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Releasing Your Pet’s Hidden Health Potential

A wellness guide by Dr. Richard Palmquist, DVM — the integrative philosophy behind the care your pet receives at Centinela.

Releasing Your Pet’s Hidden Health Potential by Dr. Richard Palmquist

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Releasing Your Pet’s Hidden Health Potential

by Dr. Richard Palmquist, DVM — Director of Integrative Health Services, Centinela Animal Hospital

A plain-spoken guide to a gentler, more effective approach to pet health. Dr. Palmquist — past president of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association — shows pet families how to tap into an animal’s natural ability to heal, with nutrition as the foundation.

“Skillful Service & Gentle Concern®”

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What’s inside

  • How pets become susceptible to disease — and how to build resilience
  • Nutrition as the foundation of lasting health
  • Integrative tools: acupuncture, homeopathy, herbal medicine & more
  • Real case examples that bring the concepts to life
  • A practical blueprint for evaluating your pet’s health

“Seek truth and healing follows.” — the principle at the heart of Dr. Palmquist’s work and of Centinela Animal Hospital.

More books & references

Co-authored reference

Integrating Complementary Medicine into Veterinary Practice

Robert S. Goldstein, VMD (editor) with Richard E. Palmquist, DVM and others · Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

A comprehensive professional textbook on blending conventional and integrative veterinary medicine — herbal medicine, acupuncture, therapeutic nutrition, homotoxicology, and more.

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