AboutCatherine Lane, Dip. CFN Expertise I offer qualified and comprehensive expertise, based on both extensive experience as a professional canine nutrition consultant to local veterinary clinics, breeders, natural food stores and individual dog lovers, as well as formal training (I currently hold a diploma in canine nutrition and am pursuing a Master's degree at this time). My background in dogs spans fifty years and my approach to nutrition emphasizes a reasonable balance between cutting-edge, holistic science, and conventional research and wisdom. I'm happy to discuss anything related to canine nutrition, including commercial diet, formulating a home prepared raw or cooked diet, diet for health conditions and life stages, pros and cons of raw feeding, performance nutrition, behaviour, supplementation,using herbs safely/ effectively, nutrient requirements, food sources and safety. Please check my website www.thepossiblecanine.com for a full biography and much more information on my training, experience, and results.
Experience I've worked with dogs in various capacities since the 1970's, when I was a veterinary assistant for my father's practise and involved in conformation with various breeds. Since then I have studied nutrition informally and formally with an emphasis on canine studies.I have been working as a canine nutrition consultant for eight years professionally; I take referrals from several local veterinary clinics, working mainly with health conditions such as IBD, cancer, kidney disease and uroliths. I also present seminars,have guested on a local radio show, appeared on local television,and I teach certificate programmes in nutrition, dietary formulation and herbalism.
Organizations Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of Eastern Canada
Publications The Bark, September 2007
forthcoming DogFancy, March 2008
Regular columnist for local periodicals The Ridgeback Roster and Ottawa Natural Pets newsletter
Education/Credentials Recently completed a three year Diploma in Canine Nutrition from a local online college.
Currently enrolled in prerequisite program for Masters in Human Nutrition at an accredited university, and completing a two year program in Herbalism at Dominion College.
Certificate in Herbalism from Australasian College of Natural Health
Past/Present Clients caseload is in the high hundreds, far too numerous to list
Question Hi, I have a one year old miniature schnauzer, and she is pregnant. I wanted to know what kind of food should she eat and how many times a day should she eat, and if she will have to eat any vitamins. Thankyou.
Answer Hi Katherine,
What are you feeding now? start with that and I can help more. If it's a decent food she will simply need to eat more of it, especially in the third trimester. IS this your first breeding? Do you have a mentor, someone in the breed who can help you? Don't add supplements, calcium and Vitamin A in particular are problematic. If your bitch gets fussy in the early stages, don't panic, this is normal. She should recover from that and begin to eat well - if not, you can use foods like tripe or high quality canned food to tempt her. Home made is ever better, but it MUST be well balanced during pregnancy, so I don't advise people to try this without professional guidance.
Please contact me at catlane@thepossiblecanine.com for further help as I am going on vacation from AllExperts for a couple of weeks now. I'll be happy to help you with this if you need more guidance.
