There is no single "best" diet for every pet—only the diet that is best for your pet.
Whether you’re looking to address a health concern such as IBD, allergies, dermatitis, chronic ear infections, HUA, pancreatitis, liver disease, CKD, or another complex condition—or you simply want to learn how to feed your pet a fresh, balanced diet—we are here to guide and support you so you can feel confident you’re making the right choice for your pet.
Every recommendation begins with understanding your pet
Our Nutrition Counseling plans are fully customized to meet the specific needs of both you and your pet. Each case receives extensive time, expert attention, and ongoing support—often over the course of several weeks to months.
We do far more than formulate diets; we develop comprehensive, long-term wellness strategies designed to improve your pet’s health now and preserve it for the future. Working with us is a meaningful investment in your pet’s lifelong well-being.
Meet your Pet’s Nutritionist
Autumn is a Certified Canine and Feline Nutritionist with nearly a decade of professional experience in the pet industry and more than nine years of dedicated nutrition counseling. She earned her certification through the College of Integrative Veterinary Therapies and is formally trained in diet formulation, food therapy, and disease-management nutrition.
Autumn specializes in creating complete and balanced, biologically appropriate recipes using whole-food ingredients for both healthy pets and those with complex health conditions. She also educates pet owners on safe home-prepared feeding practices and how to responsibly monitor their pets’ health with regular veterinary care. Her training is enriched by the unique opportunity to have studied under a diverse range of conventional, integrative, and holistic veterinary practitioners, as well as Board-Certified Veterinary Nutritionists.
Throughout her career, Autumn has supported thousands of pet parents—whether by identifying high-quality commercial diets from reputable brands or by developing custom recipes tailored to a pet’s specific medical needs. Her background in the Pet Food Industry gives her an informed perspective on the challenges of navigating an often under-regulated and confusing marketplace. With this insight, Autumn’s goal is to empower pet owners with clear, targeted guidance and to help improve the long-term health and quality of life of their companions.
Every nutrition and wellness plan is developed around your pet's complete health picture—not just a diagnosis. Rather than relying on generalized feeding recommendations, Autumn carefully evaluates your pet's medical history, laboratory findings, current medications, lifestyle, previous diet history, and individual goals to create a truly personalized approach.
Her greatest passion lies in working with medically complex cases, including pets with multiple concurrent conditions, where nutritional recommendations may appear to conflict. By thoughtfully balancing conventional clinical nutrition science with whole-food nutrition and integrative eastern food therapy principles, each plan is designed to be both clinically appropriate and holistically supportive.
Where to Begin?
Nutrition must be tailored to the individual needs of both the pet and their family. Factors such as time, budget, medical history, and unique physiological differences mean that a diet that works well for one animal may be unsuitable for another. Our Nutrition Counseling services provide structured, personalized support over the course of several weeks to months, ensuring your pet receives a tailored wellness plan for their specific needs.
Each case begins with a 25-minute phone consultation ($40, bookable below). During this call, we review your pet’s history, current diet, medications, and supplements to determine whether our Nutrition Counseling program is the right fit for your pet's needs. Based on this discussion, you will receive recommended plan options. For pets in good health, this may involve identifying high-quality commercial foods or guidance on making balanced food at home following our custom & complete recipes. For pets with conditions such as allergies, gastrointestinal issues, Hyperuricosuria (HUA), or IBD, a more comprehensive approach is developed. If needed, additional diagnostics may be requested through your veterinarian to ensure accuracy and safety. We require complete medical records for every pet, as these are used to customize each plan.
First, you'll receive an invoice and online intake forms. Once completed, we begin our comprehensive review of your pet's case and formulate their personalized nutrition plan before scheduling your 45–60 minute plan presentation. During this in-depth appointment, we'll walk you through your pet's nutritional needs, explain the reasoning behind every recommendation, and show you exactly how to confidently implement their plan. You'll receive a comprehensive nutrition and wellness roadmap, including complete feeding instructions, individualized recipes or diet options, supplement recommendations, transition guidance, a detailed shopping list, educational resources, and practical implementation tips. Every recommendation is thoroughly explained during your appointment and provided in writing, giving you a valuable resource to reference throughout your journey or share with your pet's veterinary team.
Our support doesn't end once your plan is delivered. Through scheduled email check-ins and phone consultations, we'll continue to monitor your pet's progress, provide guidance as they transition, and make evidence-informed adjustments when appropriate to ensure their nutrition plan continues to support their individual needs.
Nutrition influences every system in the body, which is why we take such a comprehensive approach when developing your pet's plan.
Why Our Process is Different
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Nutrition recommendations are only as good as the information they're based on.
At A Balanced Dish Pet Nutrition Center, every recommendation begins with understanding your pet—not choosing a recipe. Through our comprehensive onboarding process, we take the time to evaluate your pet's complete medical history, diet history, lifestyle, family goals, and available veterinary diagnostics to develop the strongest possible foundation for their nutrition plan.
We don't view your pet's health concerns as isolated conditions. Instead, we look at how each piece of the puzzle influences the others, allowing us to create an individualized, evidence-informed nutrition strategy that supports the body as a whole—not just individual symptoms. Because every pet deserves more than a generic feeding recommendation.
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Our recipes are never selected from a template or modified from a standard formula.
Every ingredient is intentionally chosen and balanced to create a complete and nutritionally sound diet that reflects your pet's individual needs while integrating science-backed clinical nutrition, species-appropriate feeding principles, and Eastern Food Therapy when appropriate.
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Knowledge is power, and we believe informed pet owners make better decisions. Our goal is to help you become the expert on your own pet's unique needs, giving you the knowledge and confidence to make informed decisions throughout their life.
We don't expect you to simply follow instructions—we want you to understand them. Every recommendation is thoroughly explained during your appointment and provided in writing, helping you build the knowledge and confidence to successfully support your pet's health for years to come.
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The delivery of your nutrition plan is just the beginning.
We carefully design your pet's nutrition plan, then continue to support you through implementation, monitor their progress, and refine recommendations when needed to ensure their plan continues to support their changing needs and long-term health goals.
Every plan is individualized. The depth of support is tailored to your pet's needs and your goals.. Many of our cases work on addressing the root cause, and others focus more on management, depending on the client’s specific needs. Our goal is to educate, empower, and guide you in making confident, evidence-based choices that support your pet’s long-term health. Pricing varies based on the complexity of your pet’s needs, but general estimates are provided below for planning purposes. Pets with allergies, gastrointestinal issues, skin concerns, or chronic health conditions typically require a more advanced and detailed approach.
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Custom Recipes
We formulate complete & balanced recipes to meet or exceed AAFCOs current standards for nutrient levels. We use ADF software to breakdown each macro and micronutrient and our years of experience to formulate recipes that are not only nutritionally complete, but also biologically appropriate for your dog or cat. These range between $50-$70 per recipe depending on difficulty and needs. We do offer packages of recipes at discounted rates. This is subject to change depending on case difficulty.
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Nutrition Plans
We take about 2 weeks to formulate your plan and spend between 1-4 hours on this depending on difficulty. Plan pricing includes the price for your long appointment as well as your pets personalized plan. Plan pricing is specific to each dog and their unique case. General pricing - plans start at $355 for one pet (for otherwise healthy pets). Pets with health conditions start at $400 and increase with case severity. If you have several pets that require separate plans there are discounts for each additional plan, additional plans are typically around $200. This is subject to change depending on case difficulty.
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Continued Support
The amount of support will vary depending on your pets needs. If there are health concerns, etc. Typically you will receive a package of weekly, biweekly, or monthly email or phone check-ins to support you and your pet on their new wellness journey. We use these to make adjustments, offer counsel, etc. This package typically comes out to between $170-$320 per month for up to 6 months of help, depending on the amount of support you choose with your plan. Since our plans are detailed and custom made to each pet’s unique needs, some level of support is required to participate in Nutrition Counseling with us. This is subject to change depending on case difficulty.
What our clients are saying…
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"I had a nutrition counseling session with Autumn in 2022 and she helped find me the best quality food that fit my budget to help improve my dogs digestive health. My dog is now so healthy, she gets compliments all the time about how soft and shiny her coat is, her teeth stay white and clean, and she has consistent and healthy poops! Anytime she has a GI flare-up, I can count on ABC's resources to help get her through it, since the traditional "bland diet" does not work for my pup. Autumn is always helpful in answering my many questions about brands and feeding guidelines, and is such a knowledgeable resource for all things nutrition and behavior. I recommend her services to all my friends!
Jordan S.
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"I have followed Autumn for a few years now and I have nothing but amazing things to preach about her and her business. She is the reason I fell in love with canine nutrition and speaking with her about Industry Training only grew that passion. Autumn is unbelievably well spoken, knowledgeable and well rounded in all aspects of canine nutrition and training. In a world filled with negativity, she always found a positive to EVERYTHING she spoke about. Every question was answered, advice was given and nothing but facts were provided with the evidence to support it. If you are considering any of Autumn's services, I highly recommend not only Industry Training but everything she offers. You will leave with so much more knowledge than you came in with and such an appreciation for the work she puts forth for her clients. Thank you Autumn for being such a bright light in this space, it is forever appreciated."
Alyssa R.
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“Hiring Autumn with A Balanced Canine was the best decision!! She not only tailors each recipe to your own individual dog, but she also offers so much support throughout. I was struggling for a long time with my HUA Dalmatian. I had no idea how to feed him and how to prevent stones. It felt like his health was way out of my control which was so stressful. I was so happy to have finally found a nutritionist that cares so much about each individual client and their dogs. Now I feel confident in my Dalmatian’s diet and health because of Autumn!! :)”
Beth M.
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"Our dog has a very sensitive stomach and tends to be too thin, we worked with Autumn over 3 months and it’s been really great! Our dog has maintained his weight and he doesn’t skip meals anymore, his stomach is settled, highly recommend!"
Clair B.
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"Autumn was so helpful with our Jack Russell who had repeated bloating issues. We went to specialists and had so many vet appts and blood work was always “normal”. Autumn was so patient with all of our hesitations and questions. We were so worried about what to feed him bc he would constantly be in pain. She helped us figure out how to heal his gut and fix his food. He has been belly issue free since we started making changes with her! We are forever grateful!!"
Gina R.
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"We sent our first dog to Autumn for training nearly 7 years ago and had such a wonderful experience, we continued to use her business for pet sitting services when we were out of town and then just recently we got another dog that started presenting with strong reactivity, we sent our dog through one of Autumn's Board & Train programs and could not have been more pleased! The training is effective, Autumn is passionate and knowledgeable and with her training and guidance we have a completely different dog who is happy, confident and listens! We also decided to use her for Nutrition Counseling for our cat that kept experiencing repeated ear infections and UTIs over the years, since working with her on our cats nutrition these issues have completely resolved, which I didn't even think was possible!! We highly, highly recommend A Balanced Canine and all of their services!!"
Mary D.
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"Autumn runs an amazing nutritional and dog training business! I don’t have a dog, but I do have a cat that’s been having health issues mostly related to diet. The nutritional advice has been a huge help for my cat to stop having the issues he’s been having. If you’re looking for more wholesome diet consultations and advice, I highly recommend!"
Marley B.
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"Autumn was has been SO helpful from the beginning since I found her. A friend had recommended her page when we had found out the ONLY two good kibble brands (Orijen & Acana) were being sold to MARS and I didn’t have time to deep dive into finding a decent brand to switch to. Autumn thankfully was doing the work for everyone-contacting multiple companies to get more information on the wording and details of what they said they offered. While it was disheartening to read how many companies present such confusing and misleading information, it really led me to trust Autumn and how hard she works for her clients. Since then, I’ve worked with Autumn and continue to in establishing alternative and holistic solutions for helping my older dog with arthritis. I’ve learned so much already and sincerely look forward to learning more to best help all my pups! Thank you so much Autumn!"
Noelle F.
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"Fantastic! As a new dog owner, I was clueless about what nutrients were best and necessary for my puppy. Especially on the proper portion to give so, I won't overfeed my fur baby. Thanks to Autumn, and her incredible resources has helped me a pet owner life easier. Let’s not forget the process of potty training, within two weeks of training with autumn, Zaidey has learned to give me a sign when she had to go and of course with a reward of having her treat. I recommend A Balanced Canine! Autumn is such a loving, caring, and wonderful person who is filled with great knowledge and understanding about what is best for your dog."
Lorena C.
