Dog nutrition – are vets the experts?

2019-04-29T00:54:30+00:00By |Categories: Miscellaneous Dog|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

When it comes to nutrition advice for your dogs, most people go to their veterinarian, assuming he/she is the expert on canine nutrition. But is that really the case? Another topic discussed in the book Feed Your Pet Right by Nestle & Nesheim is the education of veterinarians on the subject of nutrition. I had [...]

Dr Dodman’s Well Adjusted Dog seminar

2019-04-29T00:50:51+00:00By |Categories: Continuing Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

I spent a weekend (August 2010) at Dr Nicholas Dodman's Well-Adjusted Dog seminar hosted by the Boulder Humane Society. Dr Dodman is a Veterinary Behaviorist at Tufts University. There are only around 40 Veterinary Behaviorists in the U.S. So it's rare we get to see or hear from one directly, and many work with other [...]

Regulation of the pet food industry

2019-04-29T00:49:45+00:00By |Categories: Miscellaneous Dog|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

In a prior post, I recommended reading two books that look at the pet food industry: Feed Your Pet Right: The Authoritative Guide to Feeding Your Dog and Cat by Marion Nestle and Malden Nesheim and Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food by Ann Martin. Both discuss the regulation of the pet [...]

What is safe to feed our dogs?

2019-04-29T00:49:05+00:00By |Categories: Continuing Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

There are so many choices when feeding our dogs today, and everyone has a different opinion about what is best, what is safest, what is right to feed. One source will tell you that commercial pet food is the only safe way to feed your dog. Another source will tell you that only premium high-end [...]

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