Raw Remedies Health

11/20/2025

I'm a functional health professional for people and pets, and my advice to everyone out there looking to work with a professional is to interview them before committing to working with them, myself included!

Kelly from Saving Pets lists some excellent questions that you can ask your human or pet professional when trying to decide if they're the right fit for you and your health philosophy. I personally offer free 15 minute discovery calls for all my clients where we can connect, ask questions and get a feel for one another. Usually this ends in both parties wanting to work with one another. Sometimes, it ends in the potential client, or ME, deciding that we aren't the right fit.

Yes, you heard me right! Sometimes I'll feel that I'm not the right practitioner to work with someone after a conversation, and I'll refer them to someone else. Not everyone jives, and forming a connection and trusting relationship with your practitioner is important so that the end result is better health for your and/or your pet. So if the connection just isnt there, it's not right to force it. Refer to someone else knowing that it benefits them in the end. That my motto

11/15/2025

William Osler has long been considered the father of Functional Medicine, and Functional Medicine teaches that a patient is not just the sum of their disease. Rather, a patient is an individual living with a disease process, who needs a personalized health plan tailored to their needs in order to help them return to homeostasis.

We can only return to a balanced health state by understanding the WHY instead of treating the WHAT. That’s what I believe, and that’s how I approach medicine for my human patients and my animal clients. Education, empowerment and empathy are the pillars of my health philosophy.

When you believe that overall health is curated by doing more than just adding the sum of one’s parts, it illuminates a path to wellness that might have otherwise gone unnoticed. What do you believe?

11/12/2025

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Miss Piper finally went out and got a job- our new Emotional Support Office Dog! 🤣😍

For this of you who know, Piper has been struggling with separation anxiety since our move back home. Moving animals is hard at any age, and they can have more trouble adjusting to upheaval as seniors. It got to the point where, despite numerous layered approaches for managing anxiety, she broke her tooth on her crate and required an extraction. I was at my whits end, and was sure we would have to reach for a sedative pharmaceutical to keep her safe.

Then my husband reminded me that my workplace is full of wonderful, supportive, empathetic people who care about my wellbeing and the health of my family. So I asked the question- can I bring Piper to work? The answer was a resounding YES.

She is now showered with love, treats, and companionship all day. To be honest, I’m worried she might just move up the ranks and take my job if I don’t watch out! I’m so glad we were able to find a solution that keeps her safe, happy, and off medicine 🥰

11/10/2025

Did you know that Colgate tests on animals? Did you also know that Colgate owns Hills Science Diet kibble? Tell me they don’t care about our pets without telling me they don’t care about our pets. 🤷‍♀️

11/10/2025

Unfortunately, I received NO dedicated nutrition training across my 7 year Master of Nursing degree. Medical doctors only receive 8 across their 8 years of medical school and residency, and those hours are biased and tie into pharmaceuticals. This is a problem, unless your health professional goes back to school to learn about how nutrition impacts health like I did.

The same if true of conventional veterinary programs, except (in my opinion) it's worse. They do receive some nutrition training, and most of it pertains to feed animals (chickens, cows, pigs). The little dedicated small animal nutrition education they receive is based on processed feed (kibble) diets. Reps from kibble companies come in and lecture about how their 'kidney kibble' is best for pets with kidney disease, or how their 'GI kibble' is best for pets with chronic gastrointestinal issues. All the while, there is no discussion about a special appropriate diet and how it should be tied to a carnivores digestive tract.

When working with a human or pet professional, from a doctor to a vet to a nurse to a canine nutritionist, Kelly of Saving Pets One Pet @ a Time recommends that you ask them what kind of nutrition training they've received. It could be what makes a difference in who you choose; I know it would for me.

11/07/2025

We’re going live on Instagram in just 2.5 hours! If you have questions for Karen drop a comment and I’ll be sure to include them. Hope to see you there 👀

LIVE THIS FRIDAY Nov 7th at noon est with of 😍😍😍

We’re going to be talking about how animal communication can transform a situation from confusing to confident by illuminating next steps for our pets.

I’ll be sharing some struggles we’ve been having with Piper and how communication can be helpful for her. Do you have questions? Comment below, and I’ll ask Karen during the live! Can’t wait to see you all then 💜

11/07/2025

Injuries, accidents, and emergencies happen. Unfortunately, we’ve had several of those in this household in the last week alone. If I hadn’t already been prepared with some products on hand, I would have felt extremely anxious and helpless, far more than I already felt as any pet parent would no matter how prepared they are when their animal has an injury.

When bear hurt his neck and likely pinched a nerve last week, I pulled out all the stops and raided my supplement cabinet for everything natural that I had on hand for pain, inflammation, and calming. I had several products from as well as and my own arnica homeopathy which of course odd also pet safe.

But I also opted to give him three days of steroids, because although steroids are one of the most over prescribed and highly abused pharmaceuticals on the market, they also are helpful for acute spinal injuries and even life-saving for acute respiratory conditions, and when used as a short course for targeted therapy in addition to other natural modalities, they can be a game changer.

Within 24 hours, Bear was already back to walking normally, whacking his tail, and following me around the house like his usual friendly and loving self. So let this be a lesson that preparedness can make a difference when your pet has that accident or injury that you weren’t expecting. If I hadn’t had these on hand, I would’ve been taking him to an emergency vet because he was in so much pain, and would have only found pharmaceuticals there. Luckily, we were prepared, And Bear is back to giving me 100% chaotic golden retriever energy 💜

11/06/2025

The only kind of kid I’m interested in having 🤣🐈

11/04/2025

LIVE THIS FRIDAY Nov 7th at noon est with of 😍😍😍

We’re going to be talking about how animal communication can transform a situation from confusing to confident by illuminating next steps for our pets.

I’ll be sharing some struggles we’ve been having with Piper and how communication can be helpful for her. Do you have questions? Comment below, and I’ll ask Karen during the live! Can’t wait to see you all then 💜

11/02/2025

The obvious yet obstinately ignored truth

Last week, a veterinary social media influencer shared a video of a dog "gulping" chunks of a raw diet, including what looked like chicken wings, small drumsticks, and other typical raw meal components. She criticized the video for showing a dog not "chewing" his food, implying that chewing kibble was better for the dog.

Newsflash 1: (except for anyone who had cleaned up vomitus from a kibble-fed dog) Dogs do not chew kibble!

Newsflash 2: Dogs are not biologically designed to chew their food! Compare the dentition of a dog, with its sharp, pointed teeth, to that of a cow, with flat molars that grind when the cow first ingests grass, hay, silage, etc. And then re-grinds it when the how regurgitates it to chew its cud.

Newsflash 3: Dogs produce copious amounts of saliva, to lubricate the passage of chunks of food (meat) for swallowing. Animals designed to chew produce less, but mix it into their food by chewing and grinding the food to a small particle size.

Newsflash 4: None of this info is pointed out, in even the most casual way, in most veterinary programs. So please do NOT troll anyone who does not know this! It's not their fault, but rather that of the educational system that fails to promote feeding an animal in accordance with their biology. Zoo veterinarians get it, feeding the varied species they care for appropriately. Even pet stores get it, stocking everything from mice to crickets to other biologically appropriate foods for exotic pets they sell. Yet we still nutritionally abuse our dogs and cats with kibble/dry foods. And they pay the price in more illnesses, poor dental health, and chronic health conditions. We pay the price in higher vet bills.

It needs to stop. When you know better, you can do better.

10/30/2025

As we wrap up the topic for this month, which is musculoskeletal health, I want to talk about three very important nutrients that you should be sure you’re including in your diet to support your musculoskeletal system.

1️⃣ omega-3‘s are important for reducing inflammation in the body. Inflammation causes muscles, joints, and ligaments to be stiff, and this leads to pain and loss of flexibility. Unfortunately, most Americans have an omega-3 to omega-6 ratio of 15 to 1, when it should be no more than 4 to 1. For our pets, it’s even worse, with an omega-3 to 6 ratio of 30 to 1 if they eat kibble.

2️⃣ vitamin D is more of a hormone than a vitamin, and it works very closely with calcium along with other hormones in the body to support the health and density of our bones. Unfortunately, a huge population of people in America suffer from vitamin D deficiency, and this is also one of the nutrients that tends to be lower in homemade diets for pets unless people are mindful about ensuring ingredients high vitamin D are added to the bowl.

3️⃣ lastly, we have vitamin A. This is an important vitamin for many reasons, in this case regarding repair of tissues and formation of collagen, which is necessary for connective tissue and joint health. Although it’s rare to be low in vitamin A, it’s always an excellent idea to ensure you have enough in the diet.

I personally had an imbalanced omega profile, as well as low vitamin D levels. For this reason, I take double the recommended dose of cod liver oil than what is specified on the bottle. I also recommend including foods in the diet that are high in vitamin D and omega-3s, including pasture raised eggs, pastured beef organs (especially liver), and oily fish, including sardines, mackerel, herring, and wild caught salmon.

To learn more about musculoskeletal health you can:
➡️listen to this months Raw Remedies podcast episode (available everywhere including YouTube)
➡️read my blog about fish and suggested feeding models
➡️join my monthly newsletter

Links for all of these are in my bio. You can also comment ‘muscles’ below and I’ll send you the direct links!