Comments on: Meet Dr. Marcus http://www.fitasfido.com Follow Your Dog to Better Health! Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:09:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Dawn A. Marcus, M.D. http://www.fitasfido.com/meet-dr-marcus/comment-page-1/#comment-4783 Dawn A. Marcus, M.D. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:03:44 +0000 http://www.fitasfido.com/?page_id=769#comment-4783 Fascinating! I'll definitely check it out! Fascinating! I’ll definitely check it out!

]]> By: mark schuette http://www.fitasfido.com/meet-dr-marcus/comment-page-1/#comment-4780 mark schuette Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:36:13 +0000 http://www.fitasfido.com/?page_id=769#comment-4780 new safe dog/human exercise rigs Dear High Drive Dog Owners- check out these new dog/human powered rigs ! at WWW.DOGPOWEREDSCOOTER.COM unlimited dog exercise under excellent dog control. and a whole new sport ! this is the first time anyone has placed a pulling animal BEHIND a steering wheel- that makes it so easy- that makes it big news ! any chance of a link? thanks mark new safe dog/human exercise rigs

Dear High Drive Dog Owners-
check out these new dog/human powered rigs ! at http://WWW.DOGPOWEREDSCOOTER.COM
unlimited dog exercise under excellent dog control. and a whole new sport !
this is the first time anyone has placed a pulling animal BEHIND a steering wheel- that makes it so easy- that makes it big news !
any chance of a link?
thanks
mark

]]> By: Dawn A. Marcus, M.D. http://www.fitasfido.com/meet-dr-marcus/comment-page-1/#comment-4193 Dawn A. Marcus, M.D. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:38:00 +0000 http://www.fitasfido.com/?page_id=769#comment-4193 I'd love to hear more about your cookbook. If you can send me a copy, I'd be delighted to try out some of the recipes and review on the Fit As Fido blog! I’d love to hear more about your cookbook. If you can send me a copy, I’d be delighted to try out some of the recipes and review on the Fit As Fido blog!

]]> By: Hilary Watson http://www.fitasfido.com/meet-dr-marcus/comment-page-1/#comment-4189 Hilary Watson Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:48:42 +0000 http://www.fitasfido.com/?page_id=769#comment-4189 I think the concept of your book is excellent and I concur with most of the information you have provided on the health benefits of dog ownership. However, as a pet nutritionist (of 20 years), I have a problem with some of your nutrition information, and more to the point, I think you've missed a huge opportunity. We extend a dog's longevity and quality of life by providing "complete and balanced" nutrition - something that we rarely achieve in humans. I've written a cookbook for owners who want to cook human foods for their dogs. I used formulation software to create recipes using human food ingredients that are "complete and balanced" for dogs as defined by AAFCO. AAFCO defines the nutrient requirements for dogs and pet food companies are required by law to meet these criteria in the pet foods they sell. As a doctor you know how important it is to feed fresh fruits and vegetables rather than highly-processed foods. The same is true for dogs - feeding fresh fruits and vegetables in a properly balanced recipe is better than feeding kibble, but the essential element for health in both cases (kibble or home-made) is that the recipe be complete and balanced. If you've provided unbalanced recipes in your book, you've done a great disservice to dogs and you've contradicted the entire premise of your book by suggesting that dogs should follow the bad feeding habits of humans rather than humans following good feeding habits that pet nutritionists have delivered to dogs for several decades via complete and balanced nutrition. Please feel free to email me if you'd like to discuss further. I like your book concept and think you're very much on the right track, just missed a huge opportunity to educate people on improving their own nutrition by following the pet nutritionist's practice of always delivering complete and balanced nutrition to dogs. I think the concept of your book is excellent and I concur with most of the information you have provided on the health benefits of dog ownership. However, as a pet nutritionist (of 20 years), I have a problem with some of your nutrition information, and more to the point, I think you’ve missed a huge opportunity. We extend a dog’s longevity and quality of life by providing “complete and balanced” nutrition - something that we rarely achieve in humans. I’ve written a cookbook for owners who want to cook human foods for their dogs. I used formulation software to create recipes using human food ingredients that are “complete and balanced” for dogs as defined by AAFCO. AAFCO defines the nutrient requirements for dogs and pet food companies are required by law to meet these criteria in the pet foods they sell.

As a doctor you know how important it is to feed fresh fruits and vegetables rather than highly-processed foods. The same is true for dogs - feeding fresh fruits and vegetables in a properly balanced recipe is better than feeding kibble, but the essential element for health in both cases (kibble or home-made) is that the recipe be complete and balanced. If you’ve provided unbalanced recipes in your book, you’ve done a great disservice to dogs and you’ve contradicted the entire premise of your book by suggesting that dogs should follow the bad feeding habits of humans rather than humans following good feeding habits that pet nutritionists have delivered to dogs for several decades via complete and balanced nutrition.

Please feel free to email me if you’d like to discuss further. I like your book concept and think you’re very much on the right track, just missed a huge opportunity to educate people on improving their own nutrition by following the pet nutritionist’s practice of always delivering complete and balanced nutrition to dogs.

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