Hands to Paws

02/17/2026

02/08/2026

A good article on the known facts and side effects of conventional anti-inflammatory therapy. There are so many better holistic choices - acupuncture for one but also many holistic supplements that reduce pain without the dangerous side effects. The best therapy is multimodal and to find and treat the root causes of the symptoms. It is also very important to include nutritional therapy and hair tissue mineral analysis to identify key mineral inbalances that very likely are part of the root cause of the symptoms in the first place.

NSAIDs are commonly given to pets and horses for pain and inflammation. I'll show you why that's not a good idea, if you value your Vital Animal.

01/09/2026

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09/20/2025

Beautifully said

“Force is the surrender of wisdom.”

When I first heard the phrase “Violence is the surrender of intellect,” I realized how deeply it applies to the way we treat dogs. In medicine, in breeding, in daily care — whenever we resort to force, it often means we’ve abandoned the patient work of understanding.

Drugs are stacked to silence symptoms instead of asking why the body is crying out. Steroids, antibiotics, and chemicals are poured in like weapons, until the very terrain they were meant to protect is scorched. Breeding shortcuts are taken, pairing fragile with fragile, masking weakness with tests and protocols, while ignoring the generational cost. Even in everyday choices, we default to convenience products that override nature rather than walking in rhythm with it.

Force is what we reach for when we no longer have answers. It is the white coat declaring “terminal” without asking what built the disease. It is the culture that would rather medicate than nourish, patch rather than rebuild, silence rather than listen.

But wisdom asks us to pause. To see the symptom as a messenger, not a mistake. To see the body as intelligent, not defective. To see our role not as conquerors of disease, but as stewards of health.

Without that shift, there is no true healing — only the brutality of force dressed up as care.

The way forward is not more domination of the body, but more reverence for its design. To reclaim the wisdom that nature wrote into every cell, and to remember: dogs were never meant to just survive our interventions. They were meant to thrive. ❤️🐾❤️

01/25/2024

Please watch this video. Lots of pets getting sick folks… if you’re feeding any of these foods mentioned in the video please stop. Check out “Saving Pets One Pet at a Time” page for the most up to date information.

We understand pet parents are concerned! We are trying to get answers as soon as possible. At this time we do not know the specific contaminant, but have sam...