Dr. Doug Knueven - The Holistic Vet

01/14/2022

Hi Everyone, Here's my Keynote lecture from the last American Holistic Medical Association Conference. Enjoy and let me know what you think.

Dr. Doug Knueven earned his veterinary degree from Ohio State University in 1987 and is the medical director of Beaver Animal Clinic in Beaver, PA. He has ea...

05/01/2021

🛑 I would like everyone to know that I have resigned as the Chief Veterinarian at Answers Pet Food.
A company is only as good as those who run it. I am saddened to say that those that I have trusted all these years at Answers have left the company and so must I. ☹️

02/21/2018

This video illustrates the ridiculousness of processed pet foods. Real (raw) food is best.

05/26/2016

Check this out! Beaver County embraces holistic pet care.

For Dr. Doug Knueven, owner and practitioner at the Beaver Animal Clinic in Vanport, about 90 percent of his practice is holistic medicine, an increase of 50-60 percent just six

04/07/2016

Acupuncture Can Work Miracles! Leave comment Stoney was 14 years old when he was carried into my office by his owners. His rear legs had been paralyzed for seven weeks and conventional treatments had not helped. X-rays revealed severe arthritis of his spine but that alone did not explain his conditi…

04/02/2016

The Natural/Holistic Pet Food Myth Comments (4) Most pet foods that claim to be “natural” or “holistic” are indeed not! All you need to do is look at the official definitions of these terms to understand what I’m saying. The standards for pet food labels are set by the Association of American Feed C…

03/23/2016

The Body’s Wisdom is Smarter than Nutritionists Leave comment Nutritional reductionists believe that they can formulate complete and balanced diets for dogs and cats. They create pet foods from ingredients that the ancestors of our dogs and cats did not have access to. The conditions under which the…

03/20/2016

Join Dr. Doug at Pittsburgh Event Leave comment Hi Everyone, I will be speaking about pet nutrition and vaccines on Sunday, April 3rd from 2-4 PM at Ringers Pet Dog Training in Natrona Heights (Pittsburgh area). http://www.ringerspetdogtraining.com/Upcoming-Classes—Events.html Please register for th…

03/18/2016

Your Vet’s Pet Food Misunderstanding Comment (1) As explained in last week’s blog, determinism is the belief that any subject can be best understood by understanding its parts. When determinism is applied to nutrition you get the kind of silly statements that veterinary nutritionists and pet food ma…

03/10/2016

The Folly of Reductionism Leave comment Reductionism is a common belief among scientists and researchers in Western medicine. The idea is that anything can best be understood by looking at its parts. When you comprehend how each part works then you can appreciate the thing of which they are a part.…

03/07/2016

Side Effects from Raw Food Comments (3) As a holistic practitioner, I treat the whole pet. Animals often come to me because they have a specific problem. The Western medicine way of dealing with such difficulties is to only focus on the issue at hand. In veterinary school we really learn more about…

02/29/2016

The Mystery of Homeopathy Explained Leave comment Most homeopathic remedies are very dilute. In fact any homeopathic remedy of 24X or 12C potency and above has been diluted to the point that statistically speaking, not even one particle of the original substance remains. Herein lies the major compla…