Companion Animal Nutrition & Wellness Institute

Providing research and education to the pet community on nutrition and wellness

Fund Research Projects in Companion Animal Nutrition and Wellness

CANWI funds independent Research to develop non biased nutrition and wellness projects which impact the quality of life and longevity of our companion animals.

Support Professional Training Programs in Nutrition & Integrative Medicine

We fund professional training programs for individuals to use nutrition and integrative medicine that will impact the health and wellness of our companion animals.

Offer Nutrition and Wellness Education Forums

CANWI provides the public with information on companion animal nutrition, conventional and specialty pet diets, supplements, integrative veterinary care, and lifespan wellness from puppies and kittens to geriatric dogs and cats.

A Message From Our Founders

You know our story, two veterinarians Drs. Karen Becker and Donna Raditic recognized the need to provide education to the pet vested community about nutrition and wellness so they formed CANWI, an independent grass roots...

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CANWI is Registered as a Charitable Organization with the following organizations

October 28 2018

CANWI announces Project Molly, named after a sweet kitty who is no longer with us. Project Molly is the expansion of our Advanced Glycation End Products (AGE) dog study. The project will study healthy and diabetic cats. The results of the research will benefit all Mollies, who are still with us, and their pet parents. We have a donor which will match funds raised during our awareness week, which begins October 28 and ends November 3.

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