Nutritional Counseling

Pet Nutrition & Weight Management

Pet nutrition is commonly the cause of obesity, allergies, and other internal issues with pets. The veterinary team at Kennesaw Mountain Animal Hospital has extensively researched pet nutrition and is eager to share their knowledge to ensure your pet lives a quality life through proper nutrition.

Are you feeding your pet the right food?

Have you ever taken an inventory of the foods you consume as a human, only to find that you’re overdoing it on carbs, proteins, or fat? With all the misleading marketing in the pet food industry, getting your information from a reliable source is essential.

All pets are different, and what’s suitable for one is not necessarily good for the other. You need the guidance of those in the know…not a company’s marketing message. Our team of doctors can translate what your pet’s food label means to your pet and what steps need to be taken to ensure they’re receiving the proper nutrition for a long, happy life.

The importance of your pet’s nutritional needs.

The marketing of “healthy” pet food is just what it is…marketing. For example: With all the hype about grain-free and boutique foods, the ingredients used to substitute grains, while they sound healthy (such as lentils, peas, legumes, potatoes, etc.), contain low levels of taurine.

On July 19, 2018, the U.S. FDA issued an alert regarding grain-free diets and a possible link to dilated cardiomyopathy (a decreased ability to pump blood), often resulting in congestive heart failure. The correlation of peas, lentils, chickpeas, beans, and potatoes is the focus of the investigation, and if your pet is currently on a grain-free diet, the FDA urges pet owners to consult their veterinarian. Certainly, valuable information to know, but you won’t hear/see that in the marketing of grain-free products.