Product Description

“In these pages, Kymythy Schultze has provided an excellent nutritional text to help us build a healthier life for our animal friends.”— Dr. Stephen R. Blake, Jr., D.V.M. “[This book is] an excellent starting point for us all. Its pages are filled with helpful hints, good advice and most important, logic and common sense.”— Dr. Bruce W. Cauble, D.V.M.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #74053 in Books
• Published on: 2003-12-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .40 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 135 pages

About the Author
Kymythy Schultze has been a trailblazer in the field of animal nutrition for over a decade. Her professional experience with animals includes being a trainer, a breeder, a groomer, a veterinary assistant for multiple doctors, and a wildlife rehabilitator licensed with the federal government. She has studied many holistic modalities, including tutorage with Dr. Richard Dahout, and canine nutrition at Cornell University. She has also hosted a popular radio show featuring health and community service issues. Kymythy is a certified Animal Health Instructor and Clinical Nutritionist, and teaches classes in Natural Nutrition and Holistic Care for Dogs and Cats at a Southern California college, and through workshops worldwide. Her nutritional recommendations are endorsed by both holistic and allopathic veterinarians. She has fed her own dogs and cats a species-appropriate diet of raw foods for many years with proven results. Her breeding program has produced American and international champions titled draft, obedience, and water rescue dogs, and most important, beloved family companions. She has helped hundreds of people all over the world improve the health of their dogs and cats, naturally. Kymythy is editor of the "Holistic Dog and Cat Newsletter" and author of Natural Nutrition for Dogs and Cats: The Ultimate Diet.

Customer Reviews

Easy reading, sound advice
This book is great for the novice barfer. It is easy to follow and certainly convinced me of the need to move over to this diet. My puppy looks great on his meat, veg and bones and rarely misses a meal. I really would recommend lots of reading with barf but certainly get this book first as it will give you a sound basis from which to start from.

Excellent, logical, easy-to-follow plan
I appreciated the straight-forward dietary advice in this book - pretty much the only resource in book form I've found for feeding my dog a regular-food diet. The author doesn't spend time on soapbox diatribes against packaged pet food, or trying to convert readers to a philosophical viewpoint. She simply dispenses intelligent, easy-to-follow advice for feeding your pets a diet of raw meaty bones, meat and vegetables.

Diet plans are clearly explained and arranged according to species (dog or cat) and your pet's weight, with ratios of how much to feed your pet, how often to feed and suggested monthly menu plans for variety. There's also excellent info on dietary supplements and meal additions if needed, as well as good advice on treats and troubleshooting health problems that can be relieved or solved with simple diet changes.

It should be noted that this is a US book so the measurements are not metric, but they're easily convertible.

My dog is thriving on this plan, my pet food bills are amazingly low and it's so much more convenient than opening cans and packages. But the best result is how happy, healthy and beautiful my dog has become since starting the food plan a few months ago. I'm so glad I discovered this book.

THE book for those considering or feeding natural food
This book contains all the necessary information to commence and continue to feed your cat and/or dog a natural diet. I changed my dogs from a commercial food to the natural food diet detailed here and saw an improvement in general health and condition, cleaner teeth and no more allergies or itchy ears