Library & learning
Insight and inspiration too. Guides, e-books, reading and listening tips and recipes, gathered in one place, so you can discover and dig deeper at your own pace.
A note from Melissa
Thanks to the creative assignments in my training, all of that came together in informative guides with practical tips and handholds. Subjects I’m truly enthusiastic about, and that I believe are well worth sharing with the wider world.
Love, Melissa
How the library works
Everything here is practical, informative and directly applicable in daily life. So step by step, you can make better-founded choices for the health and wellbeing of your dog or cat.
Compact guides with recipes and practical tips, free to download.
Informative at their core, and a little more extensive in content.
A growing, carefully chosen collection of books, blogs, articles and podcasts.
From basic bone broths to restorative soups, to make in your own kitchen.
Browse the shelves and pick the guide, e-book, tip or recipe that fits what you’re curious about right now.
Free guides download straight away; the e-books are a small purchase. For now, both run through the current website.
Everything is practical and directly applicable in daily life. Questions along the way? I’m happy to help.
Good to know. The guides and e-books are written in Dutch, and new guides are added regularly to support you in caring for a healthy, happy and vital animal. So do keep coming back.
See the full overview (opens the current site)E-books
My paid guides are informative at their core, and a little more extensive in content. Both are written for the healthy dog and cat.
Featured e-book
An informative guide to cooking for your dog or cat yourself. Discover the different ways of preparing food, with their pros and cons.
E-book
An informative handbook on raw feeding for your dog and cat. Discover the different ways to feed raw, with their pros and cons.
Free to download
Right now there are four free guides ready to download. Their content is just as valuable and enjoyable to read.
They’re still in my ‘old style’. Behind the scenes I’m giving them a fresh look, a little cleaner and clearer.
Small additions with a big impact. Learn how to support your animal’s health with simple ingredients.
Discover what nutrients from the different colour groups do for the body, and how variety can support it even more. A companion to Functional toppings.
Discover why moisture plays such a crucial role in every animal’s health, how to encourage and increase intake, and which recipes you can use.
Discover why moisture plays such a crucial role in every animal’s health, how to encourage and increase intake, and which recipes you can use.
Readers on the guides
“I find them super valuable! I had a ‘basis’, but the booklets are full of fun and interesting information. The cooking times for everything and the little recipes have already come in very handy. Everything is explained really clearly, in a lovely layout. Thanks again, I think you’re going to go far!”
“Melissa delves deeply into nutrition, and you can see it in the beautiful booklets she has put together. They’re lovely to look at and very informative. Great to use as inspiration, not only for enriching your dogs’ food, but secretly for yourself as well.”
Reading & listening tips
As a keen reader, I’ve read quite a few dog and cat books by now. Here I gather my reading and listening tips: a growing collection that connects to the themes I work with every day.
Every tip is carefully chosen. I share sources I believe are truly valuable for owners who want to learn more about their dog or cat. And it lets me put some of my colleagues in the spotlight too. Win-win.
Coming soon
A new recurring blog with book tips, reviews, my current ‘reads’ and more, from nutrition to lifestyle and behaviour. I can’t wait to share it with you. The first titles on the pile:
From the basics to deeper knowledge, scientific insights and practical handholds.
The Forever Dog
The dog-care guide that shows how we can slow down ageing in our dogs, so they stay healthy and happy for as long as possible. In Dutch: Een hond voor het leven.
The Forever Dog Life
The follow-up to The Forever Dog: informative and practical, packed with recipes and DIYs to support your dog’s health preventively.
De rauwe waarheid over de voeding van je hond
‘The raw truth about feeding your dog’
For dog owners who want to dig deeper into feeding their dogs raw.
Feeding Dogs: Dry or Raw? The Science Behind the Debate
A science-based comparison of kibble and raw feeding, helping owners choose on the basis of research, facts and practical insight.
We’ve been wrong about dog food
A long-form conversation on what we feed our dogs, and why.
Droogvoer of vers voer voor je hond
‘Dry or fresh food for your dog?’
On a new study whose scientific insights match what the complementary, integrative view has known for some time.
Centrum Natuurgeneeskunde & Voeding bij Dieren
High-quality, in-depth training in nutrition and health, plus Kelly’s valuable and interesting blog posts.
Voerwijzer.com
An informative site about dog and cat food, where everything to do with nutrition is discussed objectively.
Sniffing, brain work, stress regulation, natural needs and wellbeing.
Canine Enrichment for the Real World
What your dog needs as a species and as an individual, and the many ways to meet those needs: not only games and brain work, but instinctive and physical needs too.
Canine Enrichment for the Real World Workbook
The practical companion: the textbook in compact form, plus exercises, checklists and much more to get started with.
Wag
How to boost your dog’s wellbeing and happiness based on the latest science, from training and enrichment to socialisation, health and emotions.
Purr
A science-based guide to a happy, healthy cat’s life: how cats communicate, and what they need to feel safe and relaxed.
Hersenwerk voor honden
‘Brain work for dogs’
Brain work as relaxation for your dog and as teamwork between you, using household materials or a home-made search game.
Dog Enrichment
A fairly new podcast on why enrichment works, with ideas for at home and the science behind it.
Keuzevrijheid voor honden
‘Freedom of choice for dogs’
Why choice matters in our dogs’ lives, and the role it plays as enrichment for their overall wellbeing.
Health, pain, stress physiology, prevention and more.
The hormone series
On the importance of hormones and how they work, the potential of hormone-replacement therapies after neutering, and new insights.
Vitamin B12
Their insights and experience around B12 and folic acid, partly from their own research. The Eduvet approach is part of my training too.
De fokker als eerste professional
‘The breeder as the first professional’
How the decisions breeders make before a puppy is born shape its health, behaviour and disease burden for the rest of its life.
Fear, stress, processing stimuli, tailored training and understanding dog language.
BAT 2.0
A modern, dog-friendly training method that helps dogs meet challenging situations with more calm and confidence. Valuable for every owner, not only those with reactive dogs.
Kijk eens naar je hond
‘Take a look at your dog’
Truly understand your dog’s behaviour: how emotions, stress and communication shape it, with positive, practical handholds.
Kijk op Katten
Liesbeth takes you into the world of the cat: behaviour, health, wellbeing and fun facts.
Have something you’d love to see shared here? Send me a message and I’ll gladly add it.
Recipes
From basic bone broths to restorative soups: recipes you can put to good use as an owner. For more information or questions, you’re always welcome to get in touch.
Thanks to the specific way the carrots are cooked, something beautiful happens: a gentle, natural remedy that offers lovely (preventive) support for digestion. Discover the power of this soup, and how to make it yourself for your animal.
Bone broth is also called ‘liquid gold’, for all the preventive health benefits it offers. A basic recipe based on chicken, though you can use any protein your animal tolerates, plus ideas for vegetables and herbs to add.
Bespoke advice
Would you like a food analysis, supplement and topping advice, or a full bespoke nutrition plan for your beloved four-legged friend? Plan a free, no-obligation introductory call, so we can calmly look together at what suits you both.
Hopefully I’ll speak to you soon! Love, Melissa
