ho.lis.tic : relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of, treatment of, or dissection into parts.
Holistic care treats the whole body, not just individual symptoms to attain physical health.
In a nutshell, the immune system is designed to keep the body healthy all by itself, but needs the proper nutrients to do so. By suppressing the symptoms of disease with steroids and antibiotics (as with mainstream veterinary treatments) the immune system is unable to function properly and therefore, can not heal.
Suppressive therapy is not something we practice or advocate. By suppressing symptoms, we believe the disease is pushed further into the body. Why not eliminate what is causing the symptoms, instead of just covering them up with drugs? Many dogs are grain intolerant and a simple food switch can clear up allergies and other ills. We have seen this happen over and over again. Corn is not something dogs should ingest, yet it's hidden in many brands of commercial pet food. As are chemical preservatives and other suspect ingredients. Read labels!
Our main goal is educational, so please take the time to read through the information presented and ask questions.

Our dogs eat "PEOPLE FOOD"! (gasp!)
Well, not always what we are eating, but foods made with ingredients good enough for us to eat. If you knew what was in that popular commercial pet food you bought at the grocery store or mass merchandiser we're certain you would re-think feeding it. Not so many years ago, dogs ate the leftovers from the family dinner and did quite well. (many dogs still eat this way in Europe and are seemingly healthier than American dogs).
Dog food is a fairly new invention, just as human fast-food is. Convenient? YES.....healthy?....not really. Would you eat pre-packaged, processed food every day and expect to stay healthy? A dog's liver (detoxifying organ) is meant to only work for an average 8-12 year lifespan....not 70 like the human liver. Think about it......
It's really NOT hard to make a chicken stew for your dogs and they will LOVE it! See our Recipe Page for more ideas. We also use Dr. Harvey's products, which are pre-mixes you just add meat to! 8 minutes to a healthy, fresh meal.

A few industry buzz words advertising "healthy & natural" is not what is seems in most cases. Fancy packaging, pretty pictures and TV commercials showing healthy vegetables falling into a bag are clever marketing tools. Deception runs rampant in this industry. Learn to read the labels and see for yourself, don't just take our word for it. Now we are finding out that even some of the better canned foods are being made in the same factories as the cheap stuff. And with imported ingredients from China. 
Visit this website to see the horrible ingredients used in the "Healthy Radiance" brand including artificial colors, sugar, sorbitol, cheap fractionated corn and who-knows-what-it-is by-products. And they are calling it healthy? How STUPID do they think the American public is??? How do they get away with it?

It's horrifying to us that even one pet had to die from the pet food recalls in March 2007. It just should NOT have happened. Visit our About Us page for more in depth information about the pet food industry facts and myths. We fear these recalls will be a familiar part of our future if BIG changes are not made in the industry, and the only way change will occur is if the CONSUMERS make it happen. (that's YOU) Stop paying for the garbage left over from the human-food industry! (that's what most cheap pet food is)

For your pets sake, be an educated consumer and learn all you can about what you are feeding them!
There are many text links within our site for you to read more about holistic care and what to look for (and what to avoid) in any brand of pet food, not just the ones we use and recommend. We have a small online store, offering the items we use in our own home. If we wouldn't use it, we won't sell it.
Pet Foods we use & recommend
Pet Food Questions & Answers 
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Healthy Treats

Ask yourself this: Do you really think your dog can get all the nutrients and antioxidants they need for optimum health from eating the same little brown pellets of greasy, over-processed by-products & chemicals? Wouldn't they benefit from some fresh food? Even dogs eating the the best natural kibbled diets will benefit from some fresh added ingredients and healthy supplements.

There is no one "perfect" food for every dog.  Each dog is unique and from our experience we believe a variety of foods is best whether it be kibble, dehydrated or home cooked.  It's a MYTH, perpetuated by pet food companies that healthy dogs  need to eat the same food every day.  Variety is the key to a healthy pet!

We use and recommend Flint River Ranch 
 

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