Here I am with the first copy of Dog Dish Diet. I'll soon have books for sale here on the site
I suppose one doesn’t actually CELEBRATE National Pet Obesity Awareness Day. Overweight dogs and cats are becoming as common as overweight people. And that’s not a good thing. Furthermore, we’re seeing increases in diseases that are related to obesity–most particularly diabetes and joint injury/arthritis.
The Association for Pet Obesity Prevention is using the occasion of the day to announce their Third Annual National Pet Obesity Awareness Day Study. If you would like to participate, you can go to the Pet Obesity Prevention website. There is a form you can fill out.
So while I don’t celebrate obesity in dogs and cats, I do have some related news that is enough to make me ring the chimes and pop the “bubbly.” I just received the proof copy of my new book Dr. Greg’s Dog Dish Diet: Sensible Nutrition for Your Dog’s Health. It looks great, but most importantly it means we’ve passed the last milestone in the publishing process. I’ll soon have boxes of books on hand. You’ll be able to come by my office to buy your copy or you can purchase right here on my website (we’re just days away from having the online store up and functioning).
So why do I mention my book on National Pet Obesity Awareness Day? Well, it’s a serious issue for North American pet owners and one that I tackle head-on in Dog Dish Diet. My 10 years of treating dogs’ health issues with a combination of medicine and nutrition has proven to me (and 1000s of my patients) that not only can we treat common ailments–ranging from mild seizures and digestive problems to inflamed, itchy skin and ears–we can use diet to control weight and the resulting conditions.
Well of course we can treat obesity with diet…that’s what a diet is. But if it was as easy as feeding a diet formula, we wouldn’t see the preponderance of overweight pets. No there is more to the problem. I address this in Dog Dish Diet, and I promise you that my approach is NOT about counting calories, buying expensive diet formulas, starving your dog or forcing you to cook exotic recipes. My solution is simple, inexpensive and, best of all it, works. See my testimonial page.
And while you’re here, sign up for my blog updates (in the middle column on this page); that way you’ll be among the first to know when the book goes on sale. Right now…I have to get back to celebrating. Seeing my 10 years of work on the subject of nutrition and dog health in print is most gratifying. So cheers and Bone Appetit!
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AWESOME, AWESOME… we can not wait! Time to get people understaning the affects of poor diet.. People always seem to believe whats in print far more than some “Free Advice”… I guess if you pay for it, its the truth, if advise.. not so much!
Someone recently said to me that people food for my dog was a complete and total no-no. I just can’t see that. I mean if it’s healthy food for me, why wouldn’t it be good for my dog, assuming I use a little common sense? I’m looking forward to reading your book Dr. Martinez. RR
That is a common statement that leads one to believe that food ingredients are different for the dog and for people. Our species has eaten small amount of meat compared to plants and fruit and canines have eaten a small amount of plants and fruit compared to meat. It is the mix of ingredients and where they come from that is important.
A chicken and rice commercial diet has 60% rice, 20% chicken, 15% chicken fat, and 5% bones and rice hulls.
Oh…by the way, the chicken may be less desirable cuts of chicken, including the beaks and feet. That doesn’t always make it less nutritious, but restricts the variety. If we were to feed a meal composed of 40% chicken,30% chicken fat, 30% rice potatoes or veggies it would be the same idea.
Some dogs are sensitive to beef, wheat, and corn and those ingredients probably should be avoided