Odette Suter DVM

01/12/2025

Very wise advice and I would add that this applies to cats as well. They too deserve your full attention and to live a full life. So many times I have witnessed clients rescue a 2nd or 3rd cat and all hell broke loose! NOBODY was happy in the end. As heartbreaking as it is to know about the many pets at a shelter, turning your own animals' and your lives upside down can end up making life miserable for everyone involved. Don't just follow your heart.

There’s this idea floating around that if you want another dog, you should just go for it. Follow your heart. YOLO.
“Life is short. Follow your heart. Just get the puppy.”
I disagree.
Not because I don’t want people to have dogs (I absolutely do).
But because *YOLO also applies to the dog you already have*.
Your current dog only gets one life.
One chance at the daily walks they love.
One chance at the training, the attention, the enrichment you give them.
And adding another dog before they’re ready can make their world much smaller.
I see it all the time in my career ...
People add a second (or third) dog too early.
Their first dog is still reactive, still struggling, still learning basic skills…
And suddenly the household becomes harder to manage, not happier.
Walks become separate.
Training becomes doubled.
The original dog gets less attention, less exercise, less calm time with you.
And the human feels guilty - because they didn’t expect this to happen.
This is the part few consider:
Most dogs are not truly “done with training” in under two or three years.
Almost no professional trainers I know add dogs quickly.
Most pros wait three to five years between dogs.
Not because they don’t love having multiple dogs… but because they know what it takes to give each dog a full life.
I’m not trying to discourage anyone from having dogs.
I’m trying to discourage having so many that nobody in the family (including you) can live their most fulfilled, calm, happy life together.
If bringing in another dog makes your first dog’s world smaller, then it’s not the right time.
Not yet.
You only live once.
And so does the dog who is already counting on you.

29/11/2025

If ultra-processed food HARMS EVERY ORGAN SYSTEM in humans…
why on earth are we still believing that kibble is “healthy”? 🤯

A massive new global review looked at more than 100 long-term human studies and found a consistent pattern: ultra-processed foods don’t just “add a few empty calories.” They disrupt every major organ system.

They hijack appetite signals… throw blood sugar off a cliff… fire up inflammation… burden detox pathways… alter the microbiome… and even affect the brain.

In other words: these foods literally change how the body functions... and not for the better!!

Now here’s the part that makes my eyeballs twitch:

No veterinarians will (hopefully) do this to their OWN body, so WHY do they insist that our pets can possibly thrive on ultra-processed food????? Someone explain this to me!

The science has been clear for years.
Yet so many still panic as if raw food — which is biologically appropriate for dogs and cats is radioactive and defend kibble like it’s the Holy Grail to a healthy life.

Guess what?

Dog studies echo the same pattern. Ultra-processed diets = more inflammation, more oxidative stress, more metabolic dysfunction. Real food = improved gut health, better immune balance, better markers of inflammation.

It’s not magic. It’s biology.

If these foods harm humans…
and the same mechanisms apply to pets…
why would kibble be an exception to the laws of physiology?

It’s time to stop treating pets like little waste recyclers that can “handle” anything.

Real bodies need real food.

Whether they walk on two legs or four.

**plady

28/11/2025

No surprise...

New DogRisk study out! 🧪🐾

Our new study compared energy metabolism biomarkers in 46 Staffordshire Bull Terriers fed either a kibble or a raw food diet over 4.5 months. 🐶📈

“Fat-rich diets may promote healthier metabolism, while carb-heavy diets can lead to changes linked to metabolic risk,” says the study's lead researcher Dr. Sarah Holm. ✨

Key findings:
-Dogs on kibble (high carbs) showed increased blood sugar, blood lipids, and bodyweight.
-Dogs on raw food (high fat, low/no carbs) showed decreased blood sugar, blood lipids, and insulin resistance markers.
-Raw-fed dogs had higher levels of ketones and relied more on fat for energy.

This research also shows that dogs could help us understand human metabolism ❤️🐾

Link to the article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090023325001662?via%3Dihub

17/11/2025

You know how some people are just in your life even if you almost never see or talk to them? 💞

Joan and I met 20 years ago when we both lived in the Los Angeles area. Despite distance in miles and years, we have stayed connected through our shared mission to facilitate healing for animals and the planet.

Joan Ranquet has now outdone herself again with her newest book. If you're looking to deepen your bond with your animals and learn more about who THEY are - their mission and purpose - then "Animal Chakra Healing" is a must-have.

This book offers practical tools to help. Joan explains how chakras work in cats, dogs, and horses, plus how to become a healing presence for them. Worth checking out if you love animals as much as I do.

👉Link to order in comments below - bonuses included :D.

15/11/2025

💔 Does your dog’s fear or anxiety feel never-ending?

The trembling, the pacing, the barking at shadows — it’s heartbreaking to watch. You’ve tried training, calming chews, meds, supplements… and still, peace feels out of reach.

But fear isn’t just a behavior. It’s communication — your dog’s body crying out for safety, balance, and healing.

That’s why I’m honored to join Ness Jones and over 15 experts worldwide for the Decoding Fear & Anxiety Summit, launching Nov 30.

We’ll explore what’s really driving fear — from the gut–brain connection to trauma, body language, resilience, and emotional healing — and how to help your dog (and you!) finally exhale.

🐾 Join us for this life-changing event → Link in comment.

Let’s turn panic into peace — together.


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**plady

11/11/2025

Truth!💥

Though this is part of a business training, it applies to everything in life.

As Einstein said, repeating the same thing over and over and expect a different outcome is the definition of insanity.

What are you doing over and over with your pet's that's "insanity" and holding back healing?

Rudy Mawer

**plady

10/11/2025

FMT time again 😂💩... perfect picture because someone came out right behind me, and it looks like my p**p hat is sticking out of my bag, which it really wasn't. 🤣

Joking aside, I was very reluctant to travel and downright scared... a kind of gut feeling and intense vulnerability that I might be putting myself at risk of being hurt (or worse)... but interestingly, so far, everything is moving along well without delays. It reminds me though of what Brené Brown said in a very enlightening interview with Steve Bartlett : "joy is the most vulnerable feeling to allow, because we fear the other shoe will drop." Allowing joy and staying open in the face of fear is not for the faint of heart 😅. It's yet another experience to strengthen the gnosis that I'm supported and taken care of. 🥰 We humans are such worry warts 🙃.

13/10/2025

What an amazing weekend with friends, dogs, great food, tons of fun and learning 😍. Thanks Feed Real Institute for making it so special for everyone! Your work and love for our pet companions is incredible! 💕

12/10/2025

Fun times... I got my chiro fix today 😁. Thanks Dogs First for receiving a bit of magic 🪄🔮✨️!

It strikes me, as Odette Suter does her magic on me (muscle testing) that we know, at least I know, nothing.

What is this magic?!!

I had tennis elbow for MONTHS in my left elbow. Pops up now and again. Last time was ten years ago. It got pretty debilitating, to the point I couldn't pick up a cup of tea without flinching.

A doctor said I needed anti-inflammatories and a physio. I knew enough to ask - why will anti-inflammatories HELP me here? How will it FIX the issue? Get rid of the kink causing it?!

Anti-inflammatories just mask the pain but the pain is telling you something's wrong. Pay attention. The smoke alarms are going off. Don't turn them off with a big stick and get back into bed dummy.

I went to an acupuncturist and one sitting she fixed me.

Now Odette says, as it has popped up again (it's been going on months) "I can probably identify WHY that's happening now as we sit here. Want me to take a look?"

S**t yes I do.

She does some muscle testing to determine where the issue is (look it up - she leans on your arm and when she touches the wrong bit your arm drops. You can't stop it. It's. NUTS.).

Within seconds she says I think your pelvis is wrong.

WHAT?! It's my elbow Odette.

She puts me on my hands and knees, leans on it a bit, hardly at all (she's a chiropractor too) and then was it. Did literally nothing else. Seconds of treatment. She then asks me how my elbow is.

It’s fixed, is how it is. Fixed.

No more pain. It vanished.

Unbelievable. I was struck by how many people are going around with these niggly pains, stuck in a loop on sh*tty meds, and someone like this can just come along and zap them back into good health.

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Can you muscle test dogs? Yes. But they have no arms so what you do is test the owner. She presses around on the dog and when the owners arm goes down she's identified a weakness.

You can even test supplements this way - you hold the supplement to the persons gut or head. If the body needs it, the arm will stay strong. If it doesn't it will go down easy.

Many reading this will be thinking "BS" but before we started she demonstrated how it worked - hold your arm out she said. I did. She tried to push it down. She couldn't without a lot of force. Then she placed the back of her hand on top of my head and down my arm went.

Need to learn more about this.