The Royal Treatment: A Natural Approach to Wildly Healthy Pets

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Terminology -- Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction: Wild Fire -- Part 1. Wild Health -- The Pursuit of Pet Happiness -- The Perfect Fit -- Zebra -- When Best Intentions Don't Pave the Way to Health -- Part 2. What Wild Animals Teach us About Our Pets -- Hoot -- Coco the Monkey and Wonder Bread -- Life's a Zoo -- Don't Make the Rabbit Scream -- Part 3. Where the Wild Things Eat -- 4,000 Pet Foods and Counting -- Diet Is Not a Four-Letter Word -- Functional Pet Nutrition -- How to Read a Pet Food Label -- Don't Feed an Anemic Hummingbird a Steak -- Part 4. Survival of the Fattest -- Lean Toward Lean -- Eight on Weight: Tips for Shedding Pounds from Hounds -- Eight on Weight: Tips for Fat Cats -- Part 5. Wildest Dreams -- The Unlikely Zen Doc -- Rhino and Reproduction -- A Dog Named Fly and the Genetics of Health -- Part 6. A Wild Approach to Healing -- Acupuncture: The Point of Health -- Getting the Most Out of Your Vet Visits -- The Lost Art of the Physical Exam -- Going Dental -- Part 7. Wild Nature -- Chat About the Cat -- Feral Cats, Snow Leopard Tails, and Baby Tigers -- Housecats Are Wilder Than You Think -- Cat Litter: Thinking Inside the Box -- Part 8. Medicine Gone Wild -- Cancer Doesn't Come from Nowhere -- Vaccinations -- Medicine Chest -- Emergency Care -- I Usually Bring My Duck in at Twilight -- Part 9. Take a Walk on the Wild Side -- Rehab and the Coyote -- Chameleons and Cold Laser -- Tarantula Glue -- Rejuvenating Your Older Pet -- Part 10. Wild Circle -- Euthanasia, the Heart of the Matter -- Finding the Right Time to Say Goodbye -- Baby Animals -- After the Fire -- Cure and Release -- Acknowledgments -- Professional Acknowledgments -- Suggested Reading -- Index. Publisher Marketing: In this scientific guide to animal needs, renowned veterinarian Dr. Barbara Royal presents her groundbreaking treatment methods that will do wonders for your pet's health and happiness. Take care of your pet naturally! - Functional nutrition and diet recipes - Commercial pet food: recognizing the good, the bad, and the unhealthy - How diet and protein levels specifically affect your pet's health and behavior - Judicious use of herbs and medicines - How to detect if your pet is feeling pain and where - Noninvasive, nonsurgical treatments for genetically flawed hips and other arthritic joints - How to know if your pet is happy - How to clean your dog's, cat's, or rabbit's ears--the right way! - Pet supplements explained - Which vaccines to give or not give your pet - Evolutionary insights into your pet's behavior - Getting your new puppy off to a perfect start - How acupuncture works - Geriatric wellness and end-of-life care These pages shimmer with ingenious advice that combines common sense with holistic medicine and the best of modern science. A passionate, dedicated, and innovative veterinarian with a background in zoo and wildlife medicine, Dr. Royal empowers animal lovers to lift their pets into a realm of natural health and happiness that will be palpable from shiny coat to bouncy step. Review Citations: Library Journal 01/01/2012 pg. 70 (EAN 9781451647693, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 07/23/2012 pg. 53 (EAN 9781451647693, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Royal, Barbara Dr. Barbara Royal is a veterinarian and the founder of The Royal Treatment Veterinary Center. She has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show "and was a featured veterinarian on the Smithsonian Channel. She lives in Wilmette, Illinois with her husband, two children, her cat, Flag, and her dog, Henry. Contributor Bio:  Royal, Anastasia Anastasia Royal is an artist, musician, composer, poet, playwright and actress. She received her B. A. in English Literature from Barat College and an art scholarship to the Art Institute of Chicago. Ms. Royal is a classical pianist, has been a radio and television voice-over actor, and was recently featured in the independent film STASH. "Undoing I Do" is her first novel.