01/08/2026
🐾 A LITTLE CHANGE TO OUR FOOD SHELVES… WITH A VERY PERSONAL STORY BEHIND IT. 🐾
Over the years, Dr Michelle’s own pets have taught her a LOT about nutrition.
We’ve had our fair share of pets with allergies, sensitive tummies and inflammatory bowel issues, and like any pet owner, Michelle has spent a lot of time trying to work out:
“What can I feed them that actually makes them feel better?”
That journey has led her down a bit of a rabbit hole… 🔎🐶🐱
Looking more closely at ingredients.
Looking at how foods are processed.
Looking at protein levels.
Looking at carbohydrates.
And increasingly, thinking about the health and diversity of the gut microbiome and how the food we feed our pets may influence it.
What we’ve found through our own experience is that some of our pets seem to do much better on diets that are higher in protein, lower in carbohydrates and made from recognisable, minimally processed ingredients.
Food that feels a little more like… real food. 🥩🥕🍗
That doesn’t mean there is one perfect diet for every dog or cat — there absolutely isn’t.
And it certainly doesn’t mean that every pet with allergies or gastrointestinal disease will respond to the same food.
But it has made us much more interested in looking beyond the
traditional pet food aisle and considering what else is available.
So we’ve decided to bring that philosophy into Lithgow Veterinary Hospital.
We’re changing our nutrition range to include carefully selected diets that are high in protein and often a single protein only, minimally processed and made with whole-food ingredients in mind.
🐾 What you’ll find in our hospital:
Available in our fridge & on our shelves:
🥩 Prime100 (rolls, slow cooked wet food and air dried dry food)
& single protein treats
🐾 Frontier Pets (freeze dried raw dry food) & single protein treats
🥩 Ziwi Peak (venison only)
And now available to recommend through subscription or online purchase:
🥩 5 Hounds - single priotein & subscription
🍖 Big Dog (online, pet barn and pet domain)
🌿 Tyga — single protein cat food subscription
🥩 Lyka — ask us for a subscription code for to get a great discount off your first shipment
We’re really excited about this change — not because we think we’ve found the perfect food, but because we’ve found more choices that align with the way we increasingly think about nutrition.
And perhaps most importantly…
We’re going to keep asking questions.
Because nutrition is a huge part of preventative health, and what goes into your pet’s bowl every day matters.
If you’re curious about your pet’s diet, come in and have a chat with us.
We’d love to talk food. ❤️🐾 & we would love you to share this post for us so we can get the word out about our new thoughts on nutrition
