Comments on Food as Medicine, Yes. Food From Mars? Um, No.

I've been following your path for over 15 years now. I believe in homeopathy and the magnificent powers of the immune system once it is supported properly by nutrition and healthy living. I would like to share a story with you. Barb called me in tears to tell me her Bichon Mimzie was diagnosed by her vet with bladder cancer. She told me of the vets attempts at treating UTI's and bladder stones over the last year with antibiotics, prescription canned diets, and now an ultra-sound revealed a large mass in her bladder. She had just returned from the vets office and felt her Mimzie would soon need to be put down or die from surgery. After asking a few questions about Mimzie I immediately asked Barb if I could take Mimzie because I believed I could pull her out of this using a holistic method. She didn't want to let Mimzie go but agreed to follow my instructions. I asked her to stop the antibiotics and go with natural infection fighting herbs like oregano oil, coconut oil to be massaged into her gums nightly before bed. I asked her to stop all chemical parasite preventatives and rely upon black walnut powder added to her food 5 consecutive days monthly. I asked her to put Mimzie on a diet and limit her to smaller portions of either raw or cooked meat (3/4) and pureed veggies (1/4) suggesting pumpkin, fermented veggies, or even bone broth and fermented powder greens that had mushrooms added. I asked her to add probiotic powder, multivitamin-mineral powder, cranberry extract powder and dried organic parsley to her meal daily. Since Mimzie was overweight and "food loved" I asked Barb to hire a dog walker to take Mimzie on vigorous walks twice daily. Mimzie was obese and needed to loose 12 lbs. Barb agreed and did everything I asked her to. I followed up every month. After a year, Barb took Mimzie, who had lost 10 lbs., in for an ultra-sound, bloodwork and a urinalysis. The mass in her bladder had shrunk 75%. The blood work was great and showed no infection. The urinalysis showed a balanced ph and no crystals or excessive bacteria. I was so happy for Mimzie. I have Bichons myself and always keep them vigorously exercised, walking/running 1-3 miles every other day. I feed wet raw or cooked meals with some veggies, adding cranberry extract, probiotics, multivitamin-minerals, fermented greens w/mushrooms, and bone broth. I run titer tests instead of re-vaccinating, never use chemical parasite preventatives, and my Bichons have never had urinary tract infections ever.

My dog shows no outward signs of diabetes. The vet checked his blood glucose levels. It was about 260. He also checked his urine for glucose. It was 250 to 500 in his urine. He is from a shelter who said he is about two. He was rescued from a house of 32 dogs. The Ziwipeak and lots of love helped a lot. I had him on Ziwipeak, but when my husband started fighting cancer in November, we changed it to kibble. The vet told me to feed him the Prescription Diet food or cook a high fiber diet at home. Should I do this or feed him raw? If raw, I worry about them being around my husband when he has no immune system from chemo.

My vet recently told me I *had* to start feeding my cat the Royal Canin cat food for Urinary Health, and Calm. (According to the vet, when he gets upset, it causes him to get uti's) I almost choked on the price, but took it home with me. $40.00 for a 6lb bag?! Then I looked at the ingredients. Is there actually anything real in this stuff? I'm glad I found your site, so I can learn to take charge of my cats health the right way.

so much great information! Being a bit new to this journey I do have some questions regarding feeding raw. I have been really reading up / researching and I see that some just feed raw meat, organs, bones without any supplements.
I have read two different vets who have their own raw or cooked homemade recipes and both state that vitamin/mineral supplements along with omega3, enzymes, and other stuff are needed. In all of your literature you recommend the Transfactor product(s). Is this a vit/min supplement as well? or do I need other supplementation? Also recommended is AddLife from Wysong. I switched my dogs and cats to Wysong while I researched the raw before just jumping in. Dogs like it, Cats not so much. I'm still unsure if you need the AddLife when feeding the Wysong products. Its a tad confusing. I thought I would try cooking for the dogs and cats instead of jumping in on raw, but the more I read here the more I realize I just need to "do it".
Next, I do have a puppy that I agreed I would not feed raw the first 24 mo of his life. Well.... that kind of makes this difficult. I had no intentions of feeding raw up until a few months ago. Puppy is 51/2 mo old. I suppose feeding home cooked is still way better than kibble. I'd like to feed raw, just not sure about the supplement part. if all I need is the transfactor or something else in addition to.
Puppy had all his puppy shots, but I plan on not doing any more as well as with my 5yro border and cats as well. no more HW since April and started the HW nosodes. no more flea poisons either. So... we are on our way, just need to nail down the food. :) Thanks! Love being a part of the pack.

I don't know how I found your site but thank God I did. My story started 13 years ago when we brought Belle (Maltese) into our home. She is a classic story of doing all the wrong things to this beautiful girl. She received all of her shots and boosters like clockwork. She had her flea treatments and heartworm meds. I thought she needed all this. She ate a dry kibble and a commercial wet food mixed together. She seemed perfect for the first few years. The problems came fast and furious. Her teeth became a huge disaster. This one needs to come out now that one....terrible. Cysts on her skin began to appear. Our vet recommended removal of them, another painful experience. She would recover but really was never the same ever again. Our vet charged us a small fortune to get this test and that med, nothing that really helped her. She passed in my arms and as I looked into her eyes she seemed to say "I love you".
We were never going to experience that again but April 15th we will welcome Mia our new Maltese. Things will different. Mia will have a holistic vet and she will follow a new and healthful life.
Best Regards to all

I would like to switch my dog from prescription science diet z/d to raw but I am being told by my vets not to. Do you agree?

How do I go about finding a homeopathic vet in the Sacramento, CA area? Is there a specific directory for them? I would like to check them out as we have a cat who has scabs that itch and we give him a natural flea treatment. I don't find fleas on him and I don't think it's flea allergies but my sister insists it is. Thank you for any help.

My journeys interesting. I was feeding kibble but wanted the best for my dog so I hired a vet nutritionist at tufts who ended up just giving me a list kid dry foods and prescription foods. I didn't know about raw until a friend told me what he fed his dog and I got curious, brought it up to the nutritionist and was told mu dog is doing well, not to change anything and that raw was dangerous because of the pathogenic bacteria. Well i switched to raw anyway and my dog loved it at first but then got sick but it was because of ingredients she has a sensitivity to, it had nothing to do with raw but the vet blamed the raw. My dog was actually hospitalized with internal med trying to figure out why she lost weight and wouldn't eat but they had no answers for me. It was sensitivities To oats, lentils, peas, white fish oil and more found in the dehydrated raw diet I fed. but before I knew it was sensitivities I just thought my dog was being stubborn so I waited her out and thought she would just eat when she's hungry. She barely ate and so lost weight and hospitalized. they scared me back into feeding kibbles for a while but I knew it wasn't good so I went back to a raw diet. I did Stella and Chewy's for a while but again I think there were some aggravative ingredients in it. Sooo I went to Prey Model Raw. Strictly meat, organs and bones. Nothing else. My dog is now doing better than ever. I spent thousands at the vet. THOUSANDS! and got nothing. I had to figure it all out myself pretty much. And my dog has not had to go to the vet in like 8 months except for a wellness visit with a new vet who supports raw and minimal to no vaccinations and natural everything. My dog is very fit. Her coat is beautiful, she's got great muscle tone. Her teeth are so so much better and her energy seems a lot more stable I don't know how to describe it. Her eyes are clear too, she just has a different look in her eyes now. A good one. It costs me about $250 a month but I got another part time job to do it. Between expensive kibble and weekly vet visits that were costing hundreds of dollars each it is so worth it. My dog was always in a state of mild dehydration. Kibble is like cereal. It's junk. And my dog didn't drink much water anyway so she wants always getting fluids under the skin and meds for her tummy. No more. Life is good. If I couldn't afford to feed raw I would supplement kibble the best I could. I realize some people can't swing it and not judging anyone. I make it work. I certainly could be saving that $250 and putting in my bank and going with 98 cent cans of Purina chow like my dad does for his dog. Now he could afford raw but he is all about saving every penny he can and doesn't see eye to eye with me on dog nutrition. To him his dog is happy even though it has lost all the hair on its back.. Everyone's situation is different. To me, I just want to live comfortably and I will always own dogs and from now on I'll only feed raw and do whatever it takes to be able to afford it. It means my dog doesn't go to day care every day like she used to because I can't afford that and raw. Daycare was like 500 a month. Now I just wake up earlier to walk her before work. And when I get home I walk her again. And on weekends I have time for hikes. I'm sure if I did raw myself I could do it cheaper but I like the convenience of having it planned and portioned for me. I use Reel Raw. ReelRaw.com I highly recommend!

The food for "weight loss" NEVER made sense to me either. First - get the dog off carbs and feed him less food a day. If he still isnt losing weight it can be a medical issue like hypo-t. Yet people would rather just buy weight loss food and I have yet to meet a dog/cat who has lost weight on the food. Out of all foods manufactured, the prescription diets urk me the most because pet owners truly believ them the most and I see 10x a week people who claim "my dog/cat can only eat this food or he will get sicker". Really sad.

Just recently found your web site. I had been reading a holistic Vet out of Canada. My little dog pound rat terrier was diagnosed with Pancreatitis two years ago. My Vet put her on prednisone and two special "anti rejection" prescriptions (that caused a personality change to agressive) for over a year. She did not start getting better until I finally found out how bad pet food is and started feeding her raw and boiled organic chicken and organic veggies and organic vitamins and minerals. I also gave her a product called Pancreatrophin PMG. The diet and the Pancreatropin PGM saved her life. I did not tell this to my Dr. White Coat. This little dog has been through the ringer for over two years now. She has been doing great for the past 6-8 months. "Boinging" around and happy! However, now she is getting lethargic again. Runs right out and eats grass and throws it right back up.
Eats anything! I have always thought it was bad habbits she had when we adopted her at about 3 y/o. I can't go back to Dr. White Coat because they keep sending me a reminder that she needs her Rabies Vac. Their chemicals did not help her. Of course, now the US FDA or someone has put a stop on buying the Pancreatrophin PMG directly. I need to go to my Dr. Whitecoat to ask her to order it for me. Her blood work had been absolutely normal! However, I can't even get that checked out now! I do have Pancreatrophin PMG on hand. Is this something that I should continue giving her as a precaution. I'm sorry if this is not the correct venue to ask this, but I don't want this little girl with the mystery history (before we adopted her) to go too far down hill. ~ ~ ~ I must also state here that we seem to be in the bulls eye of the chemtrails and our grass seems to be damp most of the time because we hardly ever have sunshine. The dogs all come in licking their feet and bellies. I have acatually picked them right up and rinsed off their bellies and their feet and legs because I don't want them ingesting these chemicals. Is their a detox bath or soak that I could use on her and the other two? It is not a pretty picture what is going on around here. Trees are dying, just about everyone is sick and on chemicals. Thank you for everything you are doing for our animals. Blessings,

I was feeding our dogs what's referred to as a B+ diet. The best of the bagged kibble. I was a tad lazy and not as laser-focused on my dogs' perfect health as I am now. Making raw food for the dogs seemed like a foreign concept to me. Sometimes I'd purchase raw chicken necks from Bark n Purr but not often. I cared enough nough though to pay the extra price for the Flint River Ranch kibble.
When my older boy was stressed out because I was away for a month (even though I had wonderful, loving house sitters), he started to develop something that looked like IBD. He was vomiting on a fasting stomach every morning and was having bowel movements in the house at odd hours, which was totally not like him at all.
Dr. Falconer recommended that I start feeding him raw immediately. Anything for my boy, so we began feeding raw. That was 3 years ago. He's now almost 9 years old and has never had another incident like those prior to the raw feeding. While he's slowing down a bit (he weighs about 110 lbs, mostly muscle, very little fat if any), he's glowing with health, his teeth are clean, his breath is sweet, his feces are small and turn white in a short while and blow away, his eyes are clear and shiny, and he's the picture of health.
It's hard to see that he can no longer jump up into the back of an SUV without assistance and he sleeps more than he did in the past, but he runs miles every day, gets plenty of sunshine, fresh air, filtered water, raw food, no vaccinations, flea or heartworm toxins, and lots and lots of love.
One thing I have to share is that when I'd feed him the kibble, he'd come over to his bowl, sniff the kibble and just stand there. He'd sniff it again and looked like he was thinking about what to do. ("Am I hungry enough to eat this shite?" "Is it worth the energy expenditure?"). Then he'd sigh and lay down, put his chin on the edge of the bowl for a minute or two. Then he'd eat some of it.
Now, with the raw, there's no hesitation at all. As soon as I put it on the ground, he eats everything in his bowl and happily licks his chops when he finishes. What a difference!!!
Dr. Falconer has saved my dogs from the dangerous hamster wheel of conventional veterinary medicine. I am ever grateful for his courageous and informative counsel. Thank you, Dr. Will.

I make my dog's food now. He developed a benign tumor a while ago that was surgically removed. The vet dismissed it as no "problem". I now give him balanced organic and no more pricy Six Fish. I would never feed myself processed, food-like products, so why him? Friends question me and doubt I can feed him enough "nutrients". They have been brainwashed by the industry and unenlightened vets. Amazing! My six year-old terrier mix is shiny, healthy and vibrant. I will never go back to junk food for my dog or myself. I also do titers. After three years he still has tons of antibodies. I am so grateful for alternative medicine. I have studied homeopathy and have seen the results with kids and adults. Now I am learning about dogs.

I have been using a Scalar Energy Tag for fleas and ticks for 3 years which has kept both critters at by in my woodsy environs so no need for any of the toxic remedies i used on past pups. I 'd like to know what you think about these tags. Thank you!

Hi doc!
As you know, I am a huge fan of yours. With regard to these diets, I refer to them as "synthetic diets" as the ingredients are nothing more than a dog's version of Lucky Charms cereal. Mars is a manufacturer that gets some of their vitamin premix from China. Getting that info. out of them was exhausting. I asked about their ingredients. They told me about the "chicken" and "beef" as if they are trained to ignore the other garbage. I asked them about "every component that the food is made with" and they still didn't get it. I them asked them about vitamin premix, colors, and binders.
Manufacturers avoid saying "China" at all costs. They will use terms like "international" or "Asia." Some manufacturers won't disclose what part of Asia. Are they talking about Iran? Pakistan? Wait... China - that's in Asia, right???
Taurine is very expensive. It is cheapest in China so China is the go-to for synthetic vitamins. Japan is too expensive for their taurine as profits overshadow the importance of feeding and medicating our pets. I wrote an article about the trials and tribulations of accomplishing the task of finding the companies that use ingredients from China.
How can these vets even dream of synthetic diets for healthy dogs - let alone sick dogs?