Certified Animal Naturopaths & Practitioner Members
Certified Animal Naturopaths
California:
Dr Jeanette (Jeannie) Thomason
The Whole Dog
California
Email: info@thewholedog.org
Web Site: www.thewholedog.org
Dr Thomason has spent many years working with animals, a licensed veterinary technician in conventional veterinary medicine, she worked in both small animal hospitals, equine and mixed animal practices. While working in veterinary medicine, she saw first hand the damage done to animals by feeding processed feeds and the administration of vaccines, antibiotics, steroids and the use of pesticides. Being into natural health herself, and a natural rearing, show dog breeder, she had already stopped vaccinating and had been feeding exclusively, a raw species appropriate diet to her dogs for a couple of generations. In 2003 she opened her website, "The Whole Dog" and began online consulting work where she has helped pet owners to assist their animals in healing and staying healthy naturally.
Dr Jeannie continually studies and attends continuing education workshops and seminars with a focus on natural/holistic animal health. She earned her doctorate in veterinary naturopathy at Kingdom College of Natural Health in 2007 where she now serves an adjunct professor and is certified in aromatherapy and small animal nutrition. Dr Thomason is the founder of the Natural Rearing Breeders Association and co-founder of the American Council of Animal Naturopathy.
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Dr. Debra Venable-Ball
Email: Debra.Ball@eku.edu
Website:www.bullterrierworld.com
Kentucky
Dr. Debra Venable-Ball has her doctorate in small animal naturopathy from Kingdom College of Natural Health in 2011. She graduated as an Honors Scholar from Eastern Kentucky University and is currently studying Animal Studies at the same university, the first such degree offered in the United States. "Learning and growing is a life time experience," says Dr. Ball, "and our best teachers are our four legged friends." Her book the Bare Facts, Exploring the Chinese Crested Dog is now with the publisher and she is currently working on a book about the importance of opening canine stud books and allowing cross-breeding to invigorate pure bred dogs.
Dr Ball is also a natural rearing breeder of Miniature Bull Terriers, Chinese Crested dogs, and Chinese Imperial dogs. Debra attributes the health and longevity of her lines to feeding a species appropriate diet and treating holistically. Her Rottweiler pal, Sadie, pictured here lived to be 16 1/2 years old and was never sick a day in her long life. She believes the mark of a good breeder is to avoid extremes and take the health of the individual animal and the breed as a whole into consideration before all else.
Dr.Tracie Laliberte
Dog Pawse
Massachusetts
Email: Tracie@dogpawse.com
Website:Dog Pawse
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Tracie Laliberte, VND, Ph.D. ABD graduated from: Kingdom College Of Natural Health in 2011. She has extensive knowledge and thirty five years of love and experience in the professional field of dogs. Aside from holding a doctorate in Animal Naturopathy, she is a natural rearing dog breeder, trainer, exhibitor of show dogs, winner of Best Junior Handler at Westminster Kennel Club and Crufts Dog Show.
Tracie is currently working on a second Doctorate of Philosophy about "dogs" at Salve Regina University. "I'm examining the human side of our relationship with the domesticated dog," she explains, "most people don't make the connection that Rover is actually a human-constructed technology which also offers an array of physical, psychological, and spiritual benefits."
Tracie has instructed classes in Canine Communication, Holistic Approaches to the bond, and basic dog care with the Newport Learning Connection, Providence Learning Connection, and The Boston Learning Society. In addition, she is an active AKC judge, a speaker for civic and community groups, a former recipient of the Dog Writer's Educational Trust, has written for the AKC Gazette and is currently a dog columnist for the Sun Chronicle newspaper. She was formerly the Vice-President of the Alliance of Purebred Dog Writers (APDW), and currently a member of Framingham District Kennel Club as well as a certified Aromatherapist and Reiki Practitioner. Tracie is still active in her family's full-service kennel and in addition to her professional writing, she works as an adjunct Professor at Rhode Island College and Fisher College...
Dr. Kim Bloomer
Aspenbloom Pet Care
New Mexico
Email: drkim@aspenbloompetcare.com
Website:Aspenbloom Pet Care
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Dr Kim Bloomer graduated from: Kingdom College Of Natural Health in 2007.
Dr. Bloomer began her work with animals at the age of 16 as a grooming assistant. Her first formal studies in animal health began while she was working at a government facility where she studied animal husbandry and first aid. Working full time as a veterinary assistant in several small animal veterinary hospitals over many years she continued her own private studies in small animal health and nutrition, which she continues to do to this day.
Dr. Bloomer applied what she learned to her own dog and saw his health greatly improve, she decided to once again work in natural animal and human health by opening her business, Aspenbloom in 2002.
Her desire was to share with a wider audience which led to her blogging efforts in 2004 and a publisher offer to write a book on holistic dog care, Whole Health for Happy Dogs, co-authored with homeopathic veterinarian Dr. Jill Elliot. During this time Dr. Bloomer was already consulting with pet owners through her online website, Aspenbloom Pet Care, while studying for her degrees in animal and then human naturopathy.
Together with her colleague and friend, Dr. Jeannie Thomason they host the weekly educational webinar/podcast Animal Talk Naturally and are co-founders of the American Council of Animal Naturopathy..
Dr. Patricia Jordan
North Carolina
Email: info@jordanmarkofthebeast.com
Website:www.dr-jordan.com/
Graduated from the North Carolina College of Veterinary Medicine with a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine and Kingdom College of Natural Health 2008 with her doctorate in veterinary naturopathy.
Dr. Jordan is certified in Veterinary Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine & Herbology, Tui Na, Veterinary Food Therapy, Doctorate in Veterinary Naturopathy.
Dr. Jordan has been on the front line of examining the effects of the veterinary vaccine protocols in the United States; she has been licensed in over a dozen states and has visited practices in over 13 states to observe first hand the effects of the current vaccine protocols.
Not finding adequate answers to the diseases that she found of daily occurrence within the western paradigm of medicine, Dr. Jordan has followed through programs in postgraduate training of traditional Chinese veterinary medicine, spinal manipulation, advanced course in veterinary homeopathy and veterinary naturopathy.
Animal Practitioners Certified in Animal Naturopathy
Lisa Ross Williams
Email: Lisa@naturalhorsetalk.com
Website:Natural Horse Talk
Certified in: Equine Naturopathy
Lisa Ross-Williams is a natural horse care consultant and host of the “If Your Horse Could Talk” webcast available at www.naturalhorsetalk.com. She is a seasoned writer, the author of Down-To-Earth Natural Horse Care (www.down-to-earthnhc.com) and currently the Associate Editor of Natural Horse Magazine. Along with her husband, Kenny, they share their Talking Horse Ranch Educational Center in Arizona with their beloved animals.
Lisa dedicated herself to extensive research, as well as an exploration of hands-on experiences which included clinics, seminars and courses covering natural horsemanship, hoof care, dentistry, bodywork, homeopathy, iridology, essential oils and nutrition. Since then, she has earned her degree in Environmental Plant Science and has completed the Basic Homeopathy Veterinary course through the British Institute of Homeopathy. She has completed the Reiki 1-Equine Reiki course with Kathleen Prasad. Lisa is an accomplished Natural Horsewoman who has studied extensively with many top horsemanship instructors for the past 12 years and now offers lessons as well as nutritional consultations.
Alethea Kenney
Email: allie@reedbird.com
Website:www.borealbalance.com
Certified in: Animal Naturopathy
Alethea graduated from Clayton College of Natural Health and Purdue University
Alethea Kenney has her Doctorate in Naturopathy and her B.S. in Wildlife Science from Purdue University. She works as a traditional naturopath, herbalist, aromatherapist and fiber artist. She also has a certification in Western herbalism from Midwest School of Herbal Studies, an international certification in aromatherapy from Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy and has completed the masters program from same. She is an Equine Iridology technician from Through the Eye International and is enrolled in massage programs for canines and equines. She continues studying healing methods in a variety of traditions.
She has spent many years working with animals as companions, as veterinary assistant, as dog groomer, riding and showing horses in 4H and raising animals on the farm. She now runs Reedbird Farm, a chemical and vaccination-free Icelandic sheep and fiber farm in northern Minnesota, and Boreal Balance, LLC, a natural health consulting business for humans and their animal companions. She has served 3 years on the Board of Directors of the Icelandic Sheep Breeders of North America and 2 of those years as president of the board.
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