...annual conference of the Australian Veterinary Association in Adelaide, South Australia, May 20-25th 2016. She spoke to Australian veterinarians about how they can best communicate helpful information to pet owners...
...protein, and the current trend is to feed our pets high-meat diets. Typical dog foods contain 20 to 40 percent protein, while cat foods range from 30 to 60 percent,...
...and more than 20 available for cats. Manufacturers have dramatically improved not only the nutrient profiles of therapeutic diets in recent years, but also how tasty they are. There are...
...taurine levels or scheduled an echocardiogram to check their dog’s heart size and function. However, given the cost of an echocardiogram, other owners have elected to have their veterinarian do...
...expensive than traditional pet foods – an organic dry food typically costs more than double what a high quality non-organic pet food costs! The obvious question is whether the added...
...providing a consistent amount of all essential nutrients in a recipe that is not time- and cost-prohibitive to make requires the use of concentrated supplements to fill in the gaps...
...each serving. More than that, they’ll probably be reluctant or unwilling to release information about the true manufacturer of the food. It’s not worth the cost savings to use a...
Our very own Dr. Heinze recently appeared on a Business Insider piece on premium pet food, discussing whether it’s worth the added cost. Check the video out below and also...
...the diet anymore, but more likely, it means the diet is working and helping your pet! Cost can sometimes be a factor, and instead of discontinuing the diet altogether and...
...but also many other areas including activity, curiosity, attitude, and communication (Link to full article including the survey: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29153104). If you are worried about your cat’s changing behavior, these questions...