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What Should I Feed My Pet with Cancer? My love for rescuing animals motivated me to study veterinary medicine. I have always had a house full of pets. All cats and dogs that I rescued were from the streets. In fact, for quite a long time, I was sharing my life with 4 dogs and...

Just like humans, dogs, and cats suffering from cancer or going through cancer treatment may suffer from a severe lack of appetite, which only contributes to further deterioration in their health and well-being. In fact, adequate nutrition is particularly important for any pet being treated with chemotherapy drugs since a lack of nutrition predisposes our...

Your dog’s walkies or your cat’s playtime is more important to you than your client’s presentation. You sometimes fall sick just so you can spend more time with your pet. Your pet picks your friends for you. Like literally. You plan your holidays according to your pet sitter’s schedule. Congratulations! You’re a doting pet mom....

You may have heard different stories like pets can only see in black and white, a warm nose means the pet has a fever or eczema in pets. To clarify some of these myths surrounding our fur babies, in this blog, I will help pet parents bust 8 common myths in the animal world! 1....

Thankfully, through the #NHVNaturalselfie donation drive, our amazing Social Media community helped us give back a 100-day supply of some supplements to Gramps – Milk Thistle for his liver, ES-Clear to help his body cope with cancer & Natures Immuno to help keep tumor growth at check. Gramps is senior kitty fighting cancer who received NHV supplements as donations. He lives with other senior rescues saved from euthanasia by...

Being integrative veterinary practitioners, we often see cancer in pets who need holistic care.  Many receive western medications and chemotherapy and we add in diet, herbal therapy, physical therapy, and acupuncture, and or spinal manipulation to enable our patients to be more comfortable, and stay in remission longer. Cancer, unfortunately is the leading cause of...

A wagging tail means a dog likes you. A soft purr means a cat is happy. But who decided that every tail wag is friendly and every purr is happy? Here are some common myths that pet parents have. You’ll find answers to some perplexing questions about pet parenting here. Myth Asparagus can be dangerous...

When Rhea’s mommy contacted us, she was looking for some natural support for Poppy, her dog with cancer. Sadly Poppy never got to use her NHV Cancer Support Pack and got her angel wings soon after. Rhea, Poppy’s little sister is suffering from heart problems and possible Cushing’s. She started taking Poppy’s cancer-supporting remedies in her...

Medicinal mushrooms are mushrooms that are used as medicine. They have been used to treat infections for hundreds of years, mostly in Asia. Today, medicinal mushrooms are also used to treat lung diseases and cancer. They are completely safe for pets on their own, or as an adjunct with chemotherapy. While there are over 100...

Medicinal mushrooms have demonstrated benefits for cancer, a compromised immune system, fatigue, chronic infections, disorders of the liver, endocrine, kidney, respiratory, and cardiovascular systems. It’s no wonder that the veterinary and medical communities are incredibly excited about medicinal mushrooms. But mushrooms as a healing food aren’t a recent development. In fact, throughout history, cultures around...