Sunnybrook Holistic Mobile Veterinary Services

Sunnybrook Holistic Mobile Veterinary Services Providing Toronto's pets with holistic and integrative veterinary care from the comfort of your home!

Services provided include:
Geriatric Care
Functional Nutrition
Herbal Medicine
Acupuncture (coming soon!)
Palliative and End of Life Care

Researchers just tested 38 real pet food products for microplastics, tiny plastic particles most pet parents have never ...
08/17/2026

Researchers just tested 38 real pet food products for microplastics, tiny plastic particles most pet parents have never thought to check for. Most of them weren’t clean.

Here’s what stood out: this wasn’t really about one bad brand or one ingredient to avoid. The plastics identified were mostly tied to packaging and processing materials, which means this is a production chain question.

Budget priced products did test meaningfully worse than premium ones, and the likely reason isn’t that cheaper ingredients are dirtier, it’s that budget products tend to go through more processing and rely more on vague ingredient wording, both tied to more contamination.

Want to know exactly which brands were tested and how they did? Grab the free breakdown in our PDF, link in bio.

Full article is in our blog this week (link in bio)

A few years ago, a lot of pet parents switched away from grain-free dog food after the FDA raised concerns about a possi...
08/11/2026

A few years ago, a lot of pet parents switched away from grain-free dog food after the FDA raised concerns about a possible link to a heart condition called DCM. New research has moved that conversation forward, and it turns out the real story is more specific, and more interesting, than either the original scare or the recent reassurances suggest.

The pattern researchers now keep finding has less to do with whether a food is labeled grain-free, and more to do with how much of the recipe is made up of pulse ingredients, peas, lentils, chickpeas, and beans. 

At the same time, a new seven month study found no heart changes in dogs eating a range of grain-free and grain-inclusive diets, which matters too, even though seven months is a relatively short window for a condition that can sometimes take longer to develop.

Swipe through for what the research actually shows, and what it does not, plus what is worth checking on your own dog’s food label.

This is genuinely an evolving area of veterinary research, and if your dog’s breed carries a known risk for heart disease, or if you have questions about their current diet, that is exactly the kind of thing worth bringing to your next vet visit.

Just to name a few 😅What did I forget? Hit me with your best WTFs below 👇🏼
08/06/2026

Just to name a few 😅

What did I forget? Hit me with your best WTFs below 👇🏼

A new study just tested 100 real dog and cat foods for PFAS aka “forever chemicals” and the results are worth five minut...
08/05/2026

A new study just tested 100 real dog and cat foods for PFAS aka “forever chemicals” and the results are worth five minutes of your time.

Here’s the headline nobody’s talking about yet: it wasn’t really about dry vs. wet, or cheap vs. premium. 

The single biggest factor was fish. 

Fish-based foods, especially ones using whole small fish, had meaningfully higher PFAS levels than meat-based foods, because these chemicals accumulate as you move up the aquatic food chain, and concentrate further in organs.

I want to be really clear about what this is NOT: it’s not a reason to panic, and it’s not a reason to swear off fish-based diets forever (omega-3s are genuinely valuable). It’s a reason to ask better questions about sourcing especially for kibble and canned foods, but even for our fresh food diets as well. 

Swipe through for what the study actually found, what it means for cats specifically, and the exact questions I’d want you asking your pet food brand.

This is one study, done on products sold in Japan, and there’s still a lot we don’t know about safe PFAS thresholds for dogs and cats specifically, but it’s a good early signal that more research needs to be done. It also goes to show just how important transparency regarding sourcing ingredients really is.

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The reality is that excess weight is one of the most significant health challenges facing our pets today, and its impact...
08/04/2026

The reality is that excess weight is one of the most significant health challenges facing our pets today, and its impact goes far beyond appearance.

Obesity has been linked to an increased risk of osteoarthritis, cruciate ligament injuries, diabetes in cats, chronic inflammation, and a shorter lifespan.

Carrying extra weight can also make anesthesia and surgery more challenging, increasing the risk of complications and making recovery more difficult.

What makes this conversation so challenging is that most owners are not overfeeding out of neglect. They are doing it out of love. Treats become part of our routine, sharing food becomes a way to bond, and because weight gain happens gradually, it can be difficult to recognize when a pet has moved from a healthy body condition into an unhealthy one.

Maintaining a healthy weight is not about achieving a certain look or keeping your pet as lean as possible. It is about protecting their joints, reducing inflammation, lowering their risk of disease, and helping them enjoy the highest quality and increasing the time you have together ❤️

Nutrition is one of the biggest daily influences we have on our pet’s health.
Our dogs and cats evolved eating diets mad...
07/31/2026

Nutrition is one of the biggest daily influences we have on our pet’s health.

Our dogs and cats evolved eating diets made up of whole animal ingredients, not highly processed foods designed around convenience and shelf stability. A species appropriate diet focuses on providing the nutrients their bodies were biologically designed to use: quality protein, healthy fats, essential vitamins and minerals, and a variety of whole food nutrients.

Why does this matter?

Because metabolic health is the foundation of overall health.

Chronic inflammation, obesity, insulin resistance, and poor body condition can increase the risk of many of the diseases we see every day in veterinary medicine.

A healthy diet is not a magic shield. It will not prevent every disease.

But every meal is an opportunity to support your pet’s body, reduce unnecessary stress on their systems, and invest in their long-term health.

You can invest in health today.

Or you can pay to manage disease later.

SWIPE to fill Sig’s Bowl ➡️➡️➡️I am following a BARF diet for Sig, which stands for biologically appropriate raw food.

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07/30/2026

SWIPE to fill Sig’s Bowl ➡️➡️➡️

I am following a BARF diet for Sig, which stands for biologically appropriate raw food.

In practice that means raw muscle meat, raw meaty bones, organ meat, and a smaller portion of vegetables, fruit, nuts/seeds, combined in ratios that mirror what a dog’s body is built to use. Maximizing bioavailbility and reducing low quality and inflammatory ingredients.

For a growing large breed puppy, the calcium to phosphorus ratio is the single most important number in the entire diet, since it directly shapes how his bones and joints develop. This diet sits at approximately 1.3 to 1, which is exactly where we want it for a puppy his size and breed.

A few other things round out his diet but are not pictured in this bowl: oysters, sardines, vitamin E, kelp and sunflower seeds (those were in his morning meal)

I make sure to weigh Sig at the end of each week to adjust his diet and ratios for the following week, and also make sure he is growing at an appropriate rate for his age/breed.

Feeding a BARF diet can seem intimidating but I promise you it’s really not that hard!

What’s your go to raw diet? 80/10/10? Whole Prey? BARF?

Let me know in the comments!



A lot of dental products carry a seal that most pet parents assume means something bigger than it actually does.Most pet...
07/27/2026

A lot of dental products carry a seal that most pet parents assume means something bigger than it actually does.

Most pet parents see it and assume the entire product has been vetted for safety. It hasn’t. 

The Veterinary Oral Health Council only checks one specific thing: whether a product reduces plaque and tartar by a defined amount, in a trial the manufacturer designs and runs on their own. Nobody at VOHC is looking at what’s actually in the bag, and nobody is asking whether this is the healthiest long term choice for your dog.

That doesn’t mean that the seal is meaningless. It just means that it is answering a much narrower question than most people think it is.

Swipe through for what the seal actually measures, who’s really doing the checking, and the three things it never touches at all.

Did you know this about the VOHC seal?? 🪥🦷🪥🦷



Summer titre clinics are here ☀️🐾✨We’re so excited to be offering our pop-up titre clinics this summer! A simple way to ...
04/26/2026

Summer titre clinics are here ☀️🐾✨

We’re so excited to be offering our pop-up titre clinics this summer! A simple way to check your dog’s immunity and make informed decisions with confidence.

Tests included:
• distemper
• parvovirus
• adenovirus
• rabies

limited spots available — swipe for all the details 💫

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