by Cat Lane | Jul 1, 2026 | Blog
Healing herbs on wooden board. Herbal Learning Group medicine. This short entry today is intended to reach people who might be interested in a herbal learning group, a new Facebook group, one that is geared to the more serious student of herbalism – and specifically...
by Cat Lane | Jun 4, 2026 | Blog
Zinc is a nutrient that is often low in homemade diets, raw or cooked. And it’s one every home feeder should be aware of, because it plays such an important role in the body. Variety and rotating foods will not guarantee that your dog is receiving the amount he needs,...
by Cat Lane | Apr 24, 2026 | Blog
Hello Readers, and Welcome to another Instalment of (I really must find a catchier title) How Very Important it is to Use Basic Nutrition to Formulate Recipes. 😊 I hope many have seen the pdf addition from very recently, if not you can read it...
by Cat Lane | Mar 27, 2026 | Blog
Bilberry is an under-utilized herb in Western herbalism for dogs, and one I rely on regularly for many reasons, as you will see. I recently did a little Facebook info-series and promised a fuller monograph soon, so here we are. I welcome questions as always....
by Cat Lane | Mar 20, 2026 | Blog
As an herbalist I am confronted, on a daily basis, with dogs (and cats, and humans) who present with multiple health issues, often that have been treated medically but are either not responding, or responding but with heavy fallout, as in side effects. Dog owners, who...
by Cat Lane | Mar 16, 2026 | Blog
As spring approaches, many dog lovers are bracing for weather that can turn their dog into an itchy, relentlessly scratching misery, and seeking online support just in case anyone has found a perfect solution – a new supplement that stops itching without the side...
by Cat Lane | Feb 4, 2026 | Canine Nutrition
Happy 2026 to my Readers, and I hope you all enjoyed a happy and healthy holiday season. Mine was very quiet – just how I like it – with a much-needed break, and more time to spend with my bird, dog and cats. Now that 2026 is in full swing, decorations down and goals...
by Cat Lane | Sep 28, 2025 | Blog
Taking stock of how far the world of canine nutrition has come in the 28 years since I bought my first copy of Richard Pitcairn’s seminal Natural Health for Dogs and Cats, I am always blown away by how far we have come, in terms of consumer knowledge, science, and...
by Cat Lane | Sep 15, 2025 | Blog
Ashwagandha has recently emerged as a “Top Ten” Herb of Commerce, in the canine world anyway – one of the herbs that everyone is giving or at the least, talking about. And while I deeply applaud herbal knowledge shared widely, it needs to be used wisely as well. As I...
by Cat Lane | Sep 3, 2025 | Blog, Canine Nutrition, Recipes
Hello Readers – Many of you have heard me repeat, like a mantra, that nutrients do count, that guesswork will diminish the value of a homemade diet, that variety does not equal adequacy – and, that it is very easy to learn how to formulate balanced recipes, it is...
by Cat Lane | Jul 13, 2025 | Blog, Consultations, Herbs - General, Herbs - Human, Services
A Popular Addition to the Canine Diet Today I want to address a popular addition to the canine diet, one I see popping up all over – almost as commonly as turmeric – today we look at cinnamon. Again I’ll say, that an herbalist rarely recommends...
by Cat Lane | May 4, 2025 | Blog, Consultations, Herbs - General, Herbs - Human, Services
Hello and welcome to this special corner of my website. My approach to health and wellness is, for humans as for dogs and cats, an integrated path of herbal formulations-herbs, with dietary adjustments as indicted. While most people think of me as a canine or animal...
