http://blog.petmeds.com/ask-the-vet/helping-overweight-and-obese-cats-and-dogs/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:19:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://blog.petmeds.com/ask-the-vet/helping-overweight-and-obese-cats-and-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-675 Dr. Michael Dym, VMD veterinarian Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:04:23 +0000 http://blog.petmeds.com/?p=916#comment-675 HI Wanda: Great comment. So true. If we could get most animal guardians on board with feeding their feline and canine companions that way, there would be alot less disease. The sad facts are that vets get very little training on proper nutrition in veterinary school, and much of the rhetoric told to clients and sold out of vet offices is not what was learned in nutritional science class, but actually what pet food sales reps tell us in the field. Has not changed since I graduated in 1991. Hopefully that day is coming however. HI Wanda: Great comment. So true. If we could get most animal guardians on board with feeding their feline and canine companions that way, there would be alot less disease. The sad facts are that vets get very little training on proper nutrition in veterinary school, and much of the rhetoric told to clients and sold out of vet offices is not what was learned in nutritional science class, but actually what pet food sales reps tell us in the field. Has not changed since I graduated in 1991. Hopefully that day is coming however.

]]> http://blog.petmeds.com/ask-the-vet/helping-overweight-and-obese-cats-and-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Wanda Hickman Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:27:02 +0000 http://blog.petmeds.com/?p=916#comment-609 Best solution: Eating right. We cook for our dogs - lean chicken, steamed veggies and small amounts of high quality dry dog food. They slimmed down quickly. The vet is super pleased. The dogs love meal time. They have new energy too. If humans ate like this .......Hmmmmmmm. Best solution: Eating right. We cook for our dogs – lean chicken, steamed veggies and small amounts of high quality dry dog food. They slimmed down quickly. The vet is super pleased. The dogs love meal time. They have new energy too. If humans ate like this …….Hmmmmmmm.

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