Dog Food 🐶  & Cat Food 🐱 - Pet Nutrition
Channel: Dr. Greg Kuhlman, DVM, DACVIM
Date: 06/02/2022

Where do you get information on feeding your pet?  What do you do when your dog or cat won't eat?  Who should you be taking advice from about your pet's diet?  Dr. Greg Kuhlman, DVM, DACVIM talks about these things and more in his latest video about your pet's health.

There are many "certified canine nutritionists" and "certified pet nutritionists" out there these days, but how do their credentials stack up?  I challenge you to look up the credentials of everyone you are listening to about your pet's health.  Typically, "certified pet nutritionists" have only purchased a self-study course that grants a "certification."  

If your pet needs a special diet or you want to feed a raw diet, you really need to consult with a Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionist.  These DVMs have gone the extra mile through an internship and 3-year residency in animal nutrition and passed a rigorous series of exams.  You can find members of the American College of Veterinary Nutritionists at https://acvn.org.

If you feel you must use a raw feeding calculator, please keep the following statement from BalanceIt.com (run by Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionists): 

"We NEVER recommend feeding raw meat as it can potentially result in serious life-threatening infections for both pets and people (please see the comprehensive review about the risks AND benefits of raw meat–based diets at http://avmajournals.avma.org/doi/full/10.2460/javma.243.11.1549)."

https://secure.balanceit.com/ez/index.php.  You can even request a veterinarian's approval (paid feature) of the recipes you create on balancit.com!  This pet feeding calculator is highly recommended.

Recommended Resources:
American College of Veterinary Nutritionists - https://acvn.org
American College of Veterinary Behaviorists - https://dacvb.org
BalanceIt - https://BalanceIt.com

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