by Cat Lane | Feb 28, 2014 | Blog, General Comment
With just a couple of days until the doors open on the new course, I am entering course material this morning, and thinking about how exciting this journey has been so far. Some herbal friends have asked me why I am entering the whole MM – Materia Medica...
by Cat Lane | Feb 19, 2014 | Blog, Herbs for Dogs
This is a reprint of an article I did for Plant Healer Magazine some time back. I am offering it here today as I go about setting up the course and enrolling students – it speaks to the very heart of my work and why I feel that – far from a trivial...
by Cat Lane | Feb 18, 2014 | Blog, Canine Nutrition
The one question I have seen over and over from interested students and the newly enrolled alike – which herbs will we be covering in the course? well, fair question! First off, the ones we focus on will not be the *only* herbs discussed, but certainly the main...
by Cat Lane | Feb 15, 2014 | Blog, Canine Nutrition, Courses, Updates
I am getting a number of emails asking for two things; one, the details listed at the bottom of the course description, so I am going to just repost them here, without the description. NOTE: I have 27 applications for the scholarship so far; it is unlikely I will be...
by Cat Lane | Feb 14, 2014 | Blog, Canine Nutrition, Herbs - General
Over the last few years, interest in herbalism for both humans and other creatures has grown dramatically. Some call this “The Herbal Resurgence” and I for one love that name. When I was a teenager and into my 20s, there was a certain underground interest...
by Cat Lane | Aug 17, 2013 | Blog, Canine Health Conditions
A quick entry today, related to my recent focus on herbs for the anxious or stressed out dog. In my clinical work I very often meet dogs who exhibit a range of seemingly unexplained symptoms that have frustrated the owner for a long time. Many of them will improve...
by Cat Lane | Aug 11, 2013 | Blog, Herbs for Dogs
This is a topic that has come up many, many times on all the groups and lists I’ve been part of over the past decade; how can we use herbs to help our nervous, hyperactive, thunderphobic, stressed out dogs? I’ve written a fair bit here, and elsewhere, on...
by Cat Lane | Jun 12, 2013 | Blog, Canine Nutrition
So, with about 25 topics in the drafts folder and a bunch of assignments to mark today, I feel a pressing need to add this entry. It’s mostly because I am asked about it all the time, because I have strong feelings about this, but also, well sometimes the spirit...
by Cat Lane | Mar 5, 2013 | Blog, Canine Nutrition
I’ve been asked many times over the past month or so if I can comment on the problems with arsenic in rice, especially brown rice, and what should those who home- prepare a diet with rice do about it. I am taking the arsenic issue very seriously but as always,...
by Cat Lane | Feb 28, 2013 | Blog, Canine Nutrition
A few entries back I posted a cursory look at supplementation for canines – dividing them into Essential, General and Targeted. I find a great number of my clients present with (on the Intake form) a list of supplements they are adding, but often they’ve...
by Cat Lane | Feb 17, 2013 | Blog, Canine Nutrition
CANINE NUTRITION – 10 MYTHS DEBUNKED – It’s been 20 months since the first melamine-related pet food recall, and during that time, more dog lovers than ever have decided to turn to home made diet – cooked or raw – as insurance against a...
by Cat Lane | Feb 6, 2013 | Blog, Canine Nutrition, Courses
The Basics of Canine Nutrition This course is the foundation for all the others, insofar as here we learn about the topic from the ground up, starting with anatomy/digestion, nutrients and food sources, and basic nutrient requirements of dogs. I hear more...
