https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/ecofriendly-pup-products-beneficial-to-the-earth-your-pet-and-your-lifestyle/ The expert help you need to live the greener, healthier life you want. Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:08:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/ecofriendly-pup-products-beneficial-to-the-earth-your-pet-and-your-lifestyle/#comment-1275 Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:08:09 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/ecofriendly-pup-products-beneficial-to-the-earth-your-pet-and-your-lifestyle/#comment-1275 Bekki, All I can say is “Wow”! Thanks so much for the great example you’re setting for the rest of us pet owners.

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/ecofriendly-pup-products-beneficial-to-the-earth-your-pet-and-your-lifestyle/#comment-1274 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:59:44 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/ecofriendly-pup-products-beneficial-to-the-earth-your-pet-and-your-lifestyle/#comment-1274 Dear Diane,
Thanks so much for your book (which I love) and your web site. You are a
brilliant communicator, I much admire the way you communicate so much
vital information so effortlessly and clearly.
I try to visit your site every few days, and post stuff to my facebook
page etc.
I was struck by your section on pet care. I have had many companion
animals (current count 5 cats and a dog) and my oldest cat lived to be
22. One of my cats was diagnosed with kidney failure, a heart murmur and
hypothyroidism in her later years. (She lived to be 19.) I kept her
alive by treating her with herbs. Lemon balm and bugle weed are both
used to treat hyperthyroidism in cats by holistic vets. (My daughter is
a vet in NC who uses a lot of conventional medicine but also works with
herbs and acupuncture in her practice. Our vet here in Ohio is
conventional, but supportive– I am an herbalist myself so I use my own
herbal remedies for our animals.)
One thing you don’t address is pet food. Most of it is crap, and all of
it depends on lots of packaging.
I have made my own cat food since 1992, and my own dog food for about 6
years. There are lots of pluses to this. I know what goes into it (I
can’t afford organic meat, but I get the best conventional ground meat I
can, and buy it in bulk 10 pound tubes to avoid as much packaging as I
can.) Also in the growing season I grow the veggies that I put in the
food or get them at the local farmer’s market (we have a really good one
here with lots of growers who don’t use pesticides). This also enables
me to add supplements and herbs to the food to enhance my pets’ health.
And I’m not having to dispose of or recycle lots of cans and packaging.
When people complain about the time it takes I encourage them to try it
any way, if they only have one pet they can ften integrate cooking for
the pet with cooking for themselves.
The other plus is that of the 30 or so companion animals I have had in
my life, only 2 have had cancer, and most have lived to a ripe age, even
the ones I adopted as adults, or the ones who had health challenges when
I got them. Our current 40 pound Rottweiller mix is approaching 17 and
she can still climb the stairs to our bedroom on her own, and enjoys an
active life, despite her arthritic hips. I know that her diet has made
the difference because it was that that finally drove me to make her
food. We saw an immediate change for the better in a month’s time.
Thanks for your time! and for the work you do,
Bekki

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/ecofriendly-pup-products-beneficial-to-the-earth-your-pet-and-your-lifestyle/#comment-1273 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:19:02 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/ecofriendly-pup-products-beneficial-to-the-earth-your-pet-and-your-lifestyle/#comment-1273 You are SO smart, Diane!
Thanks for all your practical tips — with the barrage of information it is so helpful to have someone sort through and give solid advice.

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/ecofriendly-pup-products-beneficial-to-the-earth-your-pet-and-your-lifestyle/#comment-1272 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:10:56 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/ecofriendly-pup-products-beneficial-to-the-earth-your-pet-and-your-lifestyle/#comment-1272 great idea! i belive that today everybody has to take responsibility for the situation with pollution, even if pets are involved)

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