Integrative Canine

Check out this transformation on my client's dog Kodiak!!

We identified a protein gap in his diet and built a balanced formulation around what he was already eating. has also been running a serious conditioning program alongside the nutrition change, and two months later she sent me this photo out of nowhere with the caption of "He's bulking up."

Fuel matters. 🔥🐾

In my experience, I've learned that training problems aren't always training problems. Sometimes they're actually nutrition problems.

Coat quality that's just "okay." Recovery that takes longer than it should. Inconsistent energy and or focus. Soft stools or digestive issues you've gotten used to. Unexplained fluctuations in weight or body condition. Everything checks out at the vet's.

You've tried different training approaches, adjusted your timing, and gone back to basics, but something still feels off.

Most handlers immediately look at their training structure or the dog's drive. However, I've found that nutrition is often the limiting factor, and nobody's addressing it.

When your dog's diet has gaps such as missing micronutrients, imbalanced macros, or inadequate vitamins and minerals, they can't learn as effectively. They look "unfocused" or "inconsistent" when really, their body just doesn't have the resources it needs to perform.

To help you address this, I'm running Nutrition Checks this month. I'll review what you're currently feeding and identify the ONE highest-leverage change that will make the biggest difference for YOUR dog.

Not "fix everything at once." Not "here's 47 supplements to buy." Instead, here's the single shift that matters the most right now.

Whether you're feeding raw, kibble, or a combo, I can help you see what's missing.

$150. DM me if you want in.🔥🐾

I failed my first PDC attempt. Not because my dog wasn't ready - because my system wasn't.

I had trained for months. Our obedience was solid. Our bitework was dialed in. Everyone said that we were ready.

What I didn’t account for was everything outside of the reps.

I made the mistake of hyping him up with a ball on the walk to the field — a walk that was much longer than anything we’d ever done in training. By the time we arrived, his arousal was already high, and so was mine.

When we stepped onto the field, he picked up on my nerves, and started scanning his environment (instead of engaging with me.)

The judge told me to stop correcting my dog, and I felt my anxiety ramp up even more.

When he saw the sleeve outside the fence, that was it. We barely made it to the start cone, and I pulled him shortly after.

Looking back, nothing about that day was a training problem.

It was a nervous system load, recovery, and state problem — both mine and his.

That experience changed how I think about performance entirely.

Not “did we train enough,” but “was the system regulated enough to access the training?”

Drop a comment if this sounds familiar. You’re not alone.❤️🐾

I made the mistake of looking at the ingredients on a popular hydrolyzed protein kibble. 🤬😳🤯🤬

The first few ingredients are corn starch, hydrolyzed soy protein, partially hydrogenated canola oil preserved with TBHQ, powdered cellulose (which is essentially sawdust)....

And a whole bunch of synthetic vitamins and minerals that need to be added back in to make it "complete and balanced." This is NOT a food that a dog can thrive on long term, and does NOT address the root cause of the gut inflammation. It's a f*cking Band-Aid, and I will die on this hill. 🔥🐾

Come on. Do better. Seriously.

(Canine nutrition, dog food, dog kibble, dog allergies, dog gut health, canine gut health)