by Carrie Turner, DVM | Apr 17, 2020 | Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Nutrition, Vet Med
Dogs with epilepsy can be difficult to manage and may have “breakthrough” seizures even while on high doses of anti-seizure medications like phenobarbital. People who have dogs like this often seek alternatives – they dislike the side effects of phenobarbital (think...
by Carrie Turner, DVM | Jan 24, 2019 | Nutrition
Dog food has its place in this world. Dog food is convenient and recycles food of limited value and unfit for human consumption, but still of some value to pets. These are animal parts that would otherwise end up in landfills and instead are made into a convenient way...
by Carrie Turner, DVM | Jan 2, 2019 | Acupuncture, Nutrition, Rehabilitation
Just as we try to lay a solid foundation for life-long health in our children and ourselves, a high-quality, long life for a dog starts by setting the stage for optimal health in the puppy years. A dog’s natural life span is unfairly short compared to a human’s. It is...
by Carrie Turner, DVM | May 1, 2018 | Nutrition
So it’s lunchtime here at Heal Headquarters. I’m making the vegetable everyone loves to hate. The hipster cafe fav, yes the four-letter-word of the vegetable world: kale. And to make it even worse, I’m going to feed it to my dogs....