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Cat Nutrition Begins with Biology, Not PreferenceI’ve spoken a lot about dogs. But if you’re a cat person — I see you. A...
23/06/2025

Cat Nutrition Begins with Biology, Not Preference

I’ve spoken a lot about dogs. But if you’re a cat person — I see you. And I haven’t forgotten you.

Cats have their own story. Their own biology. Their own truth.

And just like with dogs, that truth doesn’t come from trends, packaging, or what’s “good enough.” It comes from the body itself.

Cats are obligate carnivores. Meat isn’t just important — it’s essential. Unlike dogs, they haven’t adapted to starch or plant matter. They lack the enzymes needed to process carbohydrates properly. They depend on nutrients found only in animal flesh: taurine, arachidonic acid, preformed vitamin A. These aren’t extras. They are survival.

Everything about the cat is predatory. Their forward-facing eyes, their retractable claws, their silent movement and sudden strike. The calm, domestic cat curled on the couch still carries the same design as a desert-born hunter. Nothing has changed. Not their instincts. Not their biology.

They aren’t grazers. They aren’t omnivores. They aren’t fussy. They are simply being asked to eat food that doesn’t match their blueprint.

When we feed processed diets, when we offer biscuits shaped like fish or soft pouches filled with fillers, we’re not just feeding them. We’re asking them to live outside of their nature.

The idea of a “balanced diet” often comes from a laboratory. But balance, in the wild, is built into the prey itself. Nature has already done the math.

So if you’re here with a cat, know this: I’ll be sharing more feline nutrition soon. And just like with dogs, everything I share begins with the body, the biology, and the truth that nature always knew best.

Let’s feed the predator. Let’s honour what they are.

I am not tamed. I am teeth, silence, and precision

We’ve been sold the idea that nutrition is separate from biology.And I bought it too. For years, I followed the experts,...
10/06/2025

We’ve been sold the idea that nutrition is separate from biology.

And I bought it too. For years, I followed the experts, the spreadsheets, the premixed, the balanced, the powders. I trusted the pet food industry and those who claim to stand against it, handing out toppers, supplements, and formulas like they held the answers.

They told me it’s complicated.
That feeding my dog—something wolves, dingoes and wild dogs have done for millennia—was a specialist skill I didn’t have.
I believed it.
I fed my dog their “balanced” diets, their lab-made solutions, thinking I was doing right.
Until I woke up.
The truth was staring me in the face—wagging its tail, licking my hand, waiting to be seen:
A body fit for the hunt.
A jaw built for crushing bone.
A gut designed for flesh and marrow.
A spirit that ignites with real food.
They tell us our dog’s biology doesn’t matter.
That it can be bypassed, replaced, rerouted in a lab.
And we believe it—because we’re never told the truth.

I was part of that lie once, feeding kibble, following charts, ignoring what my dog was born to be.
But the thread was never lost—just buried.
There’s a disconnect in our thinking.
We love our dogs as family but forget they’re animals.
We feed with care but not with truth.

The truth is:
Your dog is a bone-eater.
A carcass-consumer.
A biological masterpiece designed by nature, not brands.
No recipe, no synthetic powder, no expert with a clipboard can override that.
I learned that the hard way.

To feed a dog isn’t to follow a formula.
It’s to step back into right relationship.
To honor what was never ours to change.
Feed biology. Feed instinct. Feed bones.
Let your dog come home to itself.
I did—and I’ll never go back.

In Bones We Trust!We often think of bones as a treat. A bonus. Something to keep a dog busy or help clean their teeth. B...
07/06/2025

In Bones We Trust!

We often think of bones as a treat. A bonus. Something to keep a dog busy or help clean their teeth. But to view bones this way misses the deeper truth. For dogs, bones are not optional. They are essential.

Just as koalas are built to digest eucalyptus and pandas to thrive on bamboo, dogs are biologically designed to consume bones. It is not a habit or a trend. It is instinct, written deep into their DNA.

Long before pet food existed, dogs survived and thrived on the spoils of the hunt and the leftovers of human communities. They gnawed bones not just for pleasure but for survival. This behaviour met very real physical and psychological needs. When we feed our dogs bones today, we are restoring a missing part of their natural diet.

Their jaws are structured to crush. Their teeth are shaped to shear and tear. Their stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve raw bone. Every part of them is equipped for this task. This is not enrichment. It is evolution.

Bones also offer something beyond the physical. They calm the mind, satisfy a deep need to chew, and allow dogs to work their bodies in a way that modern life often restricts. You can see it in their eyes and posture when they settle into a bone. The focus. The contentment. The quiet pride. It is ancestral.

To take bones away from a dog’s diet is to remove something sacred. It is to say we know better than nature. But nature does not compromise. It does not hand out supplements. It offers a complete package through the prey animals that dogs were born to eat.

We would not ask a cow to live without grass or a koala to get by without eucalyptus. So why do we ask a dog to live without bones?

To understand dogs, we must look at where they come from. To nourish them properly, we must honour what they are.

And what they are is bone-eaters.

Nature Doesn’t CompromiseEvery creature on Earth has a role. A job within the greater system. Wolves cull the weak. Vult...
05/06/2025

Nature Doesn’t Compromise

Every creature on Earth has a role. A job within the greater system. Wolves cull the weak. Vultures cleanse the skies. Dogs, as carnivores and scavengers, were designed to restore balance by consuming the old, the sick, and the fallen. They are nature’s mop-up crew. But when they are removed from that role, when they no longer eat what they were meant to, live how they were designed to, or serve their ecological purpose, nature notices.

And the first sign that something is wrong shows up in the mouth.

Dogs don’t just eat with their mouths. They explore, interact, and navigate the world with them. The mouth is the gateway to the body, and when it begins to break down with plaque, tartar, infection, and rot, it’s the body’s first cry for help. A warning that it is doing something it was never designed to do.

As Dr. Tom Lonsdale suggests, when animals no longer serve their role, Earth has systems in place to remove them. Disease, degeneration, infertility, and behavioural collapse follow. These aren’t accidents. They’re corrections. Nature doesn’t tolerate long-term imbalance.

What happens when we feed dogs against their design? We see allergies, cancer, joint disorders, digestive dysfunction, chronic inflammation. But before all of it, we see the mouth decay.

The modern dog is sick. Not because dogs are weak, but because we’ve pulled them out of alignment with what they were made for.

Nature doesn't reward disconnection. It reclaims what no longer serves.

Feed your dog as nature intended. With real meat, bones, fur, feathers, skin, and blood. Honour their role. Return them to purpose.

Because when dogs fulfil their role, they don’t just survive. They thrive. And so does the Earth.

Don’t tread on nature. Don’t tread on them.

Adaptation Isn’t EndorsementYes, dogs have developed some ability to digest carbohydrates. Compared to their wolf counte...
04/06/2025

Adaptation Isn’t Endorsement

Yes, dogs have developed some ability to digest carbohydrates. Compared to their wolf counterparts, they produce more pancreatic amylase and even trace amounts in their saliva. But let’s be clear: this doesn’t mean carbohydrates belong in their diet.

Evolution equips animals to survive, not thrive, under less-than-ideal conditions. Just as humans can metabolise ethanol or eat processed junk food without immediate death, dogs can tolerate starches. But tolerance isn’t health. And surviving is not the same as thriving.

One of the earliest signs we see of this mismatch is dental disease. A staggering number of dogs suffer from gum infections, plaque, and rotten teeth. This isn’t because their bodies are broken, but because we’re feeding them foods their biology was never designed to handle. Chronic dental issues are one of the first visible signs of the body doing something it shouldn’t — compensating for a biologically inappropriate diet.

From their teeth to their gut, dogs are anatomically and physiologically designed to consume meat, bone, fur, feathers, skin, and scales — the whole prey. Just like their wild cousins, their jaws don’t grind grain. Their digestive system isn’t built for it.

Dogs are carnivores with scavenging abilities, not omnivores.

So just because science shows they can cope with carbs doesn’t mean we should feed them like garbage bins. Give them what they’re meant to eat. What they thrive on.

Feed species-appropriate. Feed wild. Feed real.

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