When Less is More: Sensible Use of Supplements
We discussed the regulation (or lack thereof) and safety of dietary supplements in an earlier post, but I’d like to address a related problem – excessive use of supplements. We’ve...
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It’s Not Just Grain-Free: An Update on Diet-Associated Dilated Cardiomyopathy
You may have read my June 4 post, “A broken heart: Risk of heart disease in boutique or grain-free diets and exotic ingredients.” This post had more than 180,000 page...
Cats are not Small Dogs: Unique Nutritional Needs of Cats
Different from dogs, who are omnivores (meaning they are designed to eat a combination of animal and plant foods), cats are carnivores and have unique metabolism compared to many other...
New Year’s Resolutions for Pet Owners
It’s that time again when we all make goals for the new year. Sometimes our resolutions are fun, others are focused on our health or on our career. While our...
Picky pet prescription: What to do when your pet won’t eat her prescribed therapeutic diet
At Petfoodology, we’ve written before about how to get your picky pet to eat. The first thing we always recommend is checking in with your veterinarian to see if there’s...
Dr. Heinze featured on Insider
Dr. Heinze was quoted and Petfoodology was linked to in a recent story on pet food for Insider. The article covers a lot of the most important information for pet...
Asking the Right Questions to Make Informed Decisions about Pet Foods
If you’re like most of our Petfoodology readers, you love your pet and want to feed him or her the very best food possible. But there are thousands of choices...
Dr. Linder in the New York Times
Dr. Linder was interviewed for a recent New York Times story on overweight pets. The article talks about how many owners do not realize that their pets are overweight or...
Human Grade: Should pets eat the same food that we do?
Many pet owners want to feed their pets the same kinds of foods that they feed their human family. This interest has led to the marketing of so-called “human grade”...
Stop reading your pet food ingredient list!
“Stop reading your pet food ingredient list!” This was the advice I gave in my June 4, 2018 post: “A broken heart: Risk of heart disease in boutique or grain-free...