Lessons Include:

• Lesson #1: What does a complete and balanced diet mean?
  • What it means when a food meets nutrient requirements
  • NRC, FEDIAF, AAFCO info
• Lesson #2: Does cooking food destroy nutrients?
  • How cooking changes nutrients
• Lesson #3: Help choosing the type of commercial or home prepared diet for your dog
  • How to choose between raw or cooked food
  • Commercial choices with my favorite brands listed from fresh to kibble
• Lesson #4: Red flags to look for when choosing a food to feed
  • Signs a food is not complete and balanced and lacking nutrition
• Lesson #5: Calculating your dog’s metabolic weight (MW) & calories
  • Why this important part of nutrition science is key to understand, how to calculate it
  • Examples using my dogs
• Lesson #6: Calculating your dog’s nutrient requirements & discussing metabolizable energy (ME)
  • Resources to calculate nutrient requirements 
  • Understanding ME and why it’s important to understand nutrients
• Lesson #7: Formulating a recipe – what is it exactly?
  • Explanation of what it means to actually formulate a custom recipe for a dog