For many decades, I have cared for animals, my own and those entrusted to me, as a pet sitter, a veterinary technician and assistant, a wildlife rehabilitator, in animal rescue, and, for the last 24 years, as the founder of SFRAW. Along the way I have kept notes: the questions members ask me at the counter and in consultations, the protocols I have refined with my own animals, and what I have watched work, and not work, when an animal is growing, healing or growing old.
The SFRAW Companion Guides are where those notes and my knoweledge will come together in an organized "go to" reference.
Each guide is a booklet that contains a review of my tried and true suggestions that you can read from beginning to end. My approach is grounded in the use of homeopathic remedies, Natural Rearing and the teachings of Juliette de Bairacli Levy, and modern functional wellness and regenerative health/healing tools. The research that supports it is gathered at the back for anyone who would like to read further. Where it helps, a guide comes with an interactive planner tool. Here, you can enter your animal's details, and the planner turns the booklet into a plan for your dog or cat, scaled to their weight and narrowed to their situation.
These guides are meant to be used alongside the care of your holisitc or homeopathic veterinarian who knows your animal, not in place of it.
The Companion Guides share my experience as a non-veterinary professional; they are provided for educational purposes only, and they will be revised as new research and experience come along.
Available now
Raw Feeding and Natural Rearing for the Brood Bitch & Nutrition/Care Calculator for Pregnancy thru Weaning
Surgery: Natural Pre and Post Surgery Suggestions & Surgery Care Planner
Coming soon
The Naturally Reared Puppy: The SFRAW Puppy Protocol
The Parts Guide: Organs and Offal
The Parts Guide: Raw Meaty Bones
Omega-3s from Whole Foods
Nourishing the Kidney Dog: Meeting the Needs of Chronic Renal Failure
The Liver and the Low-Copper Dog
Gentle on the Pancreas: Suggestions for Pancreatitis
Nourishing the Heart: Cardiac Concerns
When the Sun Goes Down: Sundowners and Dementia in Senior Pets
I am working through these now, and I will add each one here as it is ready. If there is a subject you would like to see in this series, please let me know. Also if you fnd errors or omissions, I would appreciate if you could report these mistakes to me so I can make any necessary revisions or corrections. I hope these help you and your animals as you meet challenges and make important decisions that impact the quality and length of time (never enough) that you have together.