Supplements to Help Your Dog Thrive with Lucy Jabrayan

10/18/22 • 23 min

Wondering how you can help your dog thrive - not just survive? Are they eating a balanced diet and getting the nutrients and minerals they need to live in optimum health?

In this Episode of the Muttz with MannerzTM Canine Academy Podcast, host Corey McCusker interviews Lucy Jabrayan, owner of Thrive4life Holistic Pet Food to discuss supplements and how they can help your pet.

Lucy has been actively helping people and their furry kids turn to natural alternatives that work. She herself uses natural alternatives to care for all her four-legged children from dogs, cats, horses – and even goats! Lucy helps many others do the same while working in an integrative way with other health care practitioners and veterinarians.

In this episode Corey and Lucy share:

How Lucy began working with pets using her knowledge from sports nutrition and now calls herself a pet health educator.
Three reasons supplements can help your pet.
Reason one: Balanced Nutrition - why supplementation is required to attain this.
Reason two: Special Needs - related to the age, activity level, or breed of your pet.
Reason three: Anti-aging – Slowing down the aging process for your pet.
Three supplements that Lucy recommends.
The story of a German Shepherd that Lucy consulted with and the amazing results the owner saw after using the right high-quality supplements.
Why targeted supplementation is important for the health of your pet.
The consultation process that Lucy uses when determining an approach for your pet.
Lucy’s best tip - keep things simple!

‘There is a time in place, of course, for pharmaceuticals. But sometimes I find the approach is... it's kind of like blowing out a candle with a blowtorch. It's just total overkill.’
– Lucy Jabrayan

For more information about Lucy and Thrive4Life Holistic Pet Foods visit https://www.thrive4lifepetfood.com/ or check them out on facebook https://www.facebook.com/thrive4lifeholisticpet/ or Instagram @thrive4lifeholisticpet

Special Guest: Lucy Jabrayan, BSc, CEMT

Lucy has been in the health and nutraceutical industry for over a decade, specializing in canine and feline advanced nutrigenomics, with an educational background in Holistic & Sports Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, BSc in Psychology, also a certified Equine Massage Therapist, certified Pet First Aid & CPR Specialist and was a certified education consultant for a Canadian supplement company that specialized in pet, equine and human supplements and products.
Lucy has been actively helping people and their furry kids turn to natural alternatives that work, she herself uses natural alternatives to care for all her four-legged children from dogs, cats, horses-even goats! Helping many others do the same while working in an integrative way with other health care practitioners and veterinarians.

Along with making segment appearances on television Lucy also contributes to numerous publications, magazines and blogs such as Pet Connection, Red Scarf Equestrian, Tonic and Optimyz magazine. One of her many passions is giving talks and seminars to further educate the public on natural pet and equine wellness.

Lucy resides on a farm in Whitchurch-Stouffville with her pack and four cats, chickens, goats, her store pet Cockatiel 'M.J' and two horses; Devon and Leo. An avid rider since she was 9 years old, she has always been one with nature where her love and passion for caring for animals has guided her to the next step of her career, helping others achieve vitality with their animals and themselves.

Your Host:

Corey McCusker, Canine Coach

Corey’s passion for helping humans and dogs excel led her to take a leap of faith after 22 years working in the Financial Industry to leave her corporate job in 2006 and start two companies. Corey is a Coach at heart and works with business leaders and high-performance teams, but her true passion has always been canines. She now has created a career that supports both.

Corey founded Muttz with Mannerz in 2006. Her foundation of knowledge which includes being a Senior Manager, Dog Trainer, Vet Assistant, World Tour Lead, and Mental Performance Coach helped her to launch the Canine Academy. The purpose of the academy is to assist pet parents build the foundation for their pups to be with them for life.

Corey believes in giving back to the community. Over many years she has volunteered at the Toronto Hu...

Wondering how you can help your dog thrive - not just survive? Are they eating a balanced diet and getting the nutrients and minerals they need to live in optimum health?

In this episode Corey and Lucy share:

How Lucy began working with pets using her knowledge from sports nutrition and now calls herself a pet health educator.
Three reasons supplements can help your pet.
Reason one: Balanced Nutrition - why supplementation is required to attain this.
Reason two: Special Needs - related to the age, activity level, or breed of your pet.
Reason three: Anti-aging – Slowing down the aging process for your pet.
Three supplements that Lucy recommends.
The story of a German Shepherd that Lucy consulted with and the amazing results the owner saw after using the right high-quality supplements.
Why targeted supplementation is important for the health of your pet.
The consultation process that Lucy uses when determining an approach for your pet.
Lucy’s best tip - keep things simple!

Special Guest: Lucy Jabrayan, BSc, CEMT

Your Host:

Corey McCusker, Canine Coach

Corey believes in giving back to the community. Over many years she has volunteered at the Toronto Hu...

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Uncovering What’s in Your Dog’s Bowl with Carly Paryluk

Do you really know what is in your dog’s bowl? Are you feeding them the equivalent of “fast food” or a healthy, nutritious diet?

In this Episode of the Muttz with MannerzTM Canine Academy Podcast, host Corey McCusker interviews Carly Paryluk, the owner of House of Paws Pet Boutique in Regina, Saskatchewan who is a self-proclaimed pet nutrition junkie. Her mission is to extend the lives of animals through nutrition.

Carly provides us with some eye-opening information and easy-to-implement tips to improve our pet’s nutrition right in our very own kitchen. We know so much more now than we once did and Carly spends a great deal of time researching, learning, and sharing her knowledge with others.

In this episode Corey and Carly share:

What inspired Carly to open the House of Paws Boutique.
Why Carly wanted to have unbiased knowledge about pet nutrition and how that led to her certifications in pet nutrition.
The long history of kibble – why it was invented 80 years ago – it isn’t what you might think!
What you should know about the kibble you are feeding your dog today.
The benefits of choosing a premium kibble - even though it may appear to be more expensive.
How to grade your kibble and what ingredients to look for and look out for! Including Carly’s tool – What Grade is My Kibble?
What the fresh food movement is and Carly’s 5 ways to level up your dog’s food bowl to reduce carbs, waste, and save you money.
How Carly and her team at House with Paws are passionate about providing unbiased information and education to pet parents (primarily on TikTok).

Download Carly’s tool What Grade is My Kibble? here.

For more information about Carly and House of Paws Boutique please visit their website at https://thehouseofpaws.ca/. Also, check them out on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/discover/House-of-paws

You can also email Carly at [email protected]

Special Guest: Carly Patryluk

Carly is the owner of House of Paws Pet Boutique in Regina, Saskatchewan Canada. For over 20 years, she acted as a corporate facilitator in the telecommunications industry where she spent 25 years of her life. As many entrepreneurs do, Carly determined that her passion was being stifled in the corporate world and she knew it was time to take the plunge and fulfill a lifelong dream of being her own boss. What she didn’t know was her dream would be fulfilled by owning her own pet store! In October of 2019, the doors of House of Paws opened and was immediately a different breed of pet store.

House of Paws is on a mission to extend the lives of pets through nutrition and is focused on providing premium nutrition for cats and dogs as well as creating transparency in the pet food industry for pet parents. The House of Paws mission requires in depth conversations with customers to educate them on what is actually in their bowl. In order to empower pet parents, the House of Paws team must always share up to date and relevant information. Prior to opening her store, Carly certified in Pet Nutrition and Raw Nutrition and now considers herself a bit of pet nutrition junkie as she spends a great deal of time researching, learning and sharing her knowledge with her team and customers.

Pet nutrition can truly be classified as the new politics! It can be a very polarizing topic in some circles. Carly believes, when we know better, we can do better! We used to smoke on planes, we know better now and smoking on planes is part of the past! Pet nutrition is no different, we know so much more now than we once did. Carly regularly uses her skills as a former facilitator to help educate and empower pet parents on knowing what’s in their pet’s bowl and gives them easy to implement tips on how they can improve their pet’s nutrition right in their very own kitchen! If you have an interest in doing the very best for your furry family and want to talk pet nutrition, Carly is happy to share what she knows with anyone who will listen ☺

Your Host:

Corey McCusker, Canine Coach

Corey’s passion for helping humans and dogs excel led her to take a leap of faith after 22 years working in the Financial Industry to leave her corporate job in 2006 and start two com...

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The Healing Power of Touch with Jesse McCowan

Have you tried holistic therapies to help your dog live its best quality of life? Things like Acupressure, Cold laser therapy, or even Iridology for pets?

In this Episode of the Muttz with MannerzTM Canine Academy Podcast, host Corey McCusker interviews Jesse McCowan of Birch Animal Wellness. Corey and Jesse discuss her approach to some amazing holistic therapies that have helped many animals to have the highest quality of life possible.

Jesse uses a combination of her therapies with her clients to better approach both physical and behavioural imbalances. The therapies are gentle and non-invasive while allowing for dogs that are more nervous around people.

In this episode Corey and Jesse share:

Jesse’s bio and background and how she came to practice holistic therapies on animals
The two most popular therapies that Jessie offers – Acupressure and Cold Laser Therapy.
The lesser-known tool in Jesse’s kit – Iridology – and the unique information it can provide about your pet.
Jesse’s favourite therapy for behaviour issues – Flower Essences.
The common issues that Pet Parents visit Jesse to resolve and how she deals with the most common one – digestive issues.
How these holistic therapies can help your pet with anxiety.
Jesse walks us through what an acupressure session would typically look like, what she is looking for, and what takeaways the pet parent would have.
How to contact Jesse and learn more at her website birchanimalwellness.com or to learn more about acupressure visit allgrassnorthamerica.com.

‘I decided to take that passion for animals and make my own career out of it because it's actually not a very well-known field. And because I have so many different specializations, it's more of a broad approach. So I can work with animals with different types of issues..’
– Jesse McCowan

For more information about Jesse and Birch Animal Wellness visit https://www.birchanimalwellness.com/whyme

For more information specifically about Acupressure visit tallgrassnorthamerica.com.

Special Guest:
Jesse McCowan

Jesse’s love of animals started very young. She completed an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Behaviour and began getting certified in various therapies after that. Not only is she dual-certified in Animal Iridology, but also in Animal Acupressure.

In 2019 she became Canada’s first dual-certified Animal Acupressure Instructor, so she teaches both Small Animal classes and Equine classes. Shortly after, she became the Educational Director for Tallgrass North America which is a comprehensive online and hands-on Animal Acupressure program available globally.

Jesse uses a combination of her therapies with her clients to better approach both physical and behavioral imbalances. The therapies are gentle and non-invasive, while allowing for dogs that are more nervous around people.

Jesse’s services are available through Birch Animal Wellness.

Your Host:

Corey McCusker, Canine Coach

Corey believes in giving back to the community. Over many years she has volunteered at the Toronto Humane Society and the OSPCA and is also proud to be an evaluator for St. John Ambulance Dog Therapy Program. She held the position of Director of Communications on the board for the Canadian Association for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives from 2017-2019. She has been active with Markham Fair and been a Team Captain and on the Executive for Stouffville Ladies Floor Hockey League for over 15 years.

Corey has made Stouffville her home for the last 18 years and shares it with Mike, her partner, two stepdaughters, Karla and Alison, and their two energetic kittens, Dino and Demi. Over the years Corey has be...