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NUTRITIONAL CONSULTATIONSOver half of U.S. dogs and cats are overweight, and twenty percent of those are thirty percent or more above normal, which is considered obese (Association for Pet Obesity Prevention and Banfield Pet Hospital).
Another large population of dogs suffer health issues that have become increasingly commonplace since commercially made dog food became the norm around the mid-thirties. These health issues are often expensive to diagnose and more often than not are recurring problems for which veterinary medicine offers unsatisfactory solutions.
People are often surprised to learn that weight issues, allergies and other imbalances can be permanently corrected through proper nutrition after years of trying various treatments. But, the concept of a natural diet is actually the most basic, common-sense approach to canine health imaginable.
The wolf in your living room evolved over millions of years to eat raw meat, raw vegetables and raw meaty bones. It is a biological impossibility that modern domesticated dogs have 'evolved' to eat cooked and processed foods in the past several decades and your dog will never achieve optimum health on a diet without these basic nutrients.
But far worse than being benign, a growing number of veterinarians believe that processed pet food is the number one cause of premature death in cats and dogs. All food with a shelf life, even if it is human-grade, organic or grain-free, is necessarily processed. The high temperatures involved in proccessing destroy nutrients, rendering even the best ingredients worthless.