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Are you curious about how to apply food-as-medicine to your furry friends? Want to know more about the optimal diet for dogs? Looking for information on reducing toxicity when it comes to flea, tick, and heartworm prevention? Tune in to hear us interview Laurie Johnson DVM, Integrative Veterinarian and cover all this and more!
In this episode, we pick Dr. Laurie’s brain about everything from assessing your pet’s constitution to how to transition to a raw or real food diet. We discuss supplementation when it comes to your pet, how you can individualize your pet’s preventative regimen, and how to best work with your veterinarian to get the best care for your pet!
Dr. Laurie’s Bio:
Dr. Laurie Johnson is an integrative veterinarian practicing in Austin, Texas (AcuDog HerbalCat Vet). She is certified in Acupuncture, Food Therapy, and Tui Na from the Chi Institute, and Integrative and Chinese Herbal Medicine through the College of Integrative Veterinary Therapies.
She has over 15 years of experience with a diverse background in wildlife, emergency, shelter, small animal medicine, dermatology, soft tissue surgery and dentistry.
Find her at: AcuDog HerbalCat – Veterinary Medicine in Austin, Texas (
Also in this episode:
• Keto Reset Program Starts 8/21 (
• Dr Laurie’s Story
• TCM and Assessing Constitution
• Episode 383: Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine (
• Optimal Diet for Dogs
• SoCal Raw Fed Dogs (
• Instinct Dog Food (
• Smalls (cats) (
• A Pup Above (
• Chi Dog (
• Farmer’s Dog (
• Petdiets.com (
• Nom Nom (
• Barking Creek Kitchen (
• Just Food for Dogs (
• Why Consider Delayed Spay and Neuter
• Gut Health for Dogs
• Rebuild Spectrum Probiotic (
• GI Immune Builder (
• Supplementation for Pets
• Nordic Naturals Omega 3 Liquid (
• Herbsmith (
• Heartworm Prevention
• Flea Prevention
• Wondercide (
More Resources from Dr. Laurie:
• VDIlab.com ( : lab that has a lot of special testing that most integrative vets have access to. I use them most for GI vitamins and allergy screening. Much more affordable than a standard lab.
• DNA heartworm testing- I’ve sent to Canada in past- very tricky with customs. Apparently Auburn offers this test. Any vet can set up an account with Auburn’s lab to be able to run the test. Ideal when pet parents choose not to use a preventative. Detects living heartworm DNA – positive much sooner than standard testing. Heartworm – Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine ( .
• Animalbiome.com ( is an excellent company. tons of high quality research on microbiome health in dogs and cats and specific research on gut health with raw fed animals. Pet parents can test their pet’s biome. I tend to recommend this with all of my GI cases, chronic skin, immune health cases. Results vary a lot. Some pets have severe e-coli overloads and practically zero beneficial bacteria so they need fecal transplants and specific pre/probiotic and fiber sources. Inulin m…