NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING

Our pet is a part of your family, so you love them and want to give the best life you can, but one of the most common concerns pet owners have is what the best pet diet is. When it comes to food, your cat or dog needs to have a balanced and nutritional diet in order to stay healthy and happy. Pet nutrition is similar to humans, but they also have their own unique nutritional needs, and your pet shouldn’t eat what you eat. One of the most important things to remember is that both dogs and cats are carnivores, so they are designed to eat meat. So, what exactly is a proper diet for pets? Here are a few tips to help ensure your pet is eating a healthy and nutritious diet.

Pet Diet Basics

Proper pet nutrition is dependent on the food you feed your pet. Basically, pets require four essential things in their diet; fats, including essential fatty acids, energy, proteins, and vitamins and minerals. It is important to make sure that a pet diet includes these essentials, but it is also important to mindful of how much or how little of these essentials they are getting. For instance, although your pet needs fats, they should be consuming the proper types of fats and in a monitored amount. Feeding your pet, a lot of fatty foods can lead to obesity, which is one of the reasons why they shouldn’t eat human food, which often has excess amounts of unhealthy fats.

Nutritional Supplements

We carry a variety of nutritional supplements for:

*   Joint care

*   Skin and coat

*   Liver health

*   Urinary tract

*   Behavior/stress problems

Nutritional supplements can be used alone or in conjunction with medications to treat specific problems or just to keep your pet healthy. We will make recommendations if your pet would benefit from a particular supplement.