HEALTH AND FITNESS HAVE BEEN A CENTRAL focus for Pasha Cook most of her life, but it wasn’t until a few years ago that the 37-year-old former teacher realized how important wellness is for pets. Shortly after adopting her schnauzer, BJ, in 2009, Cook noticed his hair was falling out from the trauma of major surgery. It was then that a friend who worked for a pet food company introduced her to the idea of a natural diet for her canine. “I grew up where dogs ate what we ate,” says Cook. “So the concept of natural pet food was foreign to me.”
