Whole Health For Happy Dogs: A Natural Health Handbook for Dogs and Their Owners
By Dr. Jill Elliot and Kim Bloomer

As your dog's caregiver, it is important to know how to help your dog be healthy. With all the advances in pet nutrition and veterinary medicine, dogs should be living longer. By understanding the difference between health and disease, and how to use natural remedies, you can help your dog thrive well into the golden years.
Whole Health for Happy Dogs is a complete reference guide to help you understand what it takes for your dog to be at optimal health. From what you should feed to how to protect your dog from pesky pests, Whole Health for Happy Dogs offers everything you need to know for your dog naturally, including:
- What health is and what it is not
- Determining what breed is best for your lifestyle
- Key steps to keeping your dog healthy
- How to recognize disease and how to prevent it
- Tips on diet, nutrition, exercise, and choosing a veterinarian
- Natural treatments including aromatherapy, acupuncture, homeopathy, and chiropractic
- Conventional and holistic care—which will best serve the needs of your dog?
- Natural solutions for the home and yard to ensure the good health of your dog
- Compelling photography and illustrations throughout
Author Information
Jill Elliot, D.V.M., is a practicing veterinarian licensed in New York and New Jersey. She has been practicing veterinary medicine since June, 1995. Besides practicing conventional veterinary medicine, she has extensive training in many complementary medicines including Veterinary Orthopedic Manipulation (VOM), Low Level (cold) Laser (LLLT) and homeopathy. She trained with the renowned Richard Pitcarin, DVM, Ph.D. in advanced homeopathic treatment with animals. She then went on for further training in homeopathy with well known homeopaths that specialize in treating people both in Europe and the U.S. She further trained with a leading veterinary neurologist, William Inman, DVM, to learn the VOM and LLLT technology and Jeff Spencer, DC, who is the chiropractor to Lance Armstrong (8 time winner of the Tour de France) and other accomplished athletes to get advanced training in LLLT.
Over her years of practice she has successfully treated and cured many acute and chronic diseases using complementary medicine as well as conventional medicine. Not only does Dr. Elliot have all the knowledge and tools that conventional medicine can offer but she has additional tools to reach for from the complementary side to treat her patients. She tends to use the complementary medicines first when treating problems in her practice.
Dr. Elliot has lectured extensively both locally and at national conferences. She has appeared as a guest on many television shows both on news programs and some public radio. She will be speaking on the topics of Veterinary Orthopedic Manipulation and Low Level (cold) Laser therapy on July 20th and 27th, 2011 as a special guest lecturer at the Open Center as part of Susan Wilbur talk on Reiki with animals. Articles about her have appeared in the NY Post in 2006 and on Channel 11 news regarding the use of Neoplasene to treat animals with cancer. (See “Our Services” page for more information about this and a link to this article).
Dr. Elliot is committed to continually expanding her knowledge and experience in the areas of complementary medicine to offer her clients the most up to date and beneficial services available.
Kim Bloomer, Ph.D. has worked with animals in a variety of professions, including veterinary assistant and grooming assistant in kennels and pet stores, and has been caring for animals for over thirty years. Through challenges with her own pets, Kim has diligently searched and researched, and now applies what she has learned to the care of her own pets with much success to date. Her passion is to help others care for their pets for the wellbeing of the animals, and to reduce the costs for the caregiver in the process, by teaching them how to prevent illness in the first place. Kim and her dog, Shadrach have an RSS Channel on Natural Pet Health Care at Aspenbloom Well Pet
Table of Contents
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Introduction
1. What is Health? 3. Health-Care Considerations: Choosing the Care That is Right for Your Dog and the Best Person to Provide it
Appendix A: Breeds Appendix C: Treatments for Common Diseases |
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