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Christie Shaver, is a licensed pet nutrition expert and is the founder of The Healthy Pet Gourmet visit her at www.thpg.com
Below is the story of Christie’s journey in becoming a successful pet healer:
When my dog, Goldie, became ill at 11, I knew that if I didn’t act quickly, my vet planned to euthanize him. He was very sick, but I couldn’t let him go. I knew it wasn’t his time. For the next 4 days I wouldn’t leave his side – I massaged and hugged him, kissed ...
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Andrea Arden has written five books including Dog Friendly Dog Training (IDG, 2000), Train Your Dog the Lazy Way (Macmillan, 1999), and The Little Book of Dog Tricks (IDG, 2002).
She has also been the behavior columnist for Dog Fancy and The New York Dog magazines as well as a contributing writer for the AKC Gazette, and numerous other publications.
Andrea was the on air trainer for The Pet Department, FX’s Emmy award winning daily show and has appeared ...
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Christine works with all animals. Her role is to act as a voice and advocate for your animal and provide support and guidance for you. Christine combines her clairvoyance and her natural healing background to address all aspects of your animal’s health, wellness and Spiritual needs. She offers insight into diet/nutrition, health, wellness, emotional support, behavioral needs and Spiritual growth.
Christine is the pioneer of the Conscious Animal Connection and during readings, she ...
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Brent Hinton
PetFirst Healthcare
Co-Founder and CEO
Brent Hinton's mission as co-founder and chief executive officer of
PetFirst Healthcare is to help pet owners have access to the healthcare
their pets need by simplifying the pet insurance process.
For 17 years, Hinton served as an executive for various non-profit
organizations. He also is an expert in animal adoption and welfare,
having served as director of the Kentucky Humane Society for eight
years.
Hinton's ...
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A cat therapist forever, Carole Wilbourn is The Cat Therapist. She’s published 6 books on cat psychotherapy and logged more than 100,000 miles making house calls to patients throughout the world. She’s been hailed as “the founding mother of cat psychology”, she co-founded The Cat Practice, the first veterinary hospital in New York City exclusively devoted to cat care in 1973.
Over the years, Carole has consulted with veterinarians to devise treatment programs for cats with psychological ...
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Born in Buenos Aires, Jorge Bendersky became interested in the sport of dog breeding and showing at a very early age. Growing up on his family's hacienda in Argentina, he inherited the tradition of caring for the animals on the ranch. Jorge also learned to manage all the myriad aspects of ranch life including its facilities and employees. Later in life, he took on the duty of managing his family's boutique hotels across Argentina. His experience with the family business gives Jorge the ability ...
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After a successful career as a Speech and Language Pathologist, Marcello Forte followed his dream to help New York City's homeless animals. For the past seven years as Executive Director of Animal Haven, Marcello has played a significant part in helping solve the city's pet overpopulation problem.
Marcello's vision has taken Animal Haven from a small Queens-based shelter to an organization that includes a upstate sanctuary, mobile adoption program and innovative adoption center ...
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After pursuing a career in the equine industry, Rachel Farris joined the PetRelocation.com team in early 2006. PetRelocation.com is one of the most experienced, respected & technologically-advanced pet relocation companies in the world, specializing in door-to-door domestic and international pet relocations worldwide. Farris has coordinated hundreds of relocations for pets big and small – gerbils from Zurich to New York, fourteen horses from California to Honduras, and one very large collection ...
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i have two cats. sisters, same litter. they both eat the same food. roxy, my black cat is fine. stripie, my tabby is not. stripie has for as long as i can remeber, has terribly stinky loose stoole. stipie aslo on occasion has blood in it. i asked the vet about this. they seemed clueless and offered to do $550 on various tests to see whats wrong. i cannot afford this. i am also scared that they will find something terrible like cancer. i have tried various foods out on my cats, like always roxy is fine, but stripie continues with the stinky, occasionally bloody, loose stoole. is there anything that you could suggest to help relive my kitty of this problem that wont cost me an arm and a leg? (they both have had shots, and have been dewormed before winter.) thank you.?
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Your pet could be seriously ill due to a multitude of ailments. It would be impossible to diagnosis your pet’s particular illness without a visit to a veterinarian. I would suggest you seek immediat...
Date: Dec 15 2009
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Hi Andrea! were thinking about what dog to get we already have a german shepherd and a Rottweiler!We have a farm with cows,other horses,pigs,sheep,goats etc.What kind of dog should we get please awnser?
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Hmmm...this is a tough question because there are so many amazing types of dogs both purebred and mixes. Of course, it is most important to focus on the temperament of the dog. That is, a d...
Date: Oct 30 2009
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i have a 4 week old kitten that i have been bottle feeding the powder formula i bought for her at the pet store for about 5 days. yesterday she started having diaheria really bad. it is not as bad today. i was wondering if it could be because her teeth are starting to come in, if not what could it be from and how do i stop it?
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Hi there-
When a kitten as young as 4 weeks old has diarrhea it is vital to get to the veterinarian asap. At such a young age and body weight diarrhea can cause severe dehydration. Plus, of course, y...
Date: Oct 27 2009
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i have a 4 week old kitten that i have been bottle feeding the powder formula i bought for her at the pet store for about 5 days. yesterday she started having diaheria really bad. it is not as bad today. i was wondering if it could be because her teeth are starting to come in, if not what could it be from and how do i stop it?
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Hi,
Your kitten's diarrhea may be because of diet or worms, and/or many other causes. You would do best to have your kitten checked out by the vet. Good luck!
Date: Oct 26 2009
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I have a 7 mo old St bernard whom has had bowel issues since we got her. We have run fecals on her and she is fine. We have had her since she was 3 months old. We were feeding Nature Variety, even adding in some Raw diet with it. Didnt help. She still has diarrhea. We were then recommended to find one without grains so we switched to earthborn about a month ago. We were told to make a straight switch without doing the conditioning as it wouldnt hurt her sstomach. I have yet to see solid stool. Somedays in the AM is Soft but my afternoon is liquid. I dont know whats wrong,t he vet doesnt know whats wrong. Im really concerned. She is dehydrating herself and drinking massive amount of water to make up for it and then having bladder control issues. We have tried pepto and medicine prescribed by the vet that is supposed to be anti diarrhea but to no avail.! please help!?
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I would definitely recommend continued treatment with a veterinarian. If your current vet is unable to determine a cause, perhaps he/she could recommend a specialist in gastrointestinal or allergy re...
Date: Oct 08 2009
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