How To Decide On Your Holistic Animal Therapy Career My Taranet website aims to raise awareness about complementary therapies for animals. It educates people seeking careers in holistic animal care. The field can be confusing, with many professional organizations and therapies. So, where should one begin to train in a specific therapy? First of all my number one piece of advice is to know what animals you want to work with. Some courses enable you to work with all types of animals (either on completion of the initial course, or with further training). This includes: Veterinary surgeon Vete ..read more

How Lime Essential Oil Can Help Your Dog's Wellbeing Using Essential Oils With Animals? Essential oils are commonly used by people for a range of human wellbeing benefits. Not only do essential oils usually smell amazingly great, but they can help with many health and wellbeing situations. Our animals too can benefit from some essential oils. Have you ever noticed your pet or horse or other animal, smell certain plants or flowers when out in the field or garden? They will self-select what plant or flower they need to help them feel good. Zoopharmacognosy or animal aromatherapy are the terms ..read more

How To Help Your Animal's Skin Health Naturally Skin conditions affect many animals at some point during their life. In fact, research suggests: "Dermatological problems are one of the most commonly reported and hardest to resolve problems encountered by veterinarians in small animal medicine" (Scott et al., 2001). There can be lots of different causes - including: Food allergies Allergies caused by the environment (e.g. smoke, pollen, dust, etc) Fleas and mites Ticks Fly bites Hormonal imbalance Injuries (e.g. wounds) Plus many others too! If your animal has any kind of skin complaint ..read more

Puppy Portraits: Unleash Your Inner Photographer with These Doggone Good Tips Pet photography has become a cherished pastime, with platforms like Instagram serving as the perfect stage to showcase our four-legged friends. Capturing stunning, memorable images of your dog that stand out in a crowded social media feed requires more than just a smartphone and a cute subject. A touch of expertise can elevate your photos from adorable yet amateur, to professional and truly captivating. In this article shared below by Taranet, we'll cover some essential tips to help you achieve just that. Purchase T ..read more

How To Help Your Dog Travel Happier In The Car If you have a car and a dog, chances are you will either need or want to take your dog out in the car with you. This could be to go for walks, to go to the vets, taking your dog to work with you. Or seeing friends and family or even taking your dog on holiday. But for some dogs travelling can be very stressful. This can mean you have to change your plans, and you may get stressed yourself. As the last thing you want to do as a loving dog owner is create stress for your dog. How will you know if your dog finds travelling stressful? There can be s ..read more

Why Feed Your Cat A Raw Meaty Bones Diet? The following is an excerpt from The Pet Food Con, written by veterinarian Dr Tom Lonsdale and reprinted with permission. Your furry feline is a direct descendant of the wild cats roaming the deserts and oases of North Africa and the Highlands of Scotland. For optimum health your pet needs a diet of whole carcasses of other animals, fish, birds and insects. Fortunately, the pragmatic, available, affordable option – raw meaty bones – comes to the rescue. Pet ferrets, descendants of European polecats, can be fed a raw meaty bones diet too. 60% of cats ..read more

Discover These Reasons Why Your Dog Needs A Raw Meaty Bones Diet The following is an excerpt from The Pet Food Con, written by veterinarian Dr Tom Lonsdale and reprinted with permission. Switching From Kibble Or Canned Food And Its Benefits for Your Dog Congratulations. You are about to embark on a wonderful voyage of discovery. Switching your pets’ diet from industrial food to wholesome, raw, natural food akin to the diet of wild animals will bring innumerable benefits for you and your pets. Unlearn conventional dogma. Initially you may be feeling a bit apprehensive and wanting a smooth tr ..read more

How Aniseed Can Be Helpful For Your Horse's Natural Healthcare What is Aniseed? Anise is a herb from the parsley family, and is native to Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean region. However, it also grows in other parts of the world, such as areas in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. It contains several properties including: acetophenone, anethole, anise alcohol, estragole, limonene, p-anisaldehyde, and pinene. Why Use Aniseed With Your Horse? Aniseed Powder is often fed to horses for several reasons, including to help: Support the respiratory system - for instance to alleviate cou ..read more

Love These 5 Brilliant Mud Fever Prevention Tips For Your Horse What is mud fever? If you have a horse, pony or donkey then mud fever is an ailment you have probably heard of. But what is it? As I talk about on my holistic mud fever tips page here, it is a skin condition. And is a condition that doesn't only always happen in wet muddy conditions. How to know if your horse has mud fever? If your equine has any kind of soreness or skin irritation on his or her legs, do speak to your vet. There are many different skin ailments, which can look similar. So getting a professional diagnosis is essen ..read more

The Pros and Cons of Raw Dog Food Diets: Is It Right for Your Pet? Regarding diet, we are always conscious about what we eat and how it will affect our bodies. Likewise, when we are parents to tiny furry babies, we are concerned about how a particular diet will affect their well-being too. In 2022, around 58.1 billion dollars worth of pet food and treats were sold in the US alone. However, these pet owners are increasingly switching to homemade food due to the harmful effects that processed food has. But does that mean that you can add raw food to your pup's diet? Do the benefits of it ..read more