The threat of McDonaldization
‘Corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned; they therefore do as they like.’ – Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow.The veterinary professional has always attracted people...
The Honey’s Blog
Useful, interesting and entertaining articles about dogs
Why I feed raw
It’s easy to forget – given how divorced from the natural world most people are – but humans belong to the animal kingdom. We have evolved, developing a completely different...
Let Food Be Thy Dog’s Medicine
Humans understood that diet and health were connected many, many thousands of years ago. It is core to all the traditional medical systems throughout the world. One finds it in...
Soil health and canine health
I was in love with soil as a child, of course. I played with it, rolled around in it and – if photographic evidence is to be believed – ate...
A short guide to supplementation
Supplements for pets. Wonderful cure? Potentially damaging? A complete waste of time? Well, of course, the answer is all three. They can be life changing in certain situations, wasteful, or,...
The Honey's Weight Loss Plan
Making your New Year’s resolutions? If Fido or Fifi need to lose a few pounds, this new miracle weight loss plan for dogs is just the trick. Jennifer Brady is...
What's in a smell?
We all know that a dog’s sense of smell is incredible and far superior to our own, with over 300 million scent receptors in its nose compared to our paltry...
Why dogs love bones
The connection between dogs and bones goes back to ancient times. In some translations of Aesop’s The Dog and Its Reflection, written over two and a half thousand years ago,...
To test or not to test?
Over Dr Dubin’s long (he has been in practice for over sixty years) and successful career as a US-based vet he has seen an increasing reliance on ‘tests’ as opposed...
Yes, your dog understands and loves you
Research shows that dogs have large vocabularies and stunning social intelligence.I’ll never forget the day my daughter came home from school, looked at me sombrely, and said: ‘My teacher says...
Cats in Religion
Fabulous felines, inscrutable in all things, appear in various religious traditions, and what follows is merely a brief selection of some of the many beliefs and customs that they have...
Cancer in Dogs: Is it preventable?
Cancer in dogs is almost as prevalent as it is in humans. Could it be prevented? Dr Vicki Adams, Veterinary Epidemiology Consultant, looks at different ways we can reduce the...
