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00:00It is very important to feed your pet treats, mostly for training.

00:04It's the best way to train them.

00:06But when you feed them treats, you don't want to give them too many.

00:09So I break it up into tiny little bits.

00:19A well-balanced diet is the best thing that you can provide for your pet.

00:24This day and age, we're lucky.

00:26We have a lot of different food sources to choose from.

00:29So the way I want you to think about it is simply this.

00:31If you feed your dog fast food, you will get a fast food dog.

00:36The bond between humans and animals generally occurs over social settings.

00:42And one of the most popular social settings is eating.

00:47Pet food is all they get, so it has to be complete and balanced.

00:51And it has to be appropriate for their life stage and lifestyle.

00:54Just like you or I, if we were training for a marathon,

00:57we would be eating a different kind of diet

01:00than if we were training to watch a marathon on TV.

01:02Puppies need higher calories.

01:05And they need different ratios of calcium and phosphorus

01:09to help build strong bones and help them grow.

01:12As adults, they've stopped growing.

01:14Their metabolism has slowed a bit.

01:16So they don't need the high calories that you find in a puppy food.

01:20I really think it's important to just find a food that works for you price-wise,

01:25that's got healthy, wholesome ingredients,

01:27that's got a name that you recognize, that has a good reputation,

01:30and that your pet seems to enjoy.

01:32Don't feed your dogs chocolate. We know that.

01:34Grapes, raisins, onions, garlic, high-fat foods like ice cream, pork chops,

01:41those sorts of things are things to stay away from.

01:43If you're worried at all, just avoid those foods

01:46until you're sure that they can have them.

01:48It's better to be safe than sorry.

01:51In the United States, 58% of cats and 45% of dogs are overweight

01:57or considered actually obese.

01:59There's some really easy ways that you can check at home

02:02if your dog or kitty cat is overweight.

02:04What you want to do with Oscar is see if you can feel his ribs.

02:08And I can feel his ribs very well.

02:11But I don't see his ribs.

02:13If you put your hands on him and there's ribs, way too skinny.

02:16If you can't feel ribs and you're pushing hard, they're way too big.

02:19The number of problems that overweight animals have are just staggering.

02:22Pretty much every organ system can have a problem.

02:25The heart has to work harder when they're overweight.

02:29Sometimes dogs develop a condition called tracheal collapse.

02:33And then walking around with that excess weight is just horrible for their joints.

02:36With cats, we see a lot of the same things, specifically diabetes.

02:40Cats also have a condition called hepatic lipidosis, which means fatty liver.

02:44I just see more obese cats.

02:46They're more common, people are free-feeding them, and they tend to overeat.

02:50Because a lot of times, cats don't know where their next meal is coming from,

02:54from an evolutionary standpoint.

02:56One of the biggest issues with feeding dogs is that people feed too much.

03:00And they like to give table scraps.

03:02They like to feed some of their own food.

03:04But the biggest problem they have is they don't feed the right proportions.

03:07I don't think people realize that when you give a pet a little snack here or there,

03:11how the calories build up.

03:13There's a lot of communication that's needed to say,

03:15hey, don't give them that piece of cheese.

03:17But I don't think they understand that.

03:19We know that obesity can cause major health concerns.

03:22And we want to make sure that the pet lives as long as possible

03:26and maintains their youth.

03:28And they just can't do that if they feel bad from obesity.

03:34Food is the most important thing in our lives.

03:36You know, next to oxygen, food is the most valuable thing.

03:40So feeding your animals is the perfect way to bond

03:44because it's such an important part of their lives.

03:46It's most important to have regimented feeding times for your dog, your cat.

03:51And that usually, for most owners, means twice a day.

03:54The reason why it's good to feed twice a day instead of once a day

03:58is because their metabolism will break down that food

04:01and it won't be stored as extra fat in the body.

04:05I definitely feel that watching your pet,

04:08how much they consume, how frequently they do it,

04:10is one of the clearest indicators of, how's my pet doing?

04:16The most common misconception I find about pet nutrition

04:19is that dogs and cats need to eat more than they really do.

04:23People tend to overfeed their pets.

04:26The best thing to do is measure out how much you give them

04:29and make sure that you're not giving anything more

04:32than what it says on the package to feed.

04:34I emphasize to every pet owner,

04:36come see me regardless of how your pet is doing.

04:39Come during healthy times, come during sick times, come during emergency times.

04:43Because if you come during the times that they're well,

04:46they're probably going to stay healthier longer.

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