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What Are The 6 Common Mistakes When Raw Feeding Your Cat Or Dog?
A raw diet can be the healthiest diet for your cat or dog but mistakes can be made, which can have negative health impacts for your pet....

Ruth Hatten
Feb 21, 20205 min read


What's the best food for puppies and kittens?
Did you know that what you feed your new puppy or kitten can determine their health for the rest of their life? Yep, their food is super...

Ruth Hatten
Feb 5, 20203 min read


What is the evolutionary programme of nutrition for cats?
I have previously written about the evolutionary programme of nutrition for dogs and because cats mustn't be forgotten, here is the...

Ruth Hatten
Jan 23, 20203 min read


Are you feeding your pet a balanced diet?
Some believe that a balanced diet means that every meal must be "complete and balanced". This is not so and in fact, it flies in the face...

Ruth Hatten
Nov 23, 20193 min read


Is Your Home Prepped Pet Food Supplying All the Nutrients Your Pet Needs?
Do you home prep your pet’s food? How can you be sure they’re getting everything they need? Home prepping is wonderful and is something I...

Ruth Hatten
Nov 13, 20191 min read


The Importance of Getting Your Puppy's and Kitten's Nutrition Right
Getting your puppy’s and kitten’s nutrition right is important! In this video, (with a special appearance by Louie the greyhound!) I talk...

Ruth Hatten
Nov 4, 20191 min read


Are you feeding for the right life stage?
Feeding your dog or cat is one thing you do every single day that has a direct influence over their length and quality of life. The...

Ruth Hatten
Nov 2, 20192 min read


Feeding a home prepared / raw diet for your pet is just too hard, right?
Feeding a home prepared / raw diet for your pet is just too hard right? No - it actually isn’t! In this video, I reveal: why feeding a...

Ruth Hatten
Oct 21, 20191 min read


Clinical Nutrition for Pets - Is This What I Do?
Recently I was asked the question, do I practice clinical nutrition? Clinical nutritionists use a holistic approach to healing, taking...

Ruth Hatten
Oct 17, 20191 min read


Are you feeding your pet too many treats?
People just love giving their pets treats (dogs especially!)! And why not, we love our fur kids and we want to treat them. But, there can...

Ruth Hatten
Oct 11, 20192 min read


Will a chicken and rice diet fix your dog's digestive issues?
A bland diet of chicken and rice is commonly recommended for dogs with digestive complications, particularly diarrhoea. But is this diet...

Ruth Hatten
Sep 29, 20193 min read


Help! My dog's poop is soft!
A dog can present with soft poop for a number of reasons, some of which can be serious, others not so. If your dog has runny, soft poop,...

Ruth Hatten
Aug 15, 20193 min read


Prevention is better than cure - yes, for cats and dogs too!
We've all heard the adage, prevention is better than cure. But what does it exactly mean and how is it true for cats and dog too?

Ruth Hatten
Jun 19, 20193 min read


Why I Don't Recommend Feeding Kangaroo to Pets: Part III
In this part, I continue to discuss the ethical concerns with regard to whether the trade can be called humane, pet food industry claims and

Ruth Hatten
Jun 1, 20197 min read


Why I don't recommend feeding kangaroo to pets: Part II
In Part I of this blog series, I discussed the health concerns associated with kangaroo meat as a reason why I don't recommend feeding...

Ruth Hatten
Apr 24, 20198 min read


Why I don't recommend feeding kangaroo to pets: Part I
Kangaroo meat is a popular protein to feed cats and dogs these days. It's considered a lean, nutritious and organic meat, a wild and...

Ruth Hatten
Mar 26, 20196 min read


The Benefits of Vitamin C For Your Pet
In this blog post, you will learn why vitamin C is good for your cat and dog, when it can benefit your pet and how to incorporate it into...

Ruth Hatten
Feb 20, 20194 min read


How Reiki can help your pet heal
In this blog post, you will learn what Reiki is, what happens in a Reiki session and how it forms part of a holistic healing approach for...

Ruth Hatten
Feb 4, 20196 min read


Three Tips For Improving Your Pet's Health
In this blog post, you're going to learn some of the tips that form the basis of what I tell clients every day in my animal naturopathy...

Ruth Hatten
Nov 25, 20185 min read


Pet food industry lies & the #RealFood4Pets Challenge
Read this blog post to find out: One lie that the pet food industry is telling you about pet food. What clean, natural, healthy pet food...

Ruth Hatten
May 28, 20183 min read

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