First of all, if you’re at all interested in this topic, you really ought to check out Dogs, Dog Food, and Dogma, my book about the science (and business) of canine health and obesity. If you don’t think it’s the most honest, rigorous, in-depth, and all-around helpful book you’ve ever read on the topic, I’ll refund 100% of […]
As I discuss in considerable detail in Dogs, Dog Food, and Dogma, there is near-universal acceptance among the mainstream veterinary nutritional “authorities” (the handful of board-certified veterinary nutritionists and countless self-appointed experts) that “a calorie is a calorie” and that carbohydrates are not uniquely fattening for dogs and cats. This despite the inconvenient truths that (1) there […]
What follows is another excerpt from my forthcoming book Dogs, Dog Food, and Dogma (available for pre-order here). In it, I recount my experiences at the SuperZoo convention, one of the world’s largest pet products expos. This excerpt serves as something of an introduction to the dog food business, a subject that I cover in greater […]
(What follows is a gross oversimplification of a somewhat nuanced issue. If, by the end of this post, you remain skeptical of my conclusions, I urge you to grab a copy of my book, Dogs, Dog Food, and Dogma. It includes a much more fulsome discussion of this important topic, one complete with citations, end notes, […]
The following is an excerpt from my forthcoming book Dogs, Dog Food, and Dogma, due to be published by Present Tense Press on November 1, 2016. If you’d like an advanced copy of the book, you can sign-up for a free giveaway campaign here. And if you’d like to pre-order a paperback or e-book, you […]
First of all, if you’re at all interested in this topic, you really ought to check out Dogs, Dog Food, and Dogma, my book about the science (and business) of canine health and obesity. If you don’t think it’s the most honest, rigorous, in-depth, and all-around helpful book you’ve ever read on the topic, I’ll refund 100% of […]
First of all, if you’re at all interested in this topic, you really ought to check out Dogs, Dog Food, and Dogma, my book about the science (and business) of canine health and obesity. If you don’t think it’s the most honest, rigorous, in-depth, and all-around helpful book you’ve ever read on the topic, I’ll refund 100% of […]
Good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding. — Albert Camus For the past week, my sole professional focus has been on raising public awareness about the problem of canine obesity. The Varsity Pets IndieGoGo campaign to stop the canine obesity epidemic is well underway and off to a […]
Hi everyone. I just wanted to share a quick video that I shot to show our appreciation for everyone who has supported us over the first few days of our Kibblr IndieGoGo campaign. The campaign is off to a great start — we’ve raised more than $5,000 in just three days! — and it’s all […]
Yesterday Varsity Pets launched an IndieGoGo campaign to create a mobile application and a book to help dog owners recognize, understand, and defeat canine obesity — the most under-appreciated animal welfare crisis in the country today. (If you haven’t done so already please consider watching our video and pledging to our campaign. If all the subscribers […]