Integrative Pet Parent

The Cancer Signs Dogs Hide in Plain Sight

Early warning signs, the chemicals on your lawn, and the biopsy myth that costs dogs time.

Oct 9 • Jennifer Makeeff

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August 2026

Jackie, Homer, and the Worlds Our Animals Open

What a bald eagle in a pine tree and a fourteen-year-old rescue terrier showed a lot of us about being let in.

Aug 11 • Jennifer Makeeff

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June 2026

The Convenience Is Killing Them

Two out of three dogs had a reaction. Nobody mentioned it.

Jun 5 • Jennifer Makeeff

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May 2026

Survive, Not Thrive

The Quiet Standard That Built the Pet Food Industry

May 11 • Jennifer Makeeff

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Antibiotics and the Microbiome: What to Do During and After

Your dog needs the antibiotic. The microbiome needs you to know what comes next.

May 3 • Jennifer Makeeff

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Why 70% of Your Dog’s Immune System Lives in Their Gut

The single most important sentence in integrative pet medicine, and what it means for the dog in front of you.

May 3 • Jennifer Makeeff

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April 2026

The Harness and Leash Hanging By the Door Are Probably Working Against You

Part I of a three-part series on protecting your dog and the person on the other end of the leash.

Apr 30 • Jennifer Makeeff

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One Wish

Today is my birthday. One wish. I want our pets to live longer — and I want us to stop poisoning them.

Published on The Jenn Files • Apr 30

Faster

We have known this is wrong for decades. Why has it not stopped?

Apr 25 • Jennifer Makeeff

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Nine Years

Dogs used to live to twenty. Now we call twelve a long life. Something changed, and it was not the dogs.

Apr 21 • Jennifer Makeeff

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Toxic

To you, irreplaceable. To the law, property. To the industry, the perfect customer.

Apr 7 • Jennifer Makeeff

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March 2026

Gut

Stop throwing money out the window and using FortiFlora. This applies to dogs and cats both. Everything in this article does.

Mar 30 • Jennifer Makeeff

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