1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,040 Welcome back, pet parent. I hope you're enjoying your 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,840 holidays this year. I know it can be a really tough 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:09,920 time for some of us for so many different reasons. 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:14,760 And so even though I intentionally scheduled this 5 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:18,760 week and next week to not have a guest on the show because I 6 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:22,520 think most people are going to be just way too busy, there are 7 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:26,840 those of us who still listen religiously to our podcasts. 8 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:30,480 And, you know, whether that is because you don't live near 9 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,880 family or you have other things going on, you choose not to 10 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,000 celebrate whatever is maybe going on in your lives. 11 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,080 I wanted to make sure that I had something here for you, which 12 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:44,840 will still be here for whoever is, you know, busy celebrating 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,240 the holidays. And when they're ready to come 14 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,560 back, this episode will be here for you as well. 15 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:54,080 In the meantime, I want to remind you guys that I sent out 16 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:58,880 if you're not on my e-mail list, you can get on my e-mail list by 17 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,120 going to well, there's a lot of ways you can do that. 18 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:06,560 One of the easiest ways is to go to any reel on my Instagram 19 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,280 page. So going to at the pet parenting 20 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,120 reset. If you don't already follow me, 21 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:12,440 please make sure to follow me there. 22 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:17,280 But commenting notify on any of my reels, we'll send you a 23 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:22,240 message into your Instagram messages and that will give you 24 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:26,840 a link to sign up to be notified for every single episode that 25 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,280 out. So I'll send out an e-mail every 26 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:32,440 week with just the information for this is what's on this week. 27 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,560 I don't send out a whole lot more emails than that every once 28 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:39,800 in a while if I am having a sale or whatever is going on because 29 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:44,560 I do one-on-one consultations for pets and their pet parents. 30 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:49,200 So if that is also something you're interested in, I am so 31 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:50,840 happy. It's it's one of my favorite 32 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,640 things that I do outside of the podcast is to be able to help 33 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,240 pet parents with issues with their pets. 34 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:01,480 I love, love, love getting those pets and pet parents who are 35 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,440 being proactive and trying to get everything set up so that 36 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:11,120 they can hopefully beat the odds and, you know, just be very 37 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:15,080 proactive and preventative and raising happy healthy pets. 38 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:20,320 But most of my clients have something going on, a lot of 39 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:25,640 leaky gut, food sensitivities, cancer, unfortunately, so many 40 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:28,240 other things, so many, so many things. 41 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,320 I'm here and happy to help you with all of that. 42 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:35,360 You can go to my website jessicalfisher.com and it should 43 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,320 also be LinkedIn the show notes. If you are ready to book a 44 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,480 consultation with me, by all means, please go ahead and do 45 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:42,960 so. If you want to book a discovery 46 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,880 call to see if you want to work with me, I do free 15 minute 47 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:50,280 calls so that we can get an idea of what's going on with your pet 48 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,640 and you can kind of get a feel for me and how this will work 49 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:56,360 and you can make a decision and what you want to do moving 50 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,440 forward. But as I was saying, I sent out 51 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,320 an e-mail to everybody who is subscribed to my e-mail list 52 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:06,200 that in the new year. So in the beginning of January, 53 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:10,880 I going live on my website will be all new packages. 54 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:15,800 So previously it was like, here's the price for an initial 55 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,360 consultation and we'll see how many follow-ups you need. 56 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:20,840 That's the price for follow-ups. Well, I'm putting together 57 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:25,080 packages because what I'm realizing especially for dogs 58 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,840 that have, I don't know what it is, the universe just keeps 59 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:32,880 bringing to me dogs with very, very severe leaky gut that are 60 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,880 on Apoquel, sometimes Apoquel and Cytopoint for extended 61 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:41,600 periods of time. Sadly, some of these animals 62 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:45,320 have developed autoimmune issues and cancer because of the 63 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,760 extended use of Apoquel specifically. 64 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:53,200 And so these packages are designed to support you through 65 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,960 an extended period of time while we work together along, of 66 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:03,760 course with your veterinarian to really optimize everything 67 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:08,320 that's going on for your pet. So those are all going live on 68 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:10,520 my website at the beginning of January. 69 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:11,800 And I wanted to let you guys know that. 70 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:16,000 But when I was thinking of things that I wanted to talk to 71 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,079 you guys about, because it's just me and you this week and 72 00:04:19,079 --> 00:04:23,000 next week, I had so many different like things pop up. 73 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,640 And this one, what we're talking about today was something that I 74 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,320 actually thought was going to be really good for the weekly pet 75 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,480 roundup, but I just decided to share it with you guys instead. 76 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:39,520 So one of the more recent articles that pet food industry 77 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:44,680 put out was it's called kibble less likely for small, purebred, 78 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:50,360 older or working dogs. So this is kind of showing us 79 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:54,320 The Who, what, when, where, why and how of nutrition for dogs 80 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,440 and like kind of where things are going, how things are. 81 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:02,800 And this is all information that has been analyzed from the Dog 82 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,760 Aging project, which if you're not familiar with it, Rodney 83 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,600 Habib talks about a lot the Dog Aging Project. 84 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:12,360 They have so much information. And currently there's more than 85 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:16,040 40,000 US dog owners participating in the Dog Aging 86 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,640 project. Scientists at Texas A&M 87 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,320 University and the Virginia, Maryland College of Veterinary 88 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:26,640 Medicine are are working together on this and they have 89 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:31,120 found correlations between dog food diet choices and various 90 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:35,160 dog characteristics. So dogs eating diets other than 91 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:41,360 kibble were found to be smaller. Dogs significantly more likely 92 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:45,320 to consume diets that are canned food, freeze dried, commercial 93 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:49,240 raw, semi dry, or home cooked foods. 94 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,360 Conversely, the popularity of home raw diets increased with 95 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,920 the size of the dog, making it the only diet type that showed a 96 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,400 positive correlation with larger breeds. 97 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,800 That makes so much sense to me economically. 98 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:06,400 So for smaller dogs, which my dog Kimberly is a smaller dog, 99 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:12,640 it, it isn't cheap, but it is easier financially to be able to 100 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:17,200 feed a smaller dog like that a commercial raw food or 101 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:21,240 commercial gently cooked food. And then these larger breed 102 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:27,160 dogs, if we want to do fresh food, which you guys know how 103 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,840 much I am such a fan of feeding fresh foods to our pets, doing 104 00:06:30,840 --> 00:06:35,560 the DIY bra is generally going to be the most cost effective 105 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,600 way to do that. So in this article, researchers 106 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,560 wrote in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical 107 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:46,040 Association quote this may be due to economic reasons since it 108 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:50,520 is likely more cost prohibitive to feed large dogs, primarily 109 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,840 canned food as compared to a small dog, which is what we were 110 00:06:53,840 --> 00:06:56,960 just talking about. It goes on to say however, owner 111 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:01,320 income was not associated with the diet choice, making this at 112 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:05,240 least appear to be a less important factor in the decision 113 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,360 to feed canned diets. Another potential reason may be 114 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:12,120 that the health related issues more commonly diagnosed in small 115 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:19,960 dog dogs, such as periodontal disease or urolithiasis, that's 116 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,720 a big word, compel dog owners to select foods with a higher 117 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,680 moisture content. So Euro, obviously the urinary 118 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,640 tract. Further studies are necessary to 119 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,840 clarify what factors influenced this trend because of course 120 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,200 they're not asking these pet parents in the dog aging study, 121 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:36,760 like why are you choosing this food? 122 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,480 This They're just collecting the data of what they're actually 123 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:43,640 feeding these dogs. Interestingly, purebred dogs 124 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,480 were disproportionately represented among those fed raw 125 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,200 diets, whether commercial or home prepared. 126 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:55,560 So it says, among the 2163 dogs consuming raw diets in the 127 00:07:55,560 --> 00:08:02,640 study, 1391 were purebred, making purebreds 1.8 times more 128 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:07,640 common in this dietary group compared to mixed breeds. 129 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,760 In contrast, mixed breed dogs were more likely to be fed 130 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:16,200 kibble than purebreds. Neutered and intact dogs also 131 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,840 exhibited distinct dietary trends. 132 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,920 Neutered dogs were more frequently fed kibble or canned 133 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,160 diets, while intact dogs should have preference for raw diets. 134 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:30,120 I find that one to be particularly interesting because 135 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,000 we're learning so much more. In fact, I would. 136 00:08:33,039 --> 00:08:36,679 I just got the e-mail yesterday, the day before I'm recording 137 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:41,960 this from YouTube showing like my urine review and my most 138 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:47,800 popular video on YouTube in 2024 was about the spay and neuter 139 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:52,520 options for dogs. And so I find it so interesting 140 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:57,600 that we are learning more about how detrimental it can be to 141 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:01,640 remove any organ system. But here we're talking about the 142 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:05,720 reproductive organ systems and in dogs or cats, more so in dogs 143 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:12,560 because we, when we do so, we are removing organs that are 144 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:18,160 producing hormones and it definitely has an effect on our 145 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:22,200 animals, often times negatively. There are some, I'm not going to 146 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,360 say there aren't any positives to spay and neuter. 147 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:30,320 Obviously population control is a concern and there are some 148 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:33,080 other things like pyometra and things like that. 149 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:37,520 So there are lots of other options versus the traditional 150 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:39,720 spay and neuter removing those organ systems. 151 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:43,480 There are other options in spaying and neutering are pets 152 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,560 that we can look at. And I think when we have that 153 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:50,160 mindset where we are looking at these other options, knowing 154 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:54,760 that we want to keep these organ systems intact, we want to leave 155 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:59,560 our pets the way nature intended them, these hormones that they 156 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:03,560 need to have, We're also thinking about everything else 157 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:07,120 going on in the body and we realize how important nutrition 158 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:08,720 is. So that is obviously a 159 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:13,240 correlation in my mind. This study also highlighted life 160 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,520 stage specific feeding practices. 161 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:21,000 So puppies were overwhelmingly fed kibble at 89%, while senior 162 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,840 dogs and those in poorer health were more likely to consume 163 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,640 canned, semi dry or home cooked diets. 164 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:33,240 These choices may reflect a need for easier to digest or softer 165 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,400 food textures as dogs age or experience health challenges. 166 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:41,320 And one of the things that I talked to my clients a lot about 167 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:45,120 because I am a big proponent for a raw food diet for both dogs 168 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,960 and cats. But it is very natural as we 169 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:54,200 age, we just don't produce as much digestive enzymes as we did 170 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,480 when we were younger. That's just a part of the 171 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:00,160 biology of growing older. So sometimes depending on the 172 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,560 situation, it can be more beneficial to switch to a cooked 173 00:11:03,560 --> 00:11:08,680 food or at least to add digestive enzymes into the food. 174 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:14,240 So it's, it is interesting to me to see like these trends because 175 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,440 I know this you listening to this may also know this, but 176 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:22,200 there are we, we don't do the same thing for our dog their 177 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:27,920 entire life, which is completely contradictory to what the kibble 178 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:31,400 companies are telling us, right? They are like feed this food to 179 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,240 your dog from birth to death, right? 180 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:36,400 Like they have this one food that they never want you to 181 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,400 stray away from. And all of that is marketing. 182 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:45,640 100% of that is marketing. He absolutely want to cater to 183 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:52,040 and adjust throughout our dog or cats lives to make sure that we 184 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,040 are giving them what they need to thrive. 185 00:11:55,360 --> 00:12:01,240 And so it's actually really kind of cool for me to read this and 186 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:06,400 see that that pet parents are starting to understand this. 187 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:09,360 We're starting to, I don't want to say ignore all of that 188 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,040 marketing, but we're starting to realize that it is marketing. 189 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:15,200 Kim agrees. Thank you. 190 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,680 Kim agrees. So we're starting to realize 191 00:12:18,680 --> 00:12:22,680 that instead of listening to this is how it's always been 192 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:24,840 done, so this is the way I need to do it, We're actually paying 193 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:29,160 attention to our pets and making adjustments based on their needs 194 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:33,240 versus what some corporation is saying that our dog needs, 195 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:34,640 right? We're looking at the animal in 196 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:39,160 front of us and saying, yes, I need to make adjustments for you 197 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,160 in this period of your life and I, I love that. 198 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,880 So let's see. Activity levels further 199 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:48,200 influence dietary choices, with active dogs being more likely to 200 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,640 consume home prepared raw diets and sedentary dogs tending 201 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:53,840 toward canned or home cooked options. 202 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:57,720 Purpose driven feeding patterns emerged as another important 203 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:00,520 trend. Dogs primarily used for agility 204 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:04,840 or breeding were more likely to consume raw diets. 15% for both 205 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:08,360 commercial and home raw. Working dogs favorite home raw 206 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:14,960 diets at 6%, while service dogs leaned toward commercial raw 207 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,520 options at 8%. However, kibble remain the most 208 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:22,960 common diet across all purposes. That's still sad, but I 209 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:25,760 understand it. Also, organic diets were more 210 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:28,960 commonly reported for freeze dried raw, both commercial and 211 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,360 home home cooked and semi dried diets. 212 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,240 Meanwhile, grain free diets were more prevalent among freeze 213 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,600 dried, raw and home cooked options compared to kibble or 214 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:41,600 can varieties. So obviously, you know, this is 215 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:45,760 important information for the pet food industry like as a 216 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:49,320 whole, but also for somebody like me in my position like 217 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:52,360 understanding pet parents and and their needs. 218 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,800 So that's one of the things is that I do. 219 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:59,360 I talked to you a little bit on the discovery call, that free 15 220 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:00,880 minute call. I talked about at the beginning 221 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:05,760 about like what your needs are and what you would prefer to 222 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,720 you. My first question when we talk 223 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,960 about food is always do you want to buy it or do you want to make 224 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:14,520 it? That's the first thing we have 225 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:17,160 to decide. And it doesn't have to be all of 226 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,320 one and none of the other. We can always do a combination. 227 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:24,360 I actually like to do a combination because more variety 228 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,880 and more rotation is is always a good thing. 229 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,960 So that's the first thing we have to decide and understand 230 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,120 that that can change. Like we can have a season of 231 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:38,560 life where right now for me, for instance, I buy everything for 232 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:42,160 my pets because I just don't have the time to put into it. 233 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,600 But the reality is, and I know, I know I've said this so many 234 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,560 times, so forgive me for sounding like a broken record, 235 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:52,400 but we always, it doesn't matter what we're talking about, we 236 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:54,480 always have to make the decision, am I going to put time 237 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:56,400 into it or am I going to put money into it? 238 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,600 And that can change, right? So right now I'm having to put 239 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:01,880 money into it because I don't have the time to put into it. 240 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,720 Hopefully at some point I will have more time to put into it 241 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:09,200 and that way I can cut back on the money that I'm putting into 242 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:12,040 it. But that's always what we have 243 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:13,640 to figure out. And that's not something I can 244 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,560 tell you. That's something you have to 245 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:19,080 figure out for yourself. And I'm not judging you for it 246 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:23,720 one way or the other because I, you know, I know that it can and 247 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:26,400 will change and that's OK. We just have to make that 248 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:30,440 decision for right now. Now, once we get into like the 249 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:34,400 full consultation, you, you've said, Yep, I, this is for me. 250 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,320 You know, you, you resonate with me. 251 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:39,480 What you want to do, the things that you're talking about 252 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,840 absolutely resonate with me. I want to improve my dog's 253 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:46,040 overall health span. Let's go ahead and book this 254 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,040 consultation. You book the consultation and we 255 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,960 meet for that, you know, 45 to 60 minutes. 256 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:56,440 We're going to get more in depth on so much, so many things going 257 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,320 on with your animal, depending on what's going on with your 258 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:00,720 animal. And when we specifically do talk 259 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:06,000 about food, we're going to talk so much more about making it 260 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,920 home or buying it. And then if we're going to make 261 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:11,080 it, are we going to do raw or are we going to do cooked? 262 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,080 And again, we can mix those things. 263 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:15,680 I'm totally fine with that. There's so, so many. 264 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,280 Of course, we'll get into supplementation if we need to 265 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:21,240 supplement. I'm not the biggest fan of 266 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:23,320 supplementing. I like to do as much with food 267 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:27,320 as possible, but there absolutely are cases that we do 268 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,080 need to use targeted supplementation for a period of 269 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:33,320 time, and I'm happy to help you with that. 270 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:38,000 I'm happy to help you through that period of time and figure 271 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,920 out when it's a good time to pulse, when it's a good time to 272 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:45,320 stop, when there's so many different factors going into 273 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:48,760 supplementation that I find a lot of people will. 274 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:51,800 They have this list of supplements that they have their 275 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,000 dog on and they've been giving these, this dog these same 276 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,880 supplements for years. And it's like, OK, well, when do 277 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:00,440 we know if they're even still working? 278 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:01,920 You're giving them so many things. 279 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:03,480 You've been giving them for so long. 280 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:07,560 Let's cut back. Let's find out if they're even 281 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:11,640 still working for your dog. And that's not to say that 282 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:14,440 something amazing like an omega-3 supplement isn't going 283 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,359 to be quote UN quote, working for your dog, but we may want to 284 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:18,720 pulse it. We may want to change the 285 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,800 amount, we may want to change the source of that omega-3. 286 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:25,000 There's a lot of education involved and what I do and I 287 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,480 love doing that for you guys on an individual basis. 288 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:33,200 Because again, I know I've told you this podcast is like my 289 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:34,720 favorite thing in the world that I do. 290 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,280 But I can only really give you like generalized information 291 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:43,240 because I don't have a specific case in front of me. 292 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:46,600 And it is my favorite thing to do to customize and 293 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:51,160 individualize everything I do specifically for your pet 294 00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:56,000 because that is the best way to optimize your pets health span 295 00:17:56,360 --> 00:18:01,360 is to actually work with the dog or the cat that's right there in 296 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:04,400 front of you. So I just thought that was a 297 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:08,640 really interesting article. There was another article from 298 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:13,040 pet food industry showing how human demographics influence dog 299 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:16,680 food choices, which we weren't talking about with that last 300 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,760 study because they didn't have the human demographics. 301 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:24,760 So this was the very next day pet food industry published 302 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:29,640 another post saying again kibble remained king of dog food and a 303 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:35,160 survey of over 40,000 dog owners conducted from January 2020 to 304 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:37,800 December 2022. The preference for kibble 305 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:42,720 persist across income levels, education and geographic 306 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:46,800 locations, or even when recent diet changes had occurred. 307 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,800 However, human demographics were correlated to the use of dog 308 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,320 food types other than kibble. They surveyed dog owners. 309 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:56,560 I'm sorry. The surveyed dog owners were 310 00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:00,680 participants in the Dog Aging project, and scientists at Texas 311 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,480 A&M University in Virginia, Maryland College of Veterinary 312 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:06,040 Medicine analyzed their responses. 313 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:09,960 So when we look at the demographics that the income 314 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:13,800 demographics, it says kibble remains the staple regardless of 315 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,600 income with 81 to 85% consistency. 316 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:22,480 However, owners earning 180,000 or more or slightly more 317 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,000 inclined toward commercial raw diets. 318 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:29,560 The age demographics Older owners tended to diversify 319 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:33,560 beyond kibble, favoring canned, freeze dried and home cooked 320 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,600 diets. In contrast, younger owners, 321 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:41,960 ages 18 to 24, overwhelmingly preferred kibble at 91%. 322 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:47,640 The education demographics. It says while education level 323 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:51,720 generally did not influence diet choice, specific trends emerged. 324 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:56,080 Owners with some college or trade education were more likely 325 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:59,600 to feed home cooked or commercial raw diets, though 326 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:03,160 these differences were minimal. And then with the location 327 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,920 demographics, it says regional differences were notable. 328 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:09,280 Dogs in rural areas were more likely to consume home raw 329 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,840 diets, while commercial raw diets were more prevalent in 330 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,440 urban settings. Kibble was less popular in 331 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:18,400 coastal states compared to inland areas. 332 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:22,240 So there's a lot of information to be had when we collect. 333 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:26,040 Data like this, like the Dog aging project has it says the 334 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:28,760 majority of survey participants that kibble is their dog's 335 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:32,800 primary format with 82% which is over 33,000. 336 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,720 This far surpassed other options including home cooked meals at 337 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:45,200 4%, thank you canned food at 4%, commercial raw diets at 4%, home 338 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:50,720 prepared raw at 2%, freeze dried at 2% and semi dry diets at 1%. 339 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,880 Although kibble was the main dish, 35% of owners supplement 340 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:58,720 their dog's diet. Canned food LED this category at 341 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:02,760 32%, followed by home cooked meals at 21% and additional 342 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:06,640 kibble at 17%. Grain free diets were reported 343 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:10,200 in 40% of dogs with no significant variations across 344 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,200 income levels. Organic diets, however, were fed 345 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:17,520 to only 20% of dogs, again showing little correlation with 346 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,160 income. So there's so much, there's so 347 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:26,120 much there to learn, there's so much information and data that 348 00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:28,800 we can pull from. I just find it so interesting 349 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,240 and I'm very curious as to what you're feeding and why. 350 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:38,400 Because obviously finances are a concern, which is why a lot of 351 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,960 times I will transition people to home cooked diets because it 352 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:46,920 is often one of the cheaper ways that we can drastically improve 353 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:52,200 our dog and cats health span. So with that, again, I'm just 354 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,400 going to remind you one more time, check out my website, 355 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,240 jessicalfisher.com. I will be posting all new 356 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:01,040 packages in January. So if you want to take advantage 357 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,400 of the single consultation rate that I have right now, please go 358 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,040 ahead and do that. And I am just, I'm hoping you're 359 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:10,400 having a fabulous holiday season, regardless of what 360 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,520 you're doing. Hopefully you are taking some 361 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:16,160 time to find joy with you and your pets. 362 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:21,120 And I will talk to you again next week, which will be just 363 00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:24,360 before New Year's. And in the new year, we will be 364 00:22:24,360 --> 00:22:26,480 coming back with some more guest episodes. 365 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,800 So with that, again, I hope you're having a fabulous, 366 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:31,800 fabulous day. Thank you so much for being 367 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,080 here. Give your pets some extra love 368 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:35,360 for me and I will talk to you next.