Holly is the Founder of fresh vegan dog food company Fleetful.

She started working with renowned vegan vet nutritionist Dr Arielle Griffiths after realizing she couldn’t naturally solve her dog’s digestion issues with the commercial food available to her. With Dr. Griffiths help, she learned all about the benefits that plant-based feeding can have on canine health.

After transitioning her dog to a fresh organic plant-based diet, his problems disappeared. Holly also noticed many other health benefits so decided to take the leap in 2020 and start Fleetful - easy recipe kits for dogs. She worked with Dr Arielle and German pet nutritionists to come up with Fleetful’s first recipe kit, an easy way owners can feed fresh vegan meals to their dogs. Two years on, Fleetful have now launched a gluten and corn free kit which is formulated for healthy skin. Fleetful also offer high nutrient treat kits and all ingredients are organically sourced. 

Holly believes that dogs are only with us a very short time so we should be feeding them the absolute best. 

Vic’s word of the day (or episode): PURINE

According to Drugs.com, purine is a “substance that is found in foods and is produced naturally by the body. Purines are broken down by the body and changed to uric acid. The kidneys normally filter the uric acid, and it leaves the body through the urine. However, people with gout sometimes have a build-up of uric acid in the blood. This build-up of uric acid can cause swelling and pain (a gout attack). A low-purine diet may help to treat and prevent gout attacks.

Source: https://www.drugs.com/cg/low-purine-diet.html

If Holly was a dog, what would she be?

A border terrier. To find out more, listen to the podcast to get Holly’s thoughts, and check out the Kennel Club’s description:

https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/search/breeds-a-to-z/breeds/terrier/border-terrier/

Resources

Fleetful

You can find Fleetful on Facebook, instagram TikTok and YouTube @fleetfulbox, or their website,

Www.fleetful.co.uk 

Dr. Arielle Griffiths, vet nutritionist

https://vegan-dogfood.co.uk/about/

Newest paper on carefully formulated vegan diets: https://phys.org/news/2023-03-thumbs-vegan-diets-dogs.html 

Holly will be writing a blog about all the papers soon - there are loads over the years- keep an eye out here: https://www.fleetful.co.uk/blogs/news 

70% of a dog’s immunity is in the gut: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4056765/

We’ve been feeding dogs plant-based since the Middle Ages where meat was too coveted to throw away! https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10963-021-09153-9 

For anyone who is thinking of feeding their dog a plant-based diet or if they already do, maybe their dog has serious intolerance to meat proteins and you want to know more? Holly recommends this course (buy both parts): https://www.fleetful.co.uk/blogs/news/br-plant-based-nutrition-course-for-dogs-why-owners-are-taking-their-dog-s-diet-into-their-own-hands