barf thing and learned that scary things like lungs and livers and kidneys and brains were in there bc thats where all the nutrition is. Given that I am a veggie, I cant do that. But the paigettes eat homemade food with freerange meats and organic veggies. I wandered inot Safeway the other day and walked by the pet aisle and all they have is that purina processed crap that contains carcinogenic preservatives (its an acronym I foget th name of). Given all the filler and preservatives and toxins, it just looked like dog and cat poision more than food. I dont know how people can feed their pets that crap. I guess its called ignorance. Would you give a child a diet of strictly junk food? I guess many americans do.
Anway, I totally believe in the holistic approach with the western medicine to complelment it. One pet had a serious gastrointestinal problem and I gave him acidiphilopluswhatever yogurt and its gone. Regular vet would have recommended expensive drops. TOtal bullshit.
Hopefully somebody knows a good holistic vet that is a secret. but I am notoptimistic.
thanks for the info.
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Nope, I'm from Beantown (I surf a lot). I picked up most of my info from my trainer who was into all this stuff. The easiest kibble to get is California Natural which is available at Petco. Others you can get mail order. Try the smaller more boutiquey pet stores, they usually carry the organic stuff. I'd also recommend subscribing to the Whole Dog Journal (
www.wholedogjournal.com). Comes out monthly and they have lots of info and articles. It's a Consumer Reports for pets, so they rank food, toys, beds, leashes, etc.
I thought there were a couple listed in MD, but have no idea how close they would be to DC.
Elk-puppy LOVES yogurt. She gets that a couple times a week. I try to give her the soy based stuff, but sometimes it's hard to get to teh health food coop. Also dried apricots, raw pumpkin, broccoli stalks and nice dirty carrots from the organic coop. I can't go hard-core BARF either, I don't eat organs so neither will Elk-puppy. She's pretty much a veggie, since I rarely eat meat.
