. All these impossibly busy people helped her without charge! All because they share her passion to see things change. And please note that though the book was written about dog care, many of these same principles apply to our beloved feline friends as well.
In Jan's Own Words:
Five years ago I gave my two "furry kids" the very best care possible-or so I thought. They ate a top brand of "natural" pet food, were "up-to-date" on their shots and always protected with monthly heartworm and flea meds. Not for one moment did I suspect that my good intentions were harming my dogs! Then everything changed when my dog Jiggy (the cover model) contracted a life-threatening disease. Research into his illness, and into the care I'd been giving, made me so furious I felt compelled to share my findings in a book. That book is Scared Poopless: The Straight Scoop on Dog Care. Whether you have a healthy new pup, an ailing old canine friend or something in-between, this book will open your eyes to the dirty little secrets of dog care and improve your dog's chances of staying (or getting) healthy and safe. Looking back on how naive I was makes me shudder. I still kick myself for being so gullible, for taking conventional "wisdom" as fact, for not listening to my "gut," for not questioning even the most preposterous advertising copy. (Singing puppies? Dancing dogs? Please.) As a former Manhattan computer executive used to dealing with the heads of Fortune 100 companies, I understood the cold, manipulative world of marketing and business. What I didn't realize was how much I'd been brainwashed! Unfortunately, just as health care for humans has become more and more about profits and less and less about patients' needs, so has the $36 billion pet care industry. Think about it. How did you learn what you know about caring for your dog? Was it from someone trying to sell you something?
Note from Well Beings: Unfortunately, someone trying to sell you something can include many veterinarians. A good example is the huge number of vets recommending prescription diets-whose makers by the way-teach the nutrition classes at many major veterinary universities and this is often the only nutritional training a vet may get-does conflict of interest come to mind?!
Annual vaccinations are another easy sell-think about it, how else do they get you in the door on a regular basis (though as good and responsible guardians we should schedule annual [ every 6 months for seniors] check-ups for preventative care and diagnostics). And by the way isn't it interesting that us humans don't get annual vaccinations. Are we to believe that humans are somehow super disease fighting beings and our animals systems are so weak they need constant boosters to remain healthy. Now I understand the types of things our animals are vaccinated against are different than us, it just seems totally illogical and improbable that they need constant revaccination when we do not. You'll learn alot about this topic in the book.
Other big "sellers" include manufacturers of flea and heartwork medications and the huge conglomerates that make all the cute commericials telling us that their kibble is all your pet ever needs to eat to be healthy (the complete and balanced myth) Never mind that cats don't even have the enzymes necessary to breakdown carbohydrates in dry food so how healthy can that be? To give a human example, Total cereal is touted as having 100% of most daily vitamins and minerals and it IS a healthy breakfast cereal, but how healthy do you think a person would be if that's ALL THEY ATE EVERY DAY, DAY AFTER DAY-you get the idea. Remember the old saying, "Variety is the spice of life" there's more than one meaning to that statement. For more information on commercial pet food
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