Healthy Dog Tips from the Dogue Mom

31/05/2023

30/05/2023

Bhahahahaha but don't feed raw because it's not balanced and complete 🤣🤣🤣

21/03/2023

This may be the book we all need to start bring to the get off with us 🤔

Available now on Amazon ⭐️ Raising Naturally Healthy Pets 🐶🐱 A Guide to Helping Your Pets Live Longer by Judy Morgan DVM, CVA, CVCP, CVFT

You welcome a new pet into your home, what's next?
What diet should you feed?
Do you know which vaccinations should be given or how often?
Will your pet need monthly chemical treatments for parasite prevention?
When should I have my pet spayed or neutered?

Common questions like these leave pet parents feeling confused and overwhelmed. Dr. Judy Morgan makes it easy to understand in this new book. It's the perfect guide for the new (or new to holistic) pet parent, and is filled with important reminders for even the most seasoned guardians.

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19/03/2023

Will my dogues hate me or enjoy the ride 🤔

19/03/2023

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Just four animals about to sit down to a potentially unbalanced family meal, prepared without diet formulators, excel spreadsheets or nutritional advice from their doctors.

Disgusting!

11/03/2023

Love his rants an his book!
Poorina!

ARE YOU STILL TUCKED UP IN BED?! I'M NOT. I LEAPT OUT THIS MORNING TO HAVE A WEE RANT...

Going to call this one "Poorina Neurocare IS science..."

Over the last few years, there seems to be a movement of telling people not to involve themselves in matters of health, not to question, not to research, to leave it to the "professionals". Thank God most of us don't listen to that industry line. Social media has completely changed the terrain in that regard. I'll do what I bloody well want!!! Thankfully, many of you agree, happily wandering over to Google Scholar to dig up all sorts of treasures that might counter the narrative.

Yesterday I mentioned it seems the less carbs the better you feed humans with epilepsy and questioned why the hell you would feed a meat-eater suffering seizures an ultra-processed, HIGH carb diet. Then followers start posting dog studies underneath, throwing multiple bones at me.

Eg this: In 2015, big dry food (this time Nestle Purina) compared a group of dogs fed their standard kibble for dogs to a group fed the same muck...I mean kibble, but this time with some MCT oil added.

This is, as I hope most of you now can quickly identify, is a petfood typical UNFALSIFIABLE COMPARISON study, the very backbone of what constitures evidence in dry pet food land.

Why did these scientists add MCT oil? Because MCT oil is long known to reduce seizures in epileptic patients, particularly when it brings the fat content up to around 4:1 (4 parts fat to 1 part protein/carbs, on an energy basis), putting the patient in ketosis, i.e. fat-burning mode, a very natural state for a dog or cat to be in, being meat eaters (which is THE ketosis diet).

And what did these intrepid scientists find? A nice reduction in seizures...

"Seizures in 21 dogs were reduced significantly following a ketogenic diet for 3 months (whereas no improvement was seen in dogs fed a standard diet for the same duration). In 3/21 seizures appeared to stop entirely. In 7/21 dogs, seizures decreased by at least 50% and another 5 dogs experienced a lower seizure frequency overall."

Pretty good!! Not quite as good as the stats yesterday on 20 human children (2 patients were seizure-free, 3 had ≥ 90% seizure reduction, 5 had a reduction of 50-89%) but then, those kids were fed real food.

Studies show dry food is highly inflammatory compared to raw (see comments) but whether that's the lack of good quality protein, poor quality fats, lack of omega 3, bevvy of strange chemicals used in its creations, mycotoxins, glyphosate or MRP content, lack of bioactive compounds etc etc, all known to be highly inflammatory and assumed to aggravate epilepsy, we don't know. So, in reality, the fact this kibble worked in any of the poor, fitting dogs fed it is a colossal nod towards the power of ketosis.

Somehow, the takeaway for the average vet is NOT to move the dog suffering seizures into ketosis (feed them raw....aaaannd, you're done), suggest to the owner they add some very proven, very simple, very cheap and nutritious neutraceuticals such as MCT oil (and CBD!) and ideally reduce the amount of seizure-inducing s**t they sell them on the way out (flea and worm chemicals for fitting dogs with no fleas and worms, boosters for already vaccinated individuals, etc).

No. No. The takeaway for the vet sector, it seems, is to reach for a bag of grossly over-priced kibble (one that may or may not contain a life-threatening amount of vitamin D from a conical flask https://newscenter.purina.com/2023-02-08-NESTLE-PURINA-PETCARE-COMPANY-VOLUNTARILY-RECALLS-PURINA-PRO-PLAN-VETERINARY-DIETS-EL-ELEMENTAL-DRY-DOG-FOOD-IN-THE-U-S-DUE-TO-POTENTIALLY-ELEVATED-VITAMIN-D)..and I guess manage the rest of the fits with the latest, most patented (most expensive) drugs.

So now, thanks to SCIENCE, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Nestle Purina Neuro Care which is CLINICALLY PROVEN (and it is, very sadly, clinically proven...study below...but as ever, WHAT was clinically proved...?!) to offer marginal benefit to your poor, suffering pet.

While Neuro Care may appear EXTREMELY SIMILAR to their standard stuff (at 1/3 of the price), rest assured this product has added MCT oil and lots of.....well.....errrrrr.......SCIENCEY words and captions on the bag.

Let's look at the claims the Poorina website makes for their latest movement. It reads:

- Formulated with medium-chain triglyceride vegetable oil
- Enhanced with a unique blend of nutrients and medium-chain triglyceride vegetable oil
- Antioxidant-rich nutrition supports the immune system, including a high level of vitamin E
- EPA + DHA, omega-3 fatty acids, to help support brain health
- Chicken is the #1 ingredient
- High in protein to help maintain lean muscle mass
- Great taste

Wow! Sounds cool. But to break each one of these down a little for you:

🚽 Formulated with medium-chain triglyceride vegetable oil 🚽
OK

🚽 Enhanced with a unique blend of nutrients and medium-chain triglyceride vegetable oil 🚽
YES, YOU LITERALLY JUST SAID THAT

🚽 Antioxidant-rich nutrition supports the immune system, including a high level of vitamin E 🚽
YOU ADDED VITAMIN E BECAUSE THE HIGHER FAT CONTENT DEMANDS IT. WITHOUT IT THE DOGS WILL GET SICK AND DIE.

🚽 EPA + DHA, omega-3 fatty acids, to help support brain health 🚽
THESE ARE ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS. YOU ARE OBLIGED TO PUT THEM IN. EVERY DRY FOOD DOES IT...SORT OF (SADLY, 1/4 OF COMPLETE DRY FOODS AVAILABLE TODAY CONTAIN ZERO OMEGA 3).

🚽 Chicken is the #1 ingredient 🚽
THIS IS WINDING ME UP..."CHICKEN" IS THE #1 INGREDIENT?!! YOU GUYS ARE STILL USING THAT LINE?! FOLKS, THE NEXT FOUR INGREDIENTS ARE COMPLETELY INDIGESTIBLE CORN GLUTEN MEAL, BREWERS RICE, CORN AND WHEAT!!!! THIS IS CALLED STACKING. IT'S A WAY TO MOVE THE MEAT INGREDIENT HIGHER UP THE LIST. NOT ONLY A TOUCH MISLEADING BUT WITH ALL WE KNOW OF SEIZURES, THESE ARE CERTAINLY NOT THE SORT OF INGREDIENTS WE WANTED TO SEE IN THERE.

🚽 High in protein to help maintain lean muscle mass 🚽
OHH YOU'RE TAKING THE MICK NOW. ASIDE THE FACT A LOT OF THIS PROTEIN COMES FROM CORN GLUTEN PULP WHICH IS COMPLETELY INDIGESTIBLE BY DOGS, THIS PRODUCT IS ONLY 29% PROTEIN!!! IT'S AROUND 40% CARBS!!!! THIS MAY BE "HIGH" WHEN COMPARED TO THE STUFF THEY USUALLY PUT OUT, BUT THIS DOESN'T HAVE HALF THE PROTEIN OF RAW DOG FOOD (AND STILL MANAGES TO BE TWICE THE PRICE).

🚽 🚽 🚽 🚽 Great taste 🚽 🚽 🚽 🚽
CAN'T SPEAK AS VOMITING. RAGE VOMIT. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY.

REFERENCE
Law TH, Davies ES, Pan Y, et al. A randomised trial of a medium-chain TAG diet as treatment for dogs with idiopathic epilepsy. Br J Nutr 2015;114:1438–47

05/03/2023

Are your floors toxic to your dogs? I have been starting to search for new floors an the ones recommended for a home with large dogs seem to have a lot of chemicals in them. Have you ever searched for something but keep hitting dead ends? I am on the search for floors that are not going to add chemicals and toxins to my home, and that my dogues will not have destroyed in less than a year, any suggestions?

26/02/2023

I have learning unlearing and relearning for years and there is always room to grow! I want my dogues to live longer healthier lives!

Dr. Judy's Friday 5
Arthritis Pain, Diabetes, and Episode 02.

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26/02/2023

While cleaning supplies are not safe for us, they are also not safe for our pets! We have many options an alternatives when trying to clean safely! Laundry detergent is on your clothes and blankets etc. Causing cancer!
What you mop your floors and clean your carpet with is huge because it gets into the dogs bloodstream faster, they walk an lay on your floors an carpet!

Will other states follow New York on its ban on laundry detergent due to a probably carcinogen widely found in well-known brands?

24/02/2023

As a raw feeder how many of you have to learn how to feed raw and then learn how to educate your vet?
How many of you haven't switched because your scared of what your vet says? 🤔

24/02/2023

The fda first said DCM was from grainfree
Sales decreased on champion kibble (who was a threat to big kibble candy companies)
Big kibble candy company buys Champion pet foods while sales are super low!
Then the Fda says oh naww we got it wrong DCM has nothing to do with grain free foods!
Yall should be like yo wtf!!!!

24/02/2023

Fun Fact! I have saved a s**t ton of $$$ switching my dogues to raw! Way less allergies, way less sickness, way less vet bills! Got questions I may have answers! Send me a message and let's get your dog thriving not just surviving!

24/01/2023

My one year old will be getting a vasectomy when the time comes!

Neutering is currently standard practice for male dogs in the United States. Vasectomies aren't taught at most veterinary schools. As research begins to show the major impacts removing the te**es has on male dogs, many experts agree we need to re-evaluate sterilization options.

Find out more on the vasectomy vs. neuter debate for male dogs in Dr. Judy's newest blog here: https://drjudymorgan.com/blogs/blog/sterilization-options-for-male-dogs

24/01/2023

https://archive.aweber.com/newsletter/awlist5187012/MTc0OTMxMjM=/holistic-vets-speak-out-starts-tomorrow-jan-26-29.htm

07/01/2023

🚨 Breaking News - turns out the supposed "link" between Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) and Grain-Free Pet Food was a sham all along like I have been yelling from the rooftops!!!⁠
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I called bull💩 on this YEARS ago, yet the myth won't die. This was just a ploy by the large pet food manufacturers using their influence on FDA to single out smaller companies that were gaining an increase in market share. IT WORKED because veterinarians and pet parents believed them.⁠
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Do not take this quietly! Millions of pets were switched to poor quality, pet food brands because big pet food companies used their influence on the FDA to make more money! Who knows how many pets suffered from this debacle! WE DESERVE BETTER!⁠

News from Truth About Pet Food here: https://truthaboutpetfood.com/fda-says-they-cannot-link-dcm-to-grain-free-pet-food/
🫀More on Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM): https://drjudymorgan.com/blogs/blog/dilated-cardiomyopathy?_pos=1&_sid=0c8bc9a34&_ss=r
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15/12/2022

Are your dogs hoping for snow or rain????

12/12/2022

Monday morning Breakfast for the Dogues! Loving these platters and watching what each one goes for first! Piggy went for the tripe first and Rawley went for the Beef!

11/12/2022

Yall know what time it is!!!!??? Prep time! Sunday Funday!!!!

11/12/2022

Bone broth in the making 😀 raising healthy dogues with fresh food!

08/12/2022

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08/12/2022

Always great to have amazing friends! Doesn't get any fresher than that!

08/12/2022

No sugar added! With all this bs with the different names of sugar, I found this at trader Joe's! I give dog pills with this so it's a must have in this house. Definitely more oily and not as thick as what I am used to using but it does the job I need it to do an a healthier alternative!

02/12/2022

Feeding kibble.......

02/12/2022

Fun Fact Friday!
Rawley had two jabs one at 6 weeks,and one at 12 weeks he is due for booster but guess what titer came back well above the range no jabs needed and he didn't finish the recommendation of 3 as a puppy! He could be good for life we shall see! Do your research, don't over vaccinate.
Raising healthy dogues!
Advocating for your dogs too!

01/12/2022

A cow from the worst factory is still better fed raw than any kibble out there!

01/12/2022

I always thought adding water to kibble was a good idea, I was absolutely wrong..... did you know adding water makes the toxins from the grains multiply!

30/11/2022

Always remember you will learn unlearn and relearn over and over again.