The New Holistic Way for Dogs and Cats: The Stress-Health Connection

Author:   Paul McCutcheon ,  Susan Weinstein
Publisher:   Celestial Arts
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9781587613432


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   17 November 2009
Format:   Paperback
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The New Holistic Way for Dogs and Cats: The Stress-Health Connection


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Stress is a universal cause of both wellness and illness in our companion animals. This book examines the health-stress connection and offers a progressive approach to physical and emotional care. Topics include feeding, vaccinations, training, environment, and more. Dr. McCutcheon's preventive approach to pet care embraces traditional and alternative health modalities in a complete holistic philosophy.

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Author:   Paul McCutcheon ,  Susan Weinstein
Publisher:   Celestial Arts
Imprint:   Celestial Arts
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.353kg
ISBN:  

9781587613432


ISBN 10:   1587613433
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   17 November 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Part One Healing Concepts  1 An Integrated Approach to Pet Care - 11 2 Stress: the Key to Animal Wellness - 39   Part Two Managing Stress -  3 Tuning into Your Pet's Needs - 61 4 Preventing Stress in Daily Life - 89   Part Three Assessing Unwellness -   5 Learn the Early Signs, Then Trust Your Instincts - 121 6 Working with Your Vet - 133   Part Four The Secret to Healing -  7 Choosing Therapies to Restore Wellness - 157 8 An Approach to Three Health Care Nightmares - 181   Part Five Final Passage -   9 Understanding Your Pet's Last Transition - 211   Appendix The Stress-Busters Diet for Dogs and Cats - 225 Selected Bibliography - 234 Selected Resources - 237   Paul McCutcheon's Acknowledgments - 240 About the Author Paul McCutcheon, DVM - 241 Susan Weinstein's Acknowledgments - 242 About the Author Susan Weinstein - 243   Index - 245

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I really like the concept of looking at the whole animal from both a medical and an emotional standpoint. The New Holistic Way for Dogs & Cats offers a practical approach using mainstream and non-mainstream methods, along with valuable advice about how we can make our pets' everyday lives less stressful. --TEMPLE GRANDIN, author of Animals Make Us Human and Animals in Translation Before the word holistic became integral to veterinary medicine and practice, Dr. McCutcheon was already there. --Dr. Michael W. Fox, veterinarian, animal behaviorist, and author of The Healing Touch for Cats and Dog Body, Dog Mind Dr. Paul McCutcheon is always ahead of the pack when it comes to the health and wellness of animals. This book is just another example of this extraordinary veterinarian's forward thinking. --Ann Rohmer, host of Animal House Calls Dr. McCutcheon has looked at the problem we all face--stress--and put together a wonderful discussion of how it relates to our relationship with our animal companions, [as well as] protocols to deal with it. --Carvel G. Tiekert, DVM, founder of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association


I really like the concept of looking at the whole animal from both a medical and an emotional standpoint. The New Holistic Way for Dogs & Cats offers a practical approach using mainstream and non-mainstream methods, along with valuable advice about how we can make our pets' everyday lives less stressful. --TEMPLE GRANDIN, author of Animals Make Us Human and Animals in Translation <br> Before the word holistic became integral to veterinary medicine and practice, Dr. McCutcheon was already there. --Dr. Michael W. Fox, veterinarian, animal behaviorist, and author of The Healing Touch for Cats and Dog Body, Dog Mind <br> Dr. Paul McCutcheon is always ahead of the pack when it comes to the health and wellness of animals. This book is just another example of this extraordinary veterinarian's forward thinking. --Ann Rohmer, host of Animal House Calls <br> Dr. McCutcheon has looked at the problem we all face--stress--and put together a wonderful discussion of how it r


I really like the concept of looking at the whole animal from both a medical and an emotional standpoint. The New Holistic Way for Dogs & Cats offers a practical approach using mainstream and non-mainstream methods, along with valuable advice about how we can make our pets' everyday lives less stressful. --TEMPLE GRANDIN, author of Animals Make Us Human and Animals in Translation Before the word holistic became integral to veterinary medicine and practice, Dr. McCutcheon was already there. --Dr. Michael W. Fox, veterinarian, animal behaviorist, and author of The Healing Touch for Cats and Dog Body, Dog Mind Dr. Paul McCutcheon is always ahead of the pack when it comes to the health and wellness of animals. This book is just another example of this extraordinary veterinarian's forward thinking. --Ann Rohmer, host of Animal House Calls Dr. McCutcheon has looked at the problem we all face--stress--and put together a wonderful discussion of how it relates to our relationship with our animal companions, [as well as] protocols to deal with it. --Carvel G. Tiekert, DVM, founder of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association


Author Information

"PAUL McCUTCHEON, DVM, is the founder of Toronto's East York Animal Clinic, serving 5,000 patients, and a former director of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association and the Human-Animal Bond Association of Canada. Dr. McCutcheon penned the ""Ask a Vet"" column for Chatelaine magazine and has contributed numerous articles to Pets Quarterly, Dogs Annual, Alive Magazine, Health Naturally, California Veterinarian, Canadian Veterinary Journal, and the Journal of the International Institute of Stress. He hosted the popular Canadian television series Perfect Pet People and the radio show People and Pets.   SUSAN WEINSTEIN is a writer with a special interest in animals and health care. Recent articles have appeared in The Whole Dog Journal and Dogs! Dogs! Dogs! Based in Eastern Ontario, she has worked with Dr. McCutcheon as a client-collaborator since 1988."

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