Holistic Animal Handbook: A Guidebook to Nutrition, Health and Communication [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Kate Solisti-Mattelon (Author), Patrice Mattelon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2004

MAKE YOUR OWN PET FOOD ---

Because of the tragedy involving tainted pet food, we feel that its important to remind people that there are alternatives to processed pet foods.

"We believe that once caregivers realize what actually goes into pet foods, they will take action. If we are committed to having healthy animals in our lives, it is critical that we take responsibility for feeding them correctly." - The Holistic Animal Handbook

The Holistic Animal Handbook is the result of the authors' many years of experience working with animals and their people, veterinarians, nutritionists, and positive trainers. It includes: Recipes for cats and dogs, Breed-specific suggestions, Bach Flower Remedies, extensive Nutrition and Health resources, and much more to provide the caregiver with the tools to help the animals they love lead healthier, happier lives.

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Book Description

The Holistic Animal Handbook is the first book to bring together practical information about diet, nutrition, and training with animal communication and emotional balancing techniques. The book guides readers into helping their companion animals themselves and encourages them to work as well with veterinarians, trainers, and healthcare practitioners. It includes chapters that explain how to prepare healthy, holistic recipes and Bach Flower Remedies for restoring an animal's emotional balance, and solutions for common behavioral and training problems. Focusing primarily on dogs, cats and horses, but relevant to virtually all animals, the book presents a dual premise: Healthy companion animals are better equipped to help the humans they love, just as educated humans are better able to comprehend their animals' needs.

About the Author

KATE SOLISTI is a professional animal communicator, as well as a prolific writer, speaker, and teacher who has gained the respect of veterinarians, scientists, and pet owners around the world. Through workshops, seminars, and private consultations, Solisti-Mattelon assists in solving behavioral problems, understanding health issues, healing past traumas, and fostering greater understanding between animals and their humans.

Product Details

• Paperback: 185 pages
• Publisher: Council Oak Books; Revised edition (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571781536
• ISBN-13: 978-1571781536
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,021,332 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Raw Diets, Flower Remedies & Animal Communication, July 4, 2000

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Sasha - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Holistic Animal Handbook: A Guidebook to Nutrition, Health, and Communication (Paperback)

This handbook, written by two animal communicators, is meant to serve as an introduction to the holistic care of animals. The book is divided into four parts.
The first chapter deals with nutrition and the authors point out some of the problems with feeding our canine and feline companions processed foods. They recommend raw diets, and the information provided is basic but quite good. Unlike many recipes/feeding instructions in holistic/natural health books for dogs, the two recipes (one for cats and one for dogs) presented here do not contain serious nutritional imbalances (provided one doesn't go overboard with the cod liver oil and uses bonemeal instead of substituting a multi-vitamin/mineral supplement with calcium).
Chapter number two deals with using Bach flower remedies to balance emotions. This is the best and most thorough discussion of flower remedies for animals I have seen in a book that is not devoted exclusively to this one subject.
The third chapter is entitled "Natural Techniques for Balanced Living Situations" and describes some basic training techniques for dogs, cats, and horses.
The book's final chapter focuses on interspecies communication and while much of it is too 'New Agey' for my taste, I'm sure it will appeal to many other readers.
There's also a good resource directory featuring lists of books, holistic vets, animal communicators, shops and mail order catalogs, etc.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New age pet lovers will love this one!, May 5, 2002

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Amisha B. Mehta "amylovesbooks" (Torrance, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Holistic Animal Handbook: A Guidebook to Nutrition, Health, and Communication (Paperback)

This book is a great resource for pet lovers to use in dealing with any behavioral problems their furry friends display. I would recommend it to anyone that owns cats, dogs, birds, or horses - tons of good information on what makes these lovely animals tick.

Based on the recommendations in the book, I bought "Rescue Remedy", and use it every now and then on my little dolls, Gigi and Lulu. It quickly soothes and relaxes them - works great! I wish I'd found this stuff before! This book also discusses bach flower essences, and which ones might be best for your animals, based on their behavioral problems. Gigi used to be a holy terror, and she's become the sweetest cat since I started retraining her.

Definitely check this book out if you are a pet lover! Another great herbal resource to try - prescription for nutritive healing, herbal meds. I will never take non herbal medicine or go to a non-holistic doctor again, if I can help it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great intro to holistic companion animal care, April 18, 2008

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Eleanor J. Garrett "eleanorgarrett" (Tyler, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Holistic Animal Handbook: A Guidebook to Nutrition, Health and Communication (Paperback)

I bought this book on a whim after reading about animal communication. Each subject that the book covers could of course be (and probably is currently) the full subject for yet another book, but it was a great intro to animal communication, raw feeding and the Bach flower essences. I read it in a day and was intrigued enough to buy another of the authors' books. Mind you, this is a book for people who are quite open-minded and seriously into their companion animals. Not at all traditional ways of taking care of animals, but certainly something worth looking into if you can open your mind a bit.