Ol' Shep's Well-being: A Natural Perspective

Have you had occasion to reflect on the continuing escalation of debilitating chronic illnesses like cancer, heart diseases, various forms of arthritis, and the many other autoimmune diseases, despite our advanced development and medicine? Maybe you've also wondered why some people and animals are so naturally healthy despite this trend?

The author Euan Fingal has offered up a free ebook to try to help us understand how we might improve our well-being and that of our domestic animals in general, but especially that of our canine companions.

The book brings together ample unbiased natural sciences evidence, and the experiences of many naturally oriented caregivers, to clear a convincing swath through the propaganda surrounding well-being, and the misguided understandings it fosters. Due to it being much more comprehensive, and more thoroughly researched, referenced, and reviewed, it supersedes the previous Ol' Shep articles on this site. Bon appétit!

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Microbes To Mankind, And Back?

Chew on this if you dare:  Have you ever stopped to consider what the human life form, indeed any higher life form, really is biologically, and how it integrates with the overall ecological environment?

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Nature's Magic Mirror

A departure from the normal presentation approach, this story is intended for the imagination of younger minds, and those that haven't lost such, to try to convey how important all animals are to us, and how companion animals reflect back the core of goodness in our humanity.  It's a short story about one day in a young boy's life, that has its roots in real life, but with artistic license taken to focus on the theme.

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Dr. P. Kibble Interview

On a lighter note, I'm offering up a fabricated interview that I modeled after a piece that has been kicking around the internet for a number of years.  Hope you enjoy it :o)  

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Is Soda Pop or Milk Healthier?

Interested in another thread of the “Chronic Illness Industries” real-life saga, replete with all the sorted chicanery a novelist might conjure up?   I'm trying to present this in bite-sized threads because there's so much material it's overwhelming.   Please come along for the journey to a more well-rounded perspective of our “advanced” industrial development and its effect on our quality of life – it's really not as boring as you might presuppose :-)  

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Ol' Shep's Plight: Diet

This article has been superseded by
Ol' Shep's Well-being: A Natural Perspective

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GMOs: Frankenstein in a business suit?

Animals, having senses more attuned to the  natural world, may have something to teach us.  There's a farmer in Illinois who had planted soybeans on his 50-acre field for years.  He also had a flock of soybean-eating geese that took up residence in a pond nearby.  Being creatures of habit, the geese returned to the pond each year to feast on his soybeans. But then one year, the geese limited their eating to only a portion of his field.

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