Filtrar por gênero
Nurse-Led: Nutrition and Prevention in Veterinary Practice
Dog and cat nutrition and weight, and the hard problem of getting owners to change how they feed. Conversations cover why overweight dogs look normal in the park, diet histories, plans built with owners, and the veterinary nurse's role in preventive care. With Nicola Lakeman, a UK registered veterinary nurse since 1992 and principal editor of Aspinall's Complete Textbook of Veterinary Nursing. For vet and nursing students, practising vets and nurses, allied professionals, and owners wanting more than standard advice.
- 1 - Why the dog in the park makes overweight look normal
Nicola explains why so many owners believe an overweight dog or cat is a healthy weight. When the dogs in the park have drifted heavier, overweight starts to look normal. Breed standards ignore individual body frames, and feeding is how owners show love. The question at the centre is how a nurse can change the way a pet is fed without the owner hearing it as criticism of that love.
You will come away with a hands-on way to let owners feel the ribs, waist and tail base under the fur. Nicola covers the four reward areas, with treats kept within 5 to 10% of daily calories, and the case for concordance over compliance. She also explains how team meetings, guidelines and checklists keep the whole practice consistent, how to take a fuller diet history, and how tape measurements and muscle scoring keep owners motivated when the scale won't move.
00:00 Intro
00:43 Why owners don't see the fat dog
03:02 Hands on: ribs, waist and tail base
04:08 Every change meets resistance
06:46 Other ways to show love
10:11 Scrap compliance, move to concordance
12:27 Singing from the same song sheet
15:49 What the diet history misses
20:39 When the scale won't moveTue, 03 Nov 2026