Crunchy Pets: Raw Food Diet, Vaccines, Heartworm and MORE | Holistic Vet Dr. Karen Becker

Dr Becker please help in stopping the mandates for these vaccines. We need Veterinarians like you to stand up to the lawmakers so we can protect our pets. Especially those who have been injured from Vaccines.

I think the best thing is not to vaccinate your dog as it’s just too many and it’s a money maker for veterinarians. I recommend that everyone read the vaccine inserts for your pets and focus on the adverse effects of those vaccines. If you want to dig deeper, then study the scientific method of testing because vaccine science does not adhere to it. It’s a pseudo science.

There needs to be more discussion also on how home cleaning and scenting products contribute to early pet deaths and illnesses.

May the good Lord bless Dr Karen Becker, she’s the absolute best! I’d love to hear her input on LarPar or GOLPP

One of the reasons dogs aren't living as long as they used to is the way we breed them. Before man, the healthiest and longest living spread more of their genes. Now, if we only breed a dog at the age of one or two and then spay, we could, in theory, get the dog's lifespan pared down to that of a common domesticated chicken.

My 6 yo husky got a spleen tumor and I found cats dogs and horses are getting and its extortion to afford a possible surgery solution that rarely works 😢rip millie

Respectfully, tell us the brands you trust. You are the expert. Tell us which brands you would feed your pets and which brands you would stay away from.

I knew a beagle named Clownie. He lived to be 27years old. And ate hospital made food only. Clownie was a companion for the patients at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital. I was a patient there.♿😎🐕

All vaccines are toxic and poison. There are no viruses

In Texas, indoor animals get fleas !

How can you avoid getting all the vaccs when you fly with your dog.

Most humans eat crap too. I would only take my pet in for vaccines when the law says I need rabies. After 10 years old they get no vaccines or HW checks etc.

Anyone use Dr. Marty's freeze dried raw?

Lost my beloved yellow lab February 2nd 2026. She was only 6 years old.😢

Great questions and great answers!! Thank you!

Corn and wheat to puff it up and its cheap

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afco is bullshit.

I feed my dogs raw meaty bones. mostly chicken quarters. On occasionally, might get some organs. They aren't lacking in anything. My family and I eat only beef muscle meat, nothing else, and we are lacking in nothing.

US pets are mutilated by so called neutering. Their endocrine systems are destroyed forever and you expect them to be healthy. I call bullshit!

lean meat? other nutritionalists say 15 percent fat for puppies?

sigh....first line starts with an emotional pull. What are the chances the rest of the two hours doesn't have shock type lines that are probably overinflated?

Its not fair to these animals😢😢😢😢😢

Dr Karen I've been following you and bought your book, my biggest issue is how you defend vets complaints that people aren't making balanced meals but I never hear you defend us and hold vets responsible for not teaching pet parents how to do more balanced

Great tips. Love her books too.

I wish they wouldn't encourage people with problems to get a pet and don't U feel sorry for some of these assistant dogs with horrible owners? Negative energy kills animals very quickly

Neutering dogs and cats is unhealthy for them ? OMG people r sooooooooooooooo mean

Thank you so much for this!

I had one more suggestion around the 25 minute mark, regarding budgets for food. Talk to neighbors, friends, and family too- Buying in bulk from a farm/ranch can sometimes make the difference in cost/savings.

My late-aunt always had 5 or 6 dogs. When one passed, she would get another. Pretty sure most of them lived into late teens-and into their 20's. The oldest was a German Wirehaired Pointer, 23-24 the last time I visited. Not sure how old she was when she passed. I recall she gave very little "extra" in the way of treats and what not. They probably got some game meat during hunting/fishing seasons, but for the most part she fed lamb and rice kibble. I'm pretty sure it was the Kirkland brand & occasionally whatever the Fred Meyers equivalent was back then. She DID warn of over-vaccination though...and that has been for as long as I can remember. I think I was probably still a teenager (49 now). Makes me wonder how much of the issues we are seeing today are diet vs environmental vs vaccination and other toxins, etc. And our pets getting some of our "treats" too on occasion?

My aunt was one of those people that had amazing mood swings. One minute she would love you and do fun things....and in an instant could be angry and screaming at something so insignificant to most that many just thought she was a B, and called it a day. However, she had an amazing thing with animals. My favorite photo of her sitting in a field with a fawn (still with lots of spots) eating from her hand, some of the tall grass that surrounded them.

Perhaps the coolest story was when my mom and I went to visit her & uncle (mom's brother). I was 13 give or take. We're sitting outside visiting when all of a sudden my aunt starts yelling "Tommy, come here!" but at kind of odd intervals. I asked my mom, "who's Tommy?" She gave me that look that said, "I guess you'll have to wait and see". I thought maybe there was a cousin I hadn't know about or a maybe a neighbor kid they were going to tease me with (was just starting to like boys). But I hear this thump, thumpity, thump come up from behind where we were sitting and it was the biggest horse I had ever seen in my life (and I LOVE horses). So I am thrilled excited, but also confused because we weren't fenced in and he wasn't fenced in, there was no one on him, near him or running after/for him, no halter, lead, or riding gear. My aunt had went inside but had just stepped back outside and says, "Oh there you are ol' boy!" She looks at me and says, "This is Tommy". I was still confused, but ecstatic to be petting this giant beautiful creature.

So the story goes...she was out just looking around the nature areas near their place when she had first seen him. He was by himself, no one else around. He wasn't fenced in anywhere or anything. Well, he quite took to her and followed/found her home. She'd talk to him, gave him snacks, and he'd just come and go as he pleased. She never fenced him in either. They were out in the COUNTRY, they had only two neighbors that were "may I borrow a cup of sugar" close, but for the most part not many people around. It came time that my aunt and uncle were going to move to a big property in Oregon. So, she took the appropriate steps to be able to legally & lawfully take Tommy with if he wanted to go. She said he loaded right up and off they went. I think he loved her, lol. He had places to roam there too they had a lot of acreage. And he would still always come when she'd call. They were pretty cute. He was magnificent. My aunt had gotten him some friends too during the years too - was a great place to visit.

Apologies for the rant of nostalgia...it just takes hold sometimes, lol.

Titer test is more expensive than the vaccines.

My dogs hate stainless steal. They won't drink water out of it. They love Tupperware water bowls.

These people are always talking about feeding your dog what historically wolves would’ve been eating. Do I have to tell you that rotting meat which makes up a large part of a scavenger diet which rules are scavengers would never pass for human consumption. This is an absurdity.

Noooo! She used the word “puppy cut”😱😱😱😱I’m cringing as a groomer. That’s one thing you never use when at your groomer or describing hair on a dog.😵‍💫

Im from the Caribbean and my dog ws bor. To us . He lived probably 20- 21 ..he passed in 2024. He ate wat we ate in the countryside, free to run. He never liked kibble. Late in life i tried him with kibble and he didn't eat it much. So his diet was not kibble..the Portuguese guys dog our dog was almost in the same environment. I miss him.