Your dog or cat’s body has trillions of cells in it. These cells are organized into specialized tissues and organs with each cell being a miniature city bustling with traffic. The molecules in cell town are shuttled from place to place in a perpetual rush. The sugars in your dog’s food are used for energy, but almost everything else in the realm of nutritionis used to facilitate their life maintaining metabolic functions.

There exists, in your pet’s body, a complex machine that is bustling with activity and full of energy. How well this machine is maintained will define how healthy your cat or dog remains and how long his life will be. Good nutrition will sustain and prolong your pet’s life. What all this means is that providing a wholesome, healthful supplement for your dogs and cats will prolong their life and improve their health. The bottom line is every cell in your pet’s body is in the business of living, and it all runs off that nutrition.

These important nutrients include the vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients that are so very scarce in the diets of today’s world. The food your pet eats should be supplying all the nutrients he needs to meet his needs. But most of the processed, packaged pet foods simply do not provide essential factors for health. Additionally, home made foods are often derived from produce and protein grown on large scale factory farms and are therefore lacking many trace nutrients needed for optimum health. For instance, the bacteria that create B-12 which goes into vegetables and fruits are at 40% or less of the levels they were at in the 1950’s.

Today, scientists are calling for an increase in Vitamin D requirements for humans. First of all, the historical dose was designed only to prevent rickets. Secondly, newly available blood tests show most people are significantly deficient in the ‘Sunshine Vitamin’, because exposure to sunlight produces Vitamin D3 in the body. Fortified milk delivers only Vitamin D2- not D3- the real thing. Deserving Pets Vital Vitamins contain a very generous portion of Vitamin D3 as this vitamin has been found to be so very important to immune function, reproductive health, neurological health and mineral and bone balance and support. Our canine and feline friends are covered with lovely fluffy fur but this creates a barrier to sunlight reaching their skin. And sad to say, most dogs and cats spend most of their time inside, just like us.

The beautiful colors in fruits and vegetables are created from some very healthy compounds, called phytonutrients. Certain fruits and vegetables, because of their powerful disease preventing effects, have been dubbed ‘super-foods’. Phytonutrients have been shown again and again in scientific research to protect against disease. The bright orange colors result from the high levels of healthy beta carotene in our orange vegetables. The dark vibrant greens in Kale leaves are rich in cartenoids, which travel throughout our pet’s bodies to scavenge free radicals and clean up ‘after the party”. Kale is also rich in elements that reduce the risk of cancer. Scientists have found that compounds calledglucosinolates, cysteine sulfoxides and sulforaphane found in kale will boost your pet’s body’s to clear carcinogenic substances more quickly. One study found that animals with cancerous tumors who were fed kale had tumors that were smaller and grew more slowly. Berries and broccoli have also become famous for their health benefits and their cancer fighting abilities.

A sad but true fact is that the most prevalent cause of death in dogs over 2 years of age in the United States is cancer. It’s high time we change that ominous statistic by providing our pets with the tools they need to stay healthy. Cancer scientists and nutritionists agree that increased intake of the kind of raw vegetables provided in Deserving Pets Vitamins decreases the risk of cancer by 20%-30% . That’s truly significant.

We’re all experienced holistic consumers who fully understand the value of disease prevention. Abundant articles describe to us the many avenues available for humans nowadays to prevent disease. Yet our dogs and cats are afflicted with bladder crystals and stones, arthritis, liver failure, diabetes, cancer, kidney failure and many other chronic diseases. And these diseases are scientifically proven to be preventable. Did your children ever have recurrent bladder stones? Why are we seeing so much of it in our pets? I personally feel the reason for this is unbalanced and inadequate nutrition.

If your pet had correct nutrition and correct balances of: Vitamin D3 (epidemic deficiencies of this vitamin which is essential for mineral balance), Vitamin K1 (prevents Calcium from washing into the urinary bladder), Vitamin C (acidifies the urine), Cranberry (acidifies the urine and binds bacteria, carrying them out of the bladder), along with Dandelion and Milk Thistle these problems could be avoided. You and your children get much more in the way of raw healthy fruits and vegetables than your pets do. How many people get cancer at such a rate as our dogs and at such a young age? Considering the very high rate of cancer in our pets today, I would consider phytochemicals and super foods as an essential part of my dog or cat’s diet. Anticancer vitamins and minerals such as Selenium, Vitamin E, Grape Seed Extract, Vitamin C, Vitamin D3, Vitamin A and the B vitamins would by necessity be included in this mix.

A recent study showed that children who receive supplementation before 4 years of age have a 39% lower chance of having allergies. The bulk of my practice is made up of dogs with allergies and the amount of money and time spent on this one medical problem is extraordinary. As proper supplementation at an early age is the answer, I would get right to it with my new puppy or kitten.

Too often, I am called upon to ‘recreate health’ in my role as a veterinarian. If correct holistic prescribing can mend chronic health problems, carefully formulated supplementation will assuredly help to prevent these same problems.

It’s just as important that your pet enjoy taking his vitamins and because of this Deserving Pets used a technologically advanced process to mask the taste and lock the freshness in. Have you ever experienced the off odors in a vitamin tablet? The unpleasant smell is because the B vitamins have degraded. This will not happen with Deserving Pets products as the vitamin, mineral and super food content is protected. Likewise, your dog and/or cat will not detect any bad odors. Rather they will simply love the human grade bacon, cheese and liver flavoring.

I never dreamed I could find a way for cats to love eating their vegetable in raw form with all the super foods which work maintain and create health. It’s a winning combination for both our dogs and cats.

Dr. Deva Khalsa, VMD

I have 4 dogs and for years I have been trying to find a vitamin that they would take or eat. Recently I ordered Deserving Pets Vital Vitamins for dogs in the liver and bacon flavor. It is a powder that I sprinkle on their food. My babies simply love it!! They are finishing their food and licking their bowls. Finally they are getting the nutrition they need and they are enjoying it! This product surely simplifies my life and creates less stress for both me and my dogs. No more trying to put pills down their throats or sprinkling other powders on their food that they refuse to eat.

The amazing thing is that they are getting so many vitamins, minerals and super foods that are essential to good health and they eagerly await their daily dose. Enclosed is a picture of my Nora after she enjoyed her vitamins….they stuck to her bottom lip!

Wendy Battersby