Treating Kidney Disease
There are many different causes of kidney disease in dogs including cancer, exposure to toxic substances, congenital defects and infectious disease. Whatever the cause in each case, kidney disease is often...
The Honey’s Blog
Useful, interesting and entertaining articles about dogs
How to treat Anal Gland disease
Unlike humans, but like other carnivorous mammals, dogs (and cats) have anal sacs aka anal glands. These are small, paired glands located on either side of the rectum. The lining...
Raw feeding cats and dogs – interesting and useful books
‘Outside of a dog,’ advised Groucho Marx, ‘a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.’ Quite where that leaves books about dogs’ insides...
A few words about something no one likes to mention
There’s no point in beating about the bush: this article is about your dog’s poo. Why? Because it is an important indicator of your dog’s health.
Raw feeding, kidney stones and the purine problem
A raw food diet without organ meat and with none of the high-purine vegetables is generally excellent for any dog with a purine metabolism problem.
A simple but effective feeding plan for adult dogs
Switching a dog to a natural diet couldn’t be simpler and if you are concerned that raw feeding will be complicated, time-consuming, risky or expensive please put such thoughts right...
Raw feeding and different health conditions in dogs
Quick links to specific conditions covered in this article: Gingivitis; Halitosis (bad breath); Arthritis; Cancers and tumours; Discospondylitis; Elbow dysplasia; Epilepsy; Hip dysplasia; Lafora disease; Luxating patella; Osteochondritis dissecans; Spondylosis;...
The mysteries of canine digestion revealed
The bond between humans and dogs is so close that it is easy to forget that, being different species, we have markedly different digestive systems. Dogs actually have the same...
What dogs eat (and don’t eat) in the wild
Every species should eat a biologically appropriate diet, in other words what they would eat in the wild or as close to what they would eat in the wild as...
A feeding plan for mums and puppies
Bitches fed on a well-balanced, raw food diet are more fertile, enjoy easier pregnancies and produce healthier puppies. The puppies themselves, if raised on raw food, grow into healthier dogs...
Diet and Addison’s
Thomas Addison was a quiet, humble doctor, dedicated to his students and patients at Guy’s Hospital, London. He was passionately interested in diseases of the skin and this led to...
Curing Canine Anxiety
I came to study anxiety in dogs in a roundabout way. My whippet Oscar was diagnosed with epilepsy and as a result of his illness I ended up studying neuroscience...
