“The Day I Realized Convenience Was Killing Our Pets”
 

I had just moved back from Colorado, filling in for a colleague at his clinic.

As I walked through the treatment area, I noticed a bloodwork printout spooling from the printer.

I stopped.

The liver values — particularly ALT — were in the tens of thousands.

That’s not just high. That’s near fatal.

In all my years in emergency and critical care, I had never seen values that extreme unless there had been blunt force trauma — a car accident, internal bleeding, or poisoning.

I immediately went into triage mode.

I started calling for the techs.

“Where’s the dog whose labs these are?”

My colleague, the clinic owner, rounded the corner laughing.

“Calm down, doc,” he said. “What’s the big deal?”

I held up the results.

“Someone in this building is in critical condition. Look at these numbers!”

He shrugged.

“Oh, that? That’s just from Trifexis.”

“Trifexis?” I asked.

“It’s this new three-in-one flea, tick, and heartworm treatment,” he said. “The values will come back down in a few days. No big deal.”

I stared at him in disbelief.

“The enzymes may normalize, but the damage is irreparable.”

He just smiled.

“My clients want convenience, and that’s what I give them.”

That was the day I realized convenience had replaced care.

That was the day I began asking why.

And those “why’s” led me here — to creating the Wholistic Pet Reset Detox Protocol.

Because those liver enzymes may go back to normal on paper,

but the damage inside the body remains.

These drugs get trapped in the hepatobiliary circulation, cycling through the liver and gallbladder until the body can’t detox anymore.

In Chinese medicine, we call that gallbladder damp heat — and it’s why I began seeing the same pattern over and over again:

🔥 ear infections on the left side

🔥 paw chewing

🔥 hair loss around the eyes

🔥 lethargy, startle barking, and skin inflammation

Every dog had the same root imbalance.

And the same story.

That’s when I stopped treating symptoms

and started helping the body detox, rebalance, and heal.

The Wholistic Pet Reset Detox Protocol was born out of this realization.

It’s not just a kit — it’s a wake-up call.

If your pet is showing signs of ear infections, itching, or unexplained fatigue, it might be more than allergies — it might be toxic overload.

👉 Start your Pet Reset Detox Protocol

Because “normal” lab work doesn’t mean “healthy.”

And convenience should never come at the cost of well-being.

—

Dr. Natalie

Well Being Medicine for Animals