I'm a holistic veterinarian working toward restoring your animal's health and focusing on proactive care.
My passion is educating pet parents through books and videos.
19/06/2025
Ready for some CLARITY and DIRECTION that makes sense?
đ§ What Youâll Learn in the Webinar:
â Why chronic symptoms often stem from the gutâeven without digestive issues
â How leaky gut and dysbiosis silently drive body-wide inflammation and disease
â The 3 core principles that must be in place for true healing
â Why more food, meds, or supplements wonât help unless you address this root
â How to rebuild your petâs health from the cellular level up
đĄ Ready for clarity and direction?
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18/06/2025
But your pet is still suffering.
And youâre left wondering: What am I missing?
Hereâs what one pet parent shared after going through my program:
âTrixieâs chronic itchingâgone 90% after finally discovering it was thyroid-related.
Julietâs skin issuesâdisappeared.
Charlieâno more vomiting.
Bensonâfinally calm and confident around people.
And us? Educated, empowered, and no longer living in anxiety every day.â
They didnât find yet another "gut protocol"âthey found a real strategy that changed everything.
đĽ Join me LIVE tomorrow for my free Gut & Cellular Health Webinar
đď¸ Wednesday, June 19 @ 6PM CST
đ˛ Save your spot (link in bio)
If you're tired of guessing... this is your next step.
18/06/2025
Time to stop sugar coating... There is ZERO logic and common sense feeding kibble to any dog or cat. I don't know how veterinarians can have it so wrong by recommending the most unnatural, biologically inappropriate and downright toxic food. We veterinarians are supposed to be intelligent. Let's take the brain out of the "washing machine" and put it to use!
THE PUPPY FOOD SCAM
Why do we have complete food for pups and yet I have no idea how much magnesium my child needs let alone where they get it or if they're getting enough?
Not relevant for human kids.
We don't know a single one of their RDAs, isn't that weird?!
And you know who else doesn't? Your pups Mum. Can't even spell magnesium.
Now my kids are off Mum they just eat what we eat, a bit more mash-y at the start and, well, fingers crossed!
No NUTRITIOUS Mars or NestlĂŠ products for us. You're actually told as a parents you're a bit s**t if feed that crap to them.
I mean, I couldn't name a single good product of theirs I'd like to see my kids chomping on daily.
Not one.
Can you?! Answers on a postcard.
I guess the candy companies keep all the good stuff for the animals. They would, wouldn't they?! They bloody LOVE our dogs, after all. Humans, not so much, clearly, but for puppies, absolutely, they want the very BEST. Of course. I can TOTALLY see why vets (paid by Purina) would say that.
And lucky they do as the hairy babies in our house, we are told, are actually very complex. They need "science" or they will DIE.
I was on the A Bit On the Side last night explaining how mother nature accommodates for the slightly different and often varying nutritional needs of a baby to child to adult. Why we parents don't have to lose sleep over how much of what and when.
Here's how it works:
The body uses specific mineral transporters which work in the gut tissue. If the body need some zinc, it ramps up transporters for zinc. These draw more zinc in from the food to the gut tissue. Different transporters then take this zinc from the tissue to where it's needed.
And when the body needs less zinc, they downregulate their action. Neato.
It's almost like mother nature knew this was going to be an issue and took steps to ensure it wasn't....soooo our kids wouldn't die.
Studies show young kids (and nutrient-deficient individuals) have far more of these transporters in the gut lining than folk with optimum zinc levels.
It's an active, responsive, adaptive process.
This means me and you can eat the same meal with the same amount of zinc but one of us, depending on what's going on, will take in more zinc from the food bolus than the other.
Simple.
We have other tricks too. The body loves having a fairly stable amount of metals in the blood. Should we have too much zinc in the blood after a period of activity, and the stores are full, the body will usually expel it in the poo and wee. In times of need, however, we expel significantly less. We choose to store it instead.
All very obvious stuff but this simple process is why a GOOD DIET with VARIATION is literally the ONLY DIET MY KIDS NEED and why my child's recent addiction to banana sandwiches is less alarming than it is for folk who believe fast food clows are their pals, that their owning of all the doctors that treat the disease caused by such a start in life is just a coincidence.
17/06/2025
Me in a "past life" đ... I loved trimming hooves. Valentine was the horse who pushed me to go far beyond the obvious.
15/06/2025
â ď¸ Is your pet licking the air⌠eating grass⌠coughing after meals... restless at night?
You might think it's just a picky stomach or a behavioral quirkâbut these are often signs of acid reflux.
And guess what?
Most reflux isnât caused by too much acid.
Itâs caused by too little.
I break down the signs, causes, and a simple at-home test in this post.
But hereâs the deeper truth đ
đĄ Reflux is often the first sign of gut dysfunction.
And gut dysfunction? Thatâs just the beginning of a much bigger storyâ
âĄď¸ leaky gut
âĄď¸ microbial imbalance
âĄď¸ detox stress
âĄď¸ systemic inflammation
Thatâs why Iâm teaching a free Gut & Cellular Health Webinar
đ Thursday, June 19 at 6PM CST
đĽ Live with me
đ Link in comments
If youâve tried the food, the meds, the supplementsâ
but your pet is still sickâŚ
This is your sign to dig deeper.
10/06/2025
đToday is World Pet Memorial Day. And I want to take a moment to share my heart with you. đ
The love you show your petsâthrough the joy, the struggle, and even the endâis the most sacred act Iâve ever witnessed. You choose their peace over your comfort. Their needs over your own heartbreak. That is devotion.
And yet⌠grief hurts. It can feel like the ground has vanished beneath you.
What makes it harder is the guilt:
âDid I do enough?â âDid I wait too long?â âShould I have done more?â
Here's my story with grief...
When I was 19, my mother died.
And for decades, I carried anger, resentment, and deep abandonment.
Only recently, at 56, did I begin to see the truth buried beneath the pain:
She let me goânot to hurt me, but to set me free.
To live the life my soul came here to live.
It was brutal. And it was the greatest gift she ever gave me.
Sometimes, the ones we love leave in ways that stretch us openâso something sacred can grow.
To all of you mourning a beloved pet today:
đŤ You did the best you could.
đŤ You are enough.
đŤ Your pet knows it.
Healing isnât about doing more... but about accepting yourself for who you are.
Grief doesnât just break us.
It reshapes us.
It expands usâwhether we can feel it or not.
You're not alone.
We're all walking this path together.đ
If this speaks to your heart today, share it with someone who needs to hear it.
And if you feel called, drop a comment to honor a beloved soul youâre remembering. đ
PS: thanks Dr. Laurie McCauley, Founder of Optimum Pet Vitality for the beautiful image.
10/06/2025
đŁ LIVE WEBINAR ALERT â For Pet Parents Who Are DONE With Guessing.
Tired of watching your pet struggle⌠while no one gives you real answers?
Youâve done the meds. The diets. The supplements.
But deep down, you know thereâs something bigger going on.
⨠And you're right.
The root of your petâs chronic symptoms is in their gut.
And what happens in the gut?
Doesnât stay there.
It affects everythingâskin, ears, joints, behavior, every single cell.
Yet most pet care - even "holistic" - still chases symptoms, never addressing the real root.
đ Thatâs exactly why Iâm hosting a free live webinar on
đď¸ Thursday, June 19 at 6 PM CST
đ On Zoom
Iâll show you:
âď¸ Hidden signs of gut dysfunction
âď¸ Why symptoms persistâeven with "natural" treatments
âď¸ How to rebuild your petâs health from the inside out
đž This isnât another supplement pitch. Itâs real strategy, real science, and real hope.
đď¸ Tap the link in comments to registerâitâs FREE.
Letâs go from gut chaos to healing glory. đŠâ¨
09/06/2025
đ¨ ACTION ALERT for Pet Parents! đ¨
The USDA is considering withdrawing critical organic pet food protectionsâand public comments are only open until June 11, 2025.
If this rule is cut, organic pet food could be regulated like livestock feed again, allowing meat from diseased or condemned animals into pet food.
Our pets deserve better.
đ Help stop this. Tell the USDA:
Keep organic pet food regulated as pet foodânot livestock feed.
đ Submit your comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/document/AMS-NOP-22-0063-3399 (click the blue âCommentâ button)
đ¨ ACTION ALERT for Pet Parents! đ¨
The USDA is considering withdrawing critical organic pet food protectionsâand public comments are only open until June 11, 2025.
If this rule is cut, organic pet food could be regulated like livestock feed again, allowing meat from diseased or condemned animals into pet food. Our pets deserve better.
đ Help stop this. Tell the USDA:
Keep organic pet food regulated as pet foodânot livestock feed.
Just because someone has a big following does not mean they should be giving out dog food advice. Especially when theyâre an MD talking about pets they may not be as "nuanced" as one would hope.
Human health and animal health are not the same fieldâand expertise doesnât automatically cross species.
Don't get me wrong... we need awareness spread anyway possible, but...
Before you follow a recommendation about what to feed your dog, ask yourself:
đ§ Do they understand canine nutrition?
đŹ Did they actually read the ingredient labels BEFORE recommending a brand?
đ Will their new adorable puppy actually thrive or is it set up for disease?
Because let me tell you, feeding gluten-loaded macaroni to a carnivore is NOT health adviceâitâs a metabolic insult. đĽ´
Iâm not here to gatekeepâbut recently it seems that a lot of poor information is spread by holistic/integrative non-veterinary "experts". Use common sense and do your research.
The truth? If your dog is struggling with food, donât just change the brand based on a trendy postâget to the root.
đŠ Whatâs causing the issue?
đŚ Howâs the gut?
đĽ Is there chronic inflammation?
đ§Ş Are other factors you haven't considered masking deeper dysfunction?
This is where real healing beginsânot with a bag of âhealthyâ dog food hyped by someone whoâs never taken a deep dive into pet nutrition.
If you need help because you can't get to the bottom of your pet's gut and other chronic issues, lets chat đ
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My Story
Iâm a holistic veterinarian from Switzerland. Having grown up working and riding at a near-by horse barn, it came to no surprise that my love for horses and animals in general would nurture a passion for healing. My mind was set. I would become an equine vet.
My parentsâ example to care deeply about the environment and health opened my mind to question the traditional ways of veterinary medicine early on. Equipped with an inquisitive mind and an awareness of the strengths and limitations of western medicine, I embarked on a quest for cure.
The first step was to learn about horsesâ hooves and their role in the overall health of horses. While working as a natural hoof care provider I made my way through vet school. After a few years of working in the traditional world of veterinary medicine, my deep desire to understand animals and the gift they bring moved me to relocate to the US where I expanded my knowledge to include animal communication, veterinary acupuncture, nutrition and different energy healing modalities.
In search of greater wholeness within myself I concurrently embarked on a journey of personal growth. This allowed me to deepen my ability to support people and animals on their path. I continued my studies and earned a masterâs degree in Psychology from the University of Santa Monica, California, and went on to complete a program of Soul-Centered Leadership from the same school.
Never tired of discovering more about the cause of disease and how to assist othersâ healing, I expanded my knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Emperorâs College and became certified in Veterinary Spinal Manipulation Therapy (aka. Chiropractic Care) by The Healing Oasis in Wisconsin.
My never resting inquisitive mind also took me on the adventure to studying functional neurology to be able to help animals function at a higher level. Together with Applied Kinesiology, this is proving to be an extraordinary healing tool.
In recent years my path changed course to include more and more small animals into my practice, satisfying my desire to practice functional medicine. As a small animal vet I get to translate what I learn from my human doctor colleagues to my small furry friends.
Over the years Iâve had the privilege to practice holistic veterinary medicine and hone my skills with several leading holistic veterinarians and chiropractic neurologists and of course many animals. The amount Iâve learned has far surpassed my expectations and I feel so blessed for having such generous mentors (humans and animals).
My intention is to guide individuals on a journey to well-being that integrates body, mind, emotions and spirit, while taking into account the environment we live in.