Wellness is every pet's right.

We recommend a raw, animal-based, prey-model diet for cats and dogs. It's important such diets be made from animals which are not fed GMOs otherwise the diet should include a detoxifier such as our Rex Support. For dogs, we suggest a diet with no more than 10% fat by weight compared to the meat portion of the diet and 9-15% bone. For cats, we recommend no more than 10% fat  and  only 6-7% bone to reduce the chance of constipation. Feline constipation isn't just inconvenient. It can lead to megacolon which  can be dangerous for the  cat.

When a fresh prey-model diet made from healthy animals is fed, no supplements should be necessary. However, it may be impossible to determine if the animals which make up your pet's food were truly healthy.  Toxicities and mineral deficiencies are possible with any diet. We generally supplement a sea-algae "calcium" (it's loaded with various minerals) when feeding meat without bone. We also use a bit of pink salt or sea salt. If toxicicity is suspected (e.g. pet has ben vaccinated),  we give protective sulfur compounds and compounds to support the systems affected by the toxis (e.g. milk thistle for liver support).  

The top of our list of supplements and ingredients to avoid is Omega 3 oils (such as fish oil and flax seed oil) and seed oils. There are other ingredients such as rosemary and coconut oil which we avoid for very different reasons. We'll put more information  in our adopter-support packets. 

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If one knows how to protect a pet with immune-boosting nutrition or natural remedies and has the ability to detect and treat illness promptly, we don't recommend any vaccines. If you're not able to feed a raw diet of very high quality (pastured, non-GMO) and don't know how to treat the diseases typically vaccinated against, vaccination may be in order. Of  course vaccines which are legally required should always be given. 

- Lyme, Canine Coronavirus, and Bordatella (the condition is not life threatening),

- Any vaccine with mercury or aluminum in it (these are toxic) 

- FeLV and FIP  (ineffective and unsafe)

Start here:   https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0008382

We will include many more references in our book.