Leida Visee
Caring for your canine
Let’s work on your dog’s future
Leida Visee
Caring for your canine
Let’s work on your dog’s future
In these blogs, I share practical tips, insights, and inspiring stories to help you make your senior dog’s life as comfortable and happy as possible. Whether you want to learn more about health, nutrition, exercise, or mental stimulation – here, you’ll find useful and interesting information. I publish a new blog approximately once every two weeks.
Happy reading!
Needing glasses?
One change that is common in older dogs is age-related cataracts. In this, the lenses in the eyes gradually become somewhat cloudy instead of transparent, as seen in the young dog. We can see this as a slightly bluish haze in our dog's eyes, especially if the light...
Rebellious or loss of hearing?
Not every dog becomes hard of hearing or deaf with age, but it is quite common for hearing to become markedly impaired in later years. Hearing can also sometimes appear variable, leaving us in doubt: if my dog does not respond to my calling, is he defying me, or...
Superfoods for health and longevity – part 6
In the final part of my mini-series on foods for humans that are also very good for dogs, I would like to address unsafe foods and additives for our dogs. Extensive lists of foods supposedly "toxic" for dogs are all over the Internet. When you add up all these lists,...
Superfoods for health and longevity – part 5
Today is the second-to-last part of my mini-series on superfoods you can add to your dog's food today, whether you feed kibble, canned, cooked, raw, or a combination. Each food I write about has unique properties that can contribute to better health and a longer...
Comforting your dog, should you do it or not?
In this time of New Year celebrations with fireworks (here in the Netherlands, a lot of this is happening in December), the loud bangs cause anxiety for many dogs. I occasionally come across the question of whether you should comfort your scared dog. This could be a...
Christmas time…
Hopefully a time of warmth and good company, and thankfully, it usually is. What it certainly is: a time when everything is "different than usual." We cook and eat other things than usual, get visitors, and/or go on visits. Routines change. Sometimes, we visit people...
Superfoods for health and longevity – part 4
Today we are already on part 4 of my mini series of blog posts about superfoods you can start adding to your dog’s bowl, whether you feed a diet of kibble, canned, cooked, raw or a combination of those. Every single one of the foods I will write about has special...
Superfoods for health and longevity – part 3
Here is part 3 of my mini series of blog posts about superfoods you can start adding to your dog’s bowl today, whether you feed a diet of kibble, canned, cooked, raw or a combination of those. Every single one of the foods I will write about has special attributes...
Understanding Proprioception in Dogs
Proprioception refers to the ability to sense and understand the body's position in space, as well as the movement of limbs and joints. It's like having an internal GPS system that helps us navigate the world around us without having to constantly rely on our...
Superfoods for health and longevity – part 2
Today I’m continuing my mini series of blog posts about superfoods you can start adding to your dog’s bowl today, whether you feed a diet of kibble, canned, cooked, raw or a combination of those. Every single one of the foods I will write about has special...
Superfoods for health and longevity – part 1
This is the first part of a series of blog posts about superfoods you can start adding to your dog’s bowl today, whether you feed a diet of kibble, canned, cooked, raw or a combination of those. Every single one of the foods I will write about has special attributes...
But why don’t those herbs from the Internet work for my dog?
In TCVM, disease patterns are vital to diagnosing and treating disease. Unlike the Western medical model focusing on specific diseases, TCVM looks at the underlying imbalances in the body responsible for creating various conditions. By recognizing and understanding...
Say Qi! 😀
Acupuncture, an integral component of TCVM, involves the strategic insertion of thin needles at specific points along the meridians to restore the smooth and balanced flow of Qi. But how does it work, and what benefits does it offer to our furry friends? When...
Why do I love Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine so much?
The short answer: because it offers different concepts and a different way of viewing health and disease, and can help us out when conventional medicine does not have answers. Let’s dive into this a little deeper! In TCVM, the body is seen as an intricate network of...
Pain: as unique as a fingerprint?
Recently I read an article about an intriguing topic that allows us to dive into the fascinating world of neuroscience: gamma waves and their connection to how we perceive pain. I know, we're entering nerd territory with this 😉 But although the research was done in...