Dr. Katie Woodley
Integrative veterinarian
Functional medicine for dogs and cats
About the expert
Focus: Integrative, systems-level approach to chronic dog allergies and inflammation
Veterinarian who founded a practice focused on integrative care for companion animals. Argues that chronic allergies, itching, and skin issues in dogs are systems-level immune dysregulation spanning gut, skin barrier, and emotional state, not isolated skin events. Developed the FLARE framework (food, leaky barriers, antigen load, regulatory failure, emotional stress) and applies a 5R protocol oriented around removing triggers and rebuilding internal systems. Operates in the integrative-veterinary space; her framework departs from mainstream allergy management and includes nutraceutical and functional-testing recommendations with commercial elements.
Why this matters
Helps explain why some chronic dog allergies do not resolve with food changes or standard medication by reframing them as a wider immune imbalance across gut, skin barrier, and stress. Her FLARE framework is best read as a hypothesis-generator alongside conventional veterinary care, not a replacement for it, especially because the framework itself has not been validated in controlled trials.
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