The holistic canine
PET NUTRITION & HOLISTIC HEALTH CARE
What is The Holistic Canine About? Is it right for my pet?
The Holistic Canine is not just a recipe service or general nutrition business.
It is a professional canine nutrition practice providing individualized diet formulation for healthy dogs and puppies, as well as therapeutic diets and holistic health care strategies for dogs with diagnosed medical conditions or complex nutritional requirements.
I work with pet parents who want thoughtful, evidence-based nutrition and holistic guidance; whether they are supporting lifelong wellness in a healthy dog or managing conditions such as kidney disease, liver disease, pancreatitis, gastrointestinal disorders, cancer, endocrine disease, and other medically sensitive cases.
Through individualized consultations, clinical nutrition expertise, and integrated holistic support, I formulate nutritionally complete, condition-appropriate diets and health strategies designed for safety, balance, and long-term health — not trends or one-size-fits-all meal plans.
My Approach
At The Holistic Canine, every nutrition and health plan is fully individualized to your dog’s unique needs. Whether supporting lifelong wellness in a healthy dog or managing complex medical conditions, I evaluate each pet through a comprehensive review of their health, history, genetic predispositions, veterinary records, laboratory results, and lifestyle factors.
Using this information, I formulate therapeutic, preventive, and wellness diets, along with holistic health strategies, tailored for optimal health, balance, and long-term well-being. Every ingredient and dietary decision is made deliberately, ensuring your dog’s plan is nutritionally complete, safe, and precise — not a generic recipe or one-size-fits-all approach.
This approach combines clinical nutrition expertise with holistic support, helping your dog thrive while giving you confidence in every nutritional choice.
Precise, Individualized Results
At The Holistic Canine, every plan is customized to your dog’s unique needs. I do not rely on generic recipes or one-size-fits-all approaches. Instead, each nutrition and holistic health strategy is carefully formulated using clinical reasoning, scientific evidence, and a thorough review of your dog’s health history, laboratory results, and lifestyle factors.
Whether your goal is to support lifelong wellness in a healthy dog or to address a complex medical condition, I create plans that are balanced, safe, and precisely tailored to help your dog will thrive.
Every decision — from ingredient selection to nutrient ratios and holistic interventions — is made with intentionality and professional accountability, ensuring your dog receives the highest level of care.
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Fresh Food Nutrition — from Prey-Model Raw to Plant-Enhanced Diets
You’re Not Alone. And I’m Here to Help!
At The Holistic Canine, I create nutrition plans grounded in science and tailored to your
dog’s individual needs, whether you prefer a meat-based, prey-model raw approach, a plant-enhanced diet, or a combination.
Dogs are facultative carnivores, which means they can thrive on a variety of nutrient-dense ingredients — including meat, organs, eggs, fish and seafood, vegetables, leafy greens, legumes, whole grains, herbs, and select healthy fats. The key is ensuring all nutrients are bioavailable, balanced, and appropriate for your dog’s age, health, and condition.
I work with pet parents to design customized, evidence-based nutrition plans that support optimal health, prevent deficiencies, and address specific medical or wellness goals. Every ingredient is chosen deliberately, every plan is precise, and every strategy is grounded in clinical expertise and holistic care.
For clarity, while dogs can adapt to both meat-based and plant-enhanced diets, cats are
obligate carnivores, making a prey-model diet essential for feline health.
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Our Services
At The Holistic Canine, every consultation and plan is fully customized to your dog’s unique needs. From preventive wellness for healthy dogs to therapeutic diet formulation and holistic health strategies for medically sensitive pets, each service is grounded in clinical expertise, evidence-based nutrition, and individualized care.
To begin, simply purchase a service, and you will receive our Client Intake Form via email. Completing and returning this form ensures we have all the information necessary to create a precise, safe, and tailored nutrition and wellness plan for your dog.
We look forward to working with you and supporting your pet’s health, vitality, and long-term well-being.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Raw Feeding
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Is raw feeding safe for pets?
If you hire a professional such as The Holistic Canine to create a balanced meal plan according to the NRC and AAFCO nutrition standards (or are educated in raw feeding and can appropriately balance your pet’s meals) along with safely handling raw foods followed by washing surfaces and pet dishes, AND only offering appropriate RMBs to your pet, then YES, raw feeding is a safe and healthful nutrition option. More and more veterinarians are becoming open to raw feeding. Some veterinary offices even offer raw meal plan services.
Are cooked diets a healthful option?
Yes! While raw diets are the most natural option and avoid ingredient adulteration via the cooking process, a cooked diet is still a healthful option as long as the diet is properly balanced in accordance with NRC and AAFCO nutrient standards and requirements for pets. Cooked diets cannot include bones unless the bone is offered raw in the form of a raw meaty bone. Pets best suited for cooked diets are immune compromised pets, pets on immune suppressant drugs, pets with gut damage or injury, elderly pets with a history of disease, and those with pet parents who do not feel comfortable feeding raw food to their pets.
How hard is it to source raw food ingredients?
Depending on the ingredients you plan to feed as part of your raw diet plan, sourcing can be easy or more challenging. Many pet parents are able to source most or even all of their needed ingredients in grocery stores, discount stores such as Walmart, International markets, local farms and farmer’s markets, butcher shops, and even through hunters, from their own hunting excursions, or through meat processors. For more difficult ingredients, many pet parents order through local or online raw food suppliers. In many areas around the United States and in other countries, pet parents will come together and create local co-ops that help to share the cost of raw food ingredients and shipping. Raw feeding has become very popular worldwide making sourcing ingredients much easier than it was just 10 years ago.
What are the benefits of feeding a raw food diet?
The benefits of species-appropriate raw feeding are numerous! Pet parents who transition their pets to a raw meal plan will often notice positive changes after just one week on a fully balanced species-appropriate raw diet. The following are benefits your pet may experience.
- Maintaining a healthy weight
- Body fat loss
- Noticeable muscle development
- Increased strength
- Increased energy
- and more..
Can you feed cooked bones to pets?
NO! Cooking bones causes the bone to become harder and more brittle. Exposing bones to heat makes the bone potentially very dangerous and thus cannot be fed to pets. Cooked bones can splinter into sharp pieces when chewed by a pet. Cooking also makes the digestibility of the bone more difficult. What happens if your pet swallows a cooked bone that has splintered? The bone will enter their stomach to be digested, but it may not be adequately softened and broken down before passing into the small intestine. If a cooked bone shard passes into the intestinal tract, the bone can puncture your pet’s organ. This will require emergency surgery. NEVER feed cooked bones to your pet. The risk of injury is far too great to take a chance.
Is raw feeding expensive?
Species-appropriate raw feeding can be expensive if you want the absolute best quality organic grass-fed, pastured, and wild-caught meat, organs, fish, and eggs. It can also be very cost effective, costing far less than premium kibble if you shop sales and at discount stores, or if you are able to find free or low cost ingredients from processors, hunters, farmers, and butchers. Homesteaders and farmers often raise their own livestock to feed their pets. The expense of raw feeding depends wholly on your sourcing potential and choice of ingredients. Whatever your budget, raw feeding is an option for nearly every pet and pet parent.