Health & Care · Dogs
The Modern Puppy Nutrition Maze
WSAVA, Raw, Fresh, and Kibble Demystified
The bag is designed to sell to you, not to feed your puppy. 12 modules on the marketing machine, the WSAVA five questions, feeding trials vs. computer formulas, large-breed calcium science, keeping joints safe, the raw-diet reality, the DCM heart warning, grain-free vs. grain-inclusive, grams not cups, the 7-day switch, and the treats that send puppies to the ER.
About this course
'Holistic', 'ancestral', 'human-grade' — none of those words has a legal or scientific definition, and all of them were chosen to make you feel good at the checkout. This course strips the bag back to the research. You'll learn the five questions the WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee says to ask any manufacturer (most boutique brands fail them), why 'formulated to meet' is a spreadsheet and a feeding trial is proof, why a large-breed puppy's calcium has to be controlled to protect its joints, what the research says about raw and homemade diets, the diet-associated heart disease (DCM) warning around grain-free and legume-heavy foods, how to portion in grams and read a body condition score, how to switch foods without a week of diarrhoea, and which human foods and bones send puppies to the emergency vet.
What you'll learn
- How pet-food marketing targets human emotions, and which buzzwords have no definition
- The WSAVA five questions and why feeding trials beat 'formulated to meet' calculations
- Large-breed puppy science: calcium-to-phosphorus control, slow growth, and preventing developmental orthopedic disease
- The raw-diet reality (pathogens, imbalances) and the DCM warning around boutique, exotic and grain-free diets
- Grain-inclusive vs. grain-free, portioning in grams, and the body condition score
- The 7-day transition schedule and the toxic-foods and cooked-bones list
Course outline (12 modules)
Quiz & Certificate
Knowledge quiz
After completing all lessons, take a short quiz to test your understanding.
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$9.99 · Lifetime access · 12 lessons