I have had the pleasure of meeting both Melissa and Steve before when I spoke about how veganism and kindness were so inextricably linked at the Apollo theatre in April, and they came to listen to my talk. They were feeding their much-loved chocolate brown Labrador Bear a plant-based diet with help from the Just be Kind site, and they had just embarked on their journey of starting a vegan business with Vegan Muscle Gymwear.
They are a couple that I feel so happy to have met twice as goodness and kindness just radiates from both of them! They had their very first stand for their gymwwear business at the recent Vegfest in London and I was thrilled to meet them yet again. They are both the muscliest people that I have had the pleasure of being photographed with (apart from when I hugged James Wilks from Gamechangers fame🙂 Both proof of the power of health when on a 100% plant-based diet!
They live their new business tagline THE STRONG PROTECT THE WEAK. They chose to rescue battery chickens just a few months ago. They built an entire construction in their garden to house them, while still allowing them room to be free range. I was fascinated with their story of how these tortured hens arrived having never seen daylight or space or grass before (see the video below), and how they now had the most wonderful routine now of looking out for each other.
Steve told me how he watches them in the evening going into their roost one by one. He knows them all by name. They would enter alone, sing a little song, check that it was safe and then settle down for the night. The next hen would follow, enter, sing a little song, and settle for the night…and each one would do the same ritual every night! I LOVED hearing this. Perfect chicken behaviour as they work together to protect each other, but with the careful support and attention of this dedicated couple, they are now leading the happiest of lives:)
How we love this short video they sent us of their darling Bear…..we all agree with him hugely!!
“As a vet, I believe in a kinder, healthier way to feed our pets that does no damage to our environment, harms no animals and uses fresh, healthy plant-based ingredients for a balanced and delicious diet”
Arielle Vegan Vet
“If nobody changes then nothing changes but if somebody changes then everything changes!”
Arielle Vegan Vet
Wonderful David Attenborough
When our future seems so precarious, we finally have hope for our fragile natural world with the very wise and passionate words of Sir David Attenborough
*The Top 10 Zoonoses In Your Home*
There are cases of dry food or treats (especially the raw hide treats and chews) causing transmission of diseases to people
Fireworks tips for our plant-based dogs
None of us want our dogs to be stressed – there is nothing worse than seeing them anxious and unhappy
Evidence Based Medicine
The meat-based fed control group showed 11 deficiencies while the long-term vegan fed category presented only two deficiencies
Race Against Time
As a vet and a mother and a dog lover, I am passionate about feeding dogs a plant-based diet to support our future
Confessions of a vegan vet
David Attenborough makes a stark warning on extinction and I felt it would be too upsetting to watch!
How life has changed for vets since the pandemic
Here is a day in my life to share what it is like to be a vet coping with the changes of how the pandemic has shaped a new way of being a small animal vet
Our Gamechangers Connection
We are so proud to say that our little unit that we hire to hold all the wonderful VEGDOG food and supplement that we import, is owned by none other than the wonderful and very dignified Gary Wilks
What about homecooking for my giant dog?
We have a simple solution when home-cooking for giant breed dogs
Help my dog has itchy ears!
Itchy, painful ears can affect your dog’s quality of life quite significantly
Dogs CAN digest starches
Calculations have revealed that dogs can digest about 99 % of plant-based starch if provided to them in a suitable form
We just need to stop eating animals
As a small business, we will do all we can to continue to promote the nourishment of our pets with wholesome, clean and nutritious plant-based foods that hold no dangers of causing a second pandemic.
