Dr. Jean Dodds, DVM, a leading authority on canine blood analysis and vaccine research, as well as two local Veterinarians, Dr. Janice Crook, DVM and Dr. Gail Jewell, DVM, are kindly helping us monitor The Healthy Hound diet in our customers’ dogs over time.

We do this the most scientific way possible by organizing and collecting samples of our customers’ canine blood so that we can compile and analyze the results. For more info, please refer to the Annual Bloodwork section on our Things to Know page.

We feel blessed to work closely with these and other Veterinarians in our own community. We welcome any interested Veterinarians to call us or visit our shop to learn more about what we’re doing to offer a high quality raw food diet. Ask us about our 2 week free trial if you are a Vet. We’d like to give you an opportunity to try this yourself first.

While a properly formulated raw food diet will reveal external benefits in your dog(s) and may reduce the need to visit your Vet, we recommend keeping in close touch with your Veterinarian by means of annual wellness check-ups, including blood work and titers. Blood panels are a good way to monitor your dog’s internal well being and we recommend using them annually to have your vet monitor your dog's raw food regime. Think of it as a quasi-scientific way to prove once a year that your dog is doing well inside and out! Titers are a useful means of monitoring antibodies to viruses in your dog(s).

We often recommend taking a blood panel before you start the raw diet and again 6 months to a year after being on the diet as a good way for you and your Veterinarian to monitor together your dog’s progress. Don’t forget, Raw-fed dogs are an important point of reference for all Vets, so it is important that they have access to these dogs, even when they are healthy.