Pet Doc Donna! A comprehensive holistic and herbal guide to healing your pet naturally!

Dr. Donna Kelleher, holistic veterinarian and author focusing on immune support
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Pet Doc Donna! A comprehensive holistic and herbal guide to healing your pet naturally!

See animal care in a whole new light by learning safe, effective ways to boost your pet's health using holistic treatments. I will be sharing my knowledge as a holistic veterinarian for twenty-seven years, as well as interviewing other holistic vets on a variety of topics. In the United States, more people want holistic options to cure or prevent their pets' diseases, but the veterinary profession does not train new students to meet the demand. My goal is to spread the word about our successes curing immune-mediated diseases, kidney disease and cancer to encourage new veterinarians. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna943/support

  1. Interview with Dr. Richard Pitcairn: Veterinary homeopathy and energy based medical approaches

    03/07/2022

    Interview with Dr. Richard Pitcairn: Veterinary homeopathy and energy based medical approaches

    Get to know a living legend! Dr. Richard Pitcairn was a pioneer, with his book, "Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats." Many of us used his book when their were no others. In this podcast, we get to know him: what motivated him to veer towards a more holistic path and we are introduced to specific helpful remedies as well as diving into what homeopathy is, how it originated and how it works. This naturally dovetails into a new way to see medicine, through the lens of energetic systems. I hope you find this podcast fascinating and can share it with your friends! #DrPitcairn #naturalhealth #holistic #holisticveterinary #veterinary #homeopathy #dogs #cats #energy #energeticmedicine #medicine  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna943/support

    57 min
  2. How to cure immune-mediated diseases holistically

    03/07/2022

    How to cure immune-mediated diseases holistically

    In this episode, PetDoc Donna describes how to help and sometimes cure pets suffering from immune-mediated conditions. By identifying triggers, using acupuncture to shift the immune system's focus, correcting the biome, changing the diet, using herbs to tonify and balance, these cases can be cured within 6 months. We do not suppress symptoms or inflammation except in the case of thromocyctopenia and anemia when steroids may be critical to save the life of the cat or dog initially. Did you know immune-mediated problems are skyrocketing in humans and in pets? Inflammation is our greatest problem because it can literally destroy tissues within the body. By switching single protein diets once a month (treats to match), choosing and tweaking herbal approaches and acupuncture weekly, these cases can be some of the most gratifying because a cure is possible.  When symptoms are just suppressed, the condition is not cured and often the immune system cleverly finds way around pharmaceutical suppression.  #holistic #veterinary #immune-mediated #cats #dogs #PLE #PLN #DM #IBD  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna943/support

    26 min
  3. Natural flea prevention and why it's vital to your pet's health and longevity and should be an integral part of every veterinary preventative program,

    07/06/2022

    Natural flea prevention and why it's vital to your pet's health and longevity and should be an integral part of every veterinary preventative program,

    Fleas are always teaching us how to be better caretakers by showing us our pets' weaknesses. As they are attracted to the weakest pet with the lowest vital force. Fleas generally like the tail base of your pet because it has the lowest vital energy. As soon as the pet ingests our vitamin/mineral mix (listen to that podcast to find out how to make it) as well as a raw diet with fresh organic greens ground into their food, the vital force increases and the fleas are naturally repelled. There are various topical preventatives but they generally are less effective without addressing the overall diet. Topical treatments such as Wondercide  and Dermascent essential oils treatments can be helpful in certain conditions. Drying agents such as Fleago, Fleabusters Diatomaceous earth or other environmental products can be helpful and unlike chemical flea "drugs, fleas cannot get resistant to these drying agents. Remember fleas are only on the pet 5% of the time. Most of the time, they are in the environment and difficult to detect. #fleas #fleaprevention #natural #naturalfleacontrol #holistic #veterinary  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna943/support

    20 min
  4. How to correct EMS (Equine Metabolic Syndrome) and veterinary endocrine dysfunction in dogs and cats too which are epidemic in all species using specific diet and lifestyle changes.

    19/05/2022

    How to correct EMS (Equine Metabolic Syndrome) and veterinary endocrine dysfunction in dogs and cats too which are epidemic in all species using specific diet and lifestyle changes.

    Pikante is a 24 year old horse who had been getting sick with insulin resistance for many months causing him to be more lethargic, deposit fat all over his body and seem to head towards Cushings disease, thyroid disease and down a difficult metabolic pathway full of endocrine problems. But Kate, Pikante's person, put her thinking and researching cap on and changed his carbohydrate fat and protein ratios. He is now eating rice bran, teff and alfalfa pellets, taking Platnum performance and Insulinwise (supplements) and getting over 200 minutes of exercise per week. Kate's concentration was on keeping his nonstructural carbohydrates between 10-12% of his diet.  If possible he also gets his hay soaked for less than an hour to remove the sugars, but retain the calcium. Please comment and share if you have thoughts! Pikante's insulin went from 209 to less than 9, meaning the problem became under control, not with pharmaceutical medications, but with management of his diet.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna943/support

    13 min
  5. PetDoc Donna interviews Dr. Jeff Judkins, a 30 year veteran of holistic veterinary medicine whose Ashland Oregon practice keeps on curing chronic disease even through the pandemic.

    12/05/2022

    PetDoc Donna interviews Dr. Jeff Judkins, a 30 year veteran of holistic veterinary medicine whose Ashland Oregon practice keeps on curing chronic disease even through the pandemic.

    Join Dr. Donna's candid conversation about holistic veterinary medicine. How did Dr. Judkin's go from a conventional vet to a holistic one? What diseases has he helped? What is his medical philosophy and how did it evolve?  These are some of the questions approached in this interview. Just like PetDoc Donna, Dr. Judkins utilizes acupuncture, homeopathy and herbs but his concentration is on diet. When the dogs come into his practice they get to eat treats made from crickets (which are non allergenic) so he really is not afraid to try new things. An accomplished mandolin player, Dr. Judkins reminds young veterinarians about the importance of work/life balance and he has no plans to retire. #vetlife #veterinarian #holistic #holisticvet #acupuncture #work/life balance.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna943/support

    18 min
  6. How many times a day should you feed your dog or cat and why?

    08/05/2022

    How many times a day should you feed your dog or cat and why?

    The University of Arizona's Canine Cognitive Center issued their observations that dogs are smarter and live longer being fed once a day instead of more often and it's sent the pet world into a panic! I reviewed the findings. It's important to note they are only observations not a double blind study and have not been published or peer reviewed.  Also the oldest animals in my practice, dogs over 20 years old and cats over 23 years old are all fed twice a day.  This is an in depth discussion about transit time, pre and probiotics, immune and gut health and a review of some of the probiotics on the market today (I have no affiliation with them). Enjoy! #gut health #dogs #cats #rawfed #holisticfood #GIhealth --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna943/support

    13 min
  7. Interview with Dr. Judy Morgan, holistic veterinarian and author.

    24/04/2022

    Interview with Dr. Judy Morgan, holistic veterinarian and author.

    This interview is such a unique look into the early life of Dr. Judy Morgan, including how she became interested in holistic modalities, what were her early successes and how she sees the profession moving forward. Nutrition for dogs is her primary focus and she offers many ways pet folks can learn how to make food and see their pets thrive! Did you know a homemade diet, fresh and live foods can help your pet shed inflammation and actually move better and feel less arthritic pain? Learn more in this heartfelt interview.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna943/support

    55 min
  8. Balancing hyperthyroidism and kidney "failure" in Cats

    17/04/2022

    Balancing hyperthyroidism and kidney "failure" in Cats

    Greta is a nineteen year old kitty with quite a history. She and her person were homeless for 2.5 years, living in a tent in the cold one of Seattle's sketchy tent cities. She is one tough kitty!  Now, at nineteen, her person does acupressure daily to help her appetite and help balance the thyroid and kidney diseases. This balance is not easy and has cost the lives of many cats. On one hand, when you treat the thyroid, the blood pressure can reduce so much that the kidney disease appears worse and on the other, if you help the kidneys, the thyroid disease can worsen as well. For the hyperthyroidism, Greta takes just 1/4 tab of methimazole (conventional medication with side-effects) because of acupuncture and herbs (Thyrocalm, a human product with rosmaranic and lithospermic acids and the acupressure discussed in this video, her conventional medication has been low. Since methimazole is potentially quite toxic to the body (it's a chemotherapeutic but often necessary when radioactive therapy is not a good idea) our goal is to keep her levels as low as possible. The kidney failure is being treated with fluids, herbs acupuncture and now acupressure and is relatively stable now for over two years. Learn what we can do with combining holistic and conventional medicine! And share! Please support this work. We have very few ways to get the message out to you. (It is not supported by mass media and the pharmaceutical industry would rather you not know.) #hyperthyroid #kidneydisease #feline #cats #homelessness #acupressure  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna943/support

    13 min
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See animal care in a whole new light by learning safe, effective ways to boost your pet's health using holistic treatments. I will be sharing my knowledge as a holistic veterinarian for twenty-seven years, as well as interviewing other holistic vets on a variety of topics. In the United States, more people want holistic options to cure or prevent their pets' diseases, but the veterinary profession does not train new students to meet the demand. My goal is to spread the word about our successes curing immune-mediated diseases, kidney disease and cancer to encourage new veterinarians. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna943/support

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