How to Introduce Your Pet to Natural Foods

Because All Natural and Holistic Pet Foods are concentrated for better nutrition, palatability and digestibility, you will actually feed from 20% - 40% less than other foods. Your pet's breath will improve dramatically, you'll have less waste to scoop and, in the case of cats, litter box odors will decrease dramatically (something the whole family will get excited about).

We believe HealthyPetNet's Life's Abundance is a vastly superior food and that after using it for four to six weeks, you will see a positive difference in your dogs and cats, including sleeker coats, brighter eyes, cleaner breath and increased energy.

Because this food is so different from the majority of pet foods on the market, we recommend that you introduce it to your pets slowly, especially for cats. Over the course of about 7 to 10 days, add a little Life's Abundance to your pet's regular food, each day increasing the amount of Life's Abundance and decreasing the amount of the other food until you've switched the food completely.  Example:  first two or three days, mix 3/4 of your regular food and 1/4 of the Life's Abundance; next two or three days, mix 1/2 of your regular food and 1/2 of the Life's Abundance; then for two or three days, mix 1/4 of your regular food and 3/4 of the Life's Abundance.  Then all Life's Abundance!  Naturally, start with less food and work your way up to bowel tolerance (when firm stools begin to loosen).

The most common (and only) complaint I've ever heard from my customers is that their pet has loose or runny stools after switching over completely to Life's Abundance.  Their first instinct is to return the food and go back to feeding the ole stand-by (previous fed commercial food).  STOP RIGHT HERE - Before even 'feeding' this idea for one more moment, realize again that Life's Abundance is highly concentrated and highly digestible (remember we need to feed LESS?).  THE FIRST THING TO DO is CUT BACK on the quantity of L.A. fed.   And SECOND, give a tablespoon or two of canned pure pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling) found in the supermarket.  Pure pumpkin works both ways...it hardens loose stools and loosens hard stools, rather quickly too!  Freeze in tablespoon sizes, just in case...

After you've switched completely, and bowel tolerance is normal, don't forget to add fresh fruits, vegetables and meats periodically...in between meals, as snacks!

Because Life's Abundance foods are all natural and formulated to help the animal's body heal itself, it starts a cleansing process. Bio-available vitamins, chelated minerals and nutrients are first digested in the stomach - then absorbed into the blood through the intestinal walls. For this reason, HealthyPetNet encourages that any diet change to an all-natural food be made over a period of time to allow the cleansing process to take place slowly. This is very important, as any abrupt diet change will upset a dog and cat's stomach and often cause diarrhea.  A gradual change is an ideal way to introduce your pet to Life's Abundance and achieve optimal results.

One word of caution: please make sure you add digestive enzymes/probiotics to your pet's daily diet prior to and during the diet change process.  Digestive enzymes/probiotics are a powerful source of beneficial bacteria, needed by every dog and cat for proper digestion.  Learn about the importance of digestive enzymes/probiotics here.  We highly recommend Natur's Way MSE Probiotics, which should be included in every dog and cat's daily diet, regardless whether a diet change is in progress or not.