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DOG owners / CAREGIVERS

is your dog at a healthy weight?

is a homemade diet right for my dog?

is your dog at a healthy weight?

Body Condition Score (BCS) charts for dogs and cats.

Muscle Condition Score (MCS) charts for dogs and cats.

navigating commercial pet food

is a homemade diet right for my dog?

is your dog at a healthy weight?

 Selecting commercial pet food can be challenging due to the plethora of commercial products available and abundance of information on the internet. Below are resources on pet food selection and navigating internet resources.


World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) guidelines on pet food selection.  

World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) guidelines on navigating online nutrition information, for cat owners and dog owners. 

The Pet Nutrition Alliance (PNA) asked pet food manufacturers about Colleagues took the WSAVA guidelines and investigated numerous pet food manufacturers in the "Dare to Ask" project and published their findings online; https://petnutritionalliance.org/site/pnatool/dare-to-ask-we-did/. 

is a homemade diet right for my dog?

is a homemade diet right for my dog?

is a homemade diet right for my dog?

It can be. Homemade diets can be a good option for adult dogs with a nutritionally sensitive condition/disease (e.g. kidney disease) when the dog is uninterested in eating a commercial food formulated for that condition/disease.

I strongly recommend that the recipe be formulated by a person properly trained in canine nutrition, like myself or a fellow Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionist®. The homemade recipe should be tailor-made to the individual dog. Also, the recipe needs to be followed, as formulated, because changes in ingredients will alter the nutrient profile of the recipe.


diet-associated DCM

general nutrition resources

is a homemade diet right for my dog?

Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) is not a new disease in dogs, however, the association with some grain-free commercial dog foods is new and not simply due to a lack of grains.


Colleagues at Tufts published a September 2021 update in their Petfoodology Bog.


The cause for the association between DCM and some grain-free commercial dog foods has not yet been determined.

raw meat-based diets

general nutrition resources

general nutrition resources

Raw meat-based diets are more likely to be contaminated by bacterial pathogens like Salmonella and Listeria.

High pressure processing (HPP) can be an effective non-heating method for reducing bacterial pathogens in commercial raw & freeze-dried foods/treats, IF employed properly.


World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) information on raw meat-based diets.


Dr. Weese & Dr. Anderson's Worms & Germs Blog information about raw meat-based diets.

general nutrition resources

general nutrition resources

general nutrition resources

 Pet Nutrition Alliance


Tufts Petfoodology Blog

horse OWNERS / CAREGIVERS

is your horse at a healthy weight?

is your horse at a healthy weight?

is your horse at a healthy weight?

 Body Condition Score (BCS) charts for horses.

forage analysis

is your horse at a healthy weight?

is your horse at a healthy weight?

Equi-Analytical Forage Lab

min pig OWNERS / CAREGIVERS

general resources

American Mini Pig Association

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