A criticism that is frequently levelled at those of us involved in teaching about species appropriate nutrition by our colleagues (many of whom have been educated by or are in the pay of the very big corporate pet food manufacturers) is that there is no research to...
The news from Honey’s Real Dog Food is that we have been thinking about soil and also about becoming better than carbon neutral. (My name, by the way, is Jonathan Self and I founded Honey’s.) I was in love with soil as a child, of course. I played with it, rolled...
J. Mark Craig BVSc, MRCVS Cert SAD Abstract The prevalence of human and canine allergic diseases is commonly perceived to be increasing. Suggested predisposing factors in people and dogs include increased allergen load, increased exposure to pollutants, reduced family...
By Nick Thompson BSc (Hons) Path Sci., BVM&S, VetMFHom, MRCVS. 1. An Introduction Raw food feeding for dogs and cats was unheard of 20 years ago. Today, in a number of mainstream practices, it is their preferred method of nutrition. Many vets up and down the...
Introduction Food is fuel for the body. Few can challenge this. Unfortunately weak, biased and inconclusive research muddies the rest of nutrition science. We must, therefore, rely somewhat on logic and common sense to make sense of food and its effects on health…
By Nick Thompson