Meet the Team

A Balanced Dish Pet Nutrition Center is a small team of two, Autumn is our Certified Canine & Feline Nutritionist and the Business Owner, and Kieran is our Operations Manager and oversees much of the day to day operations and client communications…


  • Founder & Cert Canine & Feline Nutritionist

    Autumn has been working in the Pet Food Industry for the last 10 years and has been consulting on the health of family pet’s and assisting with their diets for more than 9 years. Autumn has a lengthy background in Canine & Feline nutrition, as well as Canine Behavior and Training. For more information on her experience and approach, read below.

  • Operations Manager

    Kieran is an integral part of the A Balanced Dish team and has been working with us since 2021. He began by handling all of our Photography, and Customer Relations and has since been apprenticing as a Dog Trainer with Autumn, for the past year. Kieran assists with managerial tasks as well as shadowing Autumn and helping to care for the dogs in our training programs. Kieran grew up with dogs, and developed a love for them. He has a long background of Photography, Graphic Design, and Web Development. His love and passion for Dogs & Cats has lead him to begin taking on the Pet Industry as well, and has spent his time learning how to work with them professionally since January 2021. He has been an active apprentice with A Balanced Dish (formerly A Balanced Canine) since May 2022. While Kieran is not accepting private clients at this time, he is continuing his education in Canine Behavior, Dog Training and Nutrition with us, and you may see him assisting our current clients and helping to care for the dogs in our programs!

Meet your Pet’s Nutritionist

Autumn is a certified Canine & Feline Nutritionist, and has been consulting pet parents on their dogs & cats nutrition for nearly 10 years. Autumn has had the wonderful opportunity to study under both Conventional, Integrative, and Holistic Veterinarians, as well as Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionists, and has been through accredited programs including; The College of Integrative Veterinary Therapies. Autumn is trained in both diet formulation as well as disease management diets and food therapy. In addition to this her years of experience working in the Pet Food Industry gives her unique insight into the inner workings of the business and the processes of Pet Food manufacturing, and regulations. She shares these years of experience and knowledge with you in order to better the health and behavior of your beloved companions. Autumn specializes in whole-food based Disease Management diets for a variety of health conditions such as; Hyperuricosuria (HUA), Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), various forms of Liver Disease including Copper Storage Disease, Heart Disease, Gastrointestinal Disease +more. With years of specialized experience, Autumn believes in an integrative approach to health, marrying both conventional and holistic diet principles to create a diet that is biologically appropriate for dogs and cats and backed by science to ensure the continued health of your pet. Autumn believes in working synergistically with your pets veterinary team and customizes your pets diet to match the needs represented in their labs.