Divergent DVM

05/10/2026

This winter I’m excited to officially introduce a new educational offering through Divergent DVM, LLC:

🐎 Listen Before Lameness — Winter Lunch & Learn Series ☕

These small-group barn events are designed to bring horse owners, riders, trainers, and barn communities together for a cozy winter afternoon focused on subtle performance changes, compensation patterns, biomechanics, and whole-horse wellness.

Each event includes:
• Two live horse demonstrations
• Soup & sandwich lunch with coffee and tea
• Interactive discussion & Q&A
• A relaxed, horse-centered learning environment

The idea grew out of some of my favorite educational demos and barn conversations over the last year — the kind where horse people gather, ask questions, share stories, and learn together while watching horses in real time.

Winter dates for 2026–2027 are now booking.

If your barn, lesson program, driving barn, or horse community may be interested in hosting, feel free to reach out for more information.

Because most horses whisper long before they limp. ❤️

05/10/2026

05/06/2026

You’re not dealing with a “bad” dog.
You’re dealing with a dog whose nervous system is overwhelmed.
A lot of the reactive dogs I see aren’t choosing their behavior—they’re stuck in a constant state of “fight or flight.”
And once they’re there, they can’t just “snap out of it.”
That’s where everything starts to break down: ❌ Training stops working
❌ Corrections escalate things
❌ Everyone gets frustrated
So instead of asking: 👉 “How do I stop this behavior?”
We start asking: 👉 “Why can’t this dog regulate in the first place?”
That’s the foundation behind my
Listen Before Losing It — Canine Protocol
It focuses on: ✔️ Supporting the nervous system
✔️ Building recovery (not pressure)
✔️ Recognizing early warning signs before escalation
Because the goal isn’t to suppress behavior.
The goal is to help the dog feel safe enough to process the world again.
🚦 And one of the biggest game changers?
Learning to recognize the yellow zone
→ and actually stopping there.
Not pushing through.
Not correcting harder.
Just… stopping and regulating.
That’s not failure.
That’s how real progress starts.
If you’ve got a reactive or easily overwhelmed dog, this shift changes everything.
💬 Have you noticed your dog hitting that “yellow zone” before things escalate?

05/02/2026

Some horses aren’t “bad.”
Some horses are chronically stuck in fight-or-flight.

The goal isn’t to shut them down.
The goal is to help them recover before the nervous system floods.

Repeated flooding delays recovery.
Early regulation changes outcomes.

Listen before losing it.

04/29/2026

If your dog refuses fish… you’re not doing anything wrong 😅

And here’s the part most people don’t realize:
👉 Flax has omega-3s…
…but not the kind dogs and cats actually use well
• Flax = ALA
• Dogs convert very little → EPA/DHA
• Cats = basically none
👉 Fish gives us the active forms (EPA/DHA) we actually want for: skin, joints, inflammation, brain health

So where does that leave us?
💡 Flax, chia, and h**p are still GREAT…
just not the main therapy
✔ Gut support
✔ Mild anti-inflammatory support
✔ Much easier to get into picky pets
👉 Think: support crew, not the star player

🥄 My favorite “omega bridge” for picky pets:
Start with what they’ll eat:
• Ground flax
• Chia seeds
• H**p seeds
• + a little peanut butter (or nut butter)

👉 Mix with: • Pumpkin
• Bone broth
• OR a splash of sardine juice (this is the secret move 😏)

🧠 Quick chia tip (because this trips people up):
Chia works best when soaked:
👉 1 tbsp chia + ~2–3 tbsp water
👉 Let sit 10–15 minutes
It turns into a gel = easy to mix into food

⚡ Then build from there:
Get them used to the mix
Add a hint of fish flavor
Slowly work toward real EPA/DHA intake
👉 This works WAY better than forcing fish from day one

🐴 Horse people—don’t worry, you’re not left out:
Horses actually handle flax beautifully
because of how their hindgut fermentation works
👉 They can utilize those plant omega-3s much more effectively
(Which is why flax works so well in equine diets 👏)

🎯 Bottom line:
Flax is support… fish is therapy.

And sometimes the smartest move is just figuring out how to get there without a food fight 😉

04/29/2026

Had a wonderful evening speaking with the Medina Kennel Club tonight about recognizing subtle changes in dogs before they become larger performance, behavioral, or chronic health issues.

One of my favorite parts of integrative veterinary medicine is helping owners connect the dots between:
behavior,
movement,
nervous system balance,
internal health,
and the small changes that tell us something deeper is going on.

Dogs are incredibly good at compensating and adapting quietly long before obvious pain appears.

Thank you to everyone who came, asked questions, and shared stories about their own dogs tonight. Conversations like these are exactly why I love what I do.

And of course, Nitro was the perfect assistant for the evening. 🐾

04/28/2026

“I want to treat my pet homeopathically.”
I hear this all the time—and I completely understand what people mean when they say it.
But here’s the part that often gets lost…
👉 Homeopathy is just one piece of holistic medicine—not the whole picture.
Holistic veterinary care looks at the entire animal—body, mind, diet, environment, and lifestyle—and uses a variety of tools to support balance and healing.
That might include:
• Food as medicine
• Herbal medicine
• Acupuncture
• Movement & bodywork
• Nervous system support
• And yes—sometimes homeopathy
On the other side, conventional medicine plays an important role too—especially for diagnostics, emergencies, and acute care.
✨ The best outcomes often happen when these approaches work together.
That’s where I come in.
I practice holistic medicine, and when needed, I collaborate with your primary veterinarian to support your pet from every angle.
Most of the time, when someone says “homeopathic”…
what they’re really looking for is a more natural, whole-body approach.
And that’s exactly what I help provide.
Listen Before Lameness

04/28/2026

Speaking tonight at the Medina Kennel Club about something I see every day in practice:

The dogs that aren’t obviously lame… but just aren’t quite right.

Behavior changes, noise sensitivity, performance inconsistency, chronic inflammation, difficulty settling, subtle tension patterns — the small things that are easy to dismiss until they become much larger issues.

A recent case reminded me how often behavioral changes are actually a body asking for help.

Looking forward to tonight’s conversation about learning to listen earlier.

04/26/2026

Last night was such a great reminder of why I love being part of this community 💜
Angels Haven Horse Rescue brings together people who truly care—about horses, about each other, and about doing the right thing even when it’s not always easy.
I’m really looking forward to being at all four of their shows this season and getting to support both the horses and the people behind them.
Most of what I do at these events isn’t about big, obvious problems—it’s about noticing the small things early, before they turn into something bigger.
That’s where the real difference happens.
(Also apparently I win things when I leave the house… pineapple mint, lavender, and strawberry mint 😂🌿)
💜 June 28 • July 12 • August 9 • September 20

04/25/2026

Such a fun night supporting Angels Haven Horse Rescue 💜
Good people, good energy, and yes… a little bit of line dancing 😄
Really excited to be part of their show season this year!
(Still sticking with veterinary medicine over dancing though… for everyone’s safety 😂)