Cooking For Your Dogs

I read an early copy of Feed Your Best Friend Better by Rick Woodford and enjoyed it tremendously. The book is filled with easy, nutritious recipes for dogs and it’s beautifully presented with great visuals.

The author, Rick Woodford, began “canine cooking” when his dog Jackson was diagnosed with lymphoma. Rick credits homemade food with extending his dog’s life for four happy years.  Nutrition is the key to keeping dogs healthy, but often it’s a health crisis that spurs us to find better nutritional options for our dogs. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could get our dogs off to a healthy start right from the beginning?

All of the 85 appetizing recipes in the book have cute names like Puppy Pesto and  Bacon Yappetizers. There are also helpful chapters on how to read the nutritional labels on commercial dog food, and tips for problem behaviors at mealtime. There is even a clear outline on how to mix homemade food with a commercial diet if that’s your preference.

If you’re interested in cooking for your dog, I think this book should definitely have a place in your kitchen. Your dogs will definitely thank you.

Here’s Rick cooking up a few quick recipes, and he does make it look pretty easy.

When the Impossible is Possible

Eight years ago, I almost lost my Rhodesian Ridgeback Sheila. She developed an autoimmune disease and the prognosis wasn’t good.

Today, Sheila turned 10.  Her recovery was due to good nutrition, homeopathy, isotherapy, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), long walks, and agility.  I’ll never know exactly which therapy was the most effective, but it hardly matters. I think they all worked together to restore Sheila to vibrant good health.

A special thanks to my holistic vet, Dr. Marc Bittan, for taking care of Sheila and bringing her back from the brink.

And a very special Happy Birthday to “the Sheila.”

Wishing you many more.

While the Dogs Were Sleeping

Thomas Geraci, a writer for Technorati Entertainment, recently interviewed me about the book and what’s going on in our lives. Enjoy! 

“Follow My Lead : What Training My Dogs Taught Me About Life, Love, and Happiness by Carol Quinn is a story about a woman overcoming obstacles in her life by training her two Rhodesian Ridgebacks in the sport of dog agility. As Carol learns how to handle her dogs from her hard-nosed trainer, Irina, it is Carol who finds herself being trained in life.

I’ve known Carol for several years and when her book came out, I couldn’t wait to read it.  I have now read her book twice, the second time, highlighting passages that I know I will be referencing for years to come. Dog lovers will be thrilled with the story of the agility training, but everyone who has ever been in a relationship will find this book extremely eye-opening. The reader accompanies Carol on her journey that involves one bad boyfriend, a very demanding teacher, and two adorable dogs, Nairobi and Sheila.”  For more of the article, visit Technorati .