The Vet Blast Podcast presented by dvm360
Sep 17, 2026 · 13 min · 10 segments
*This episode is sponsored by The Farmer's Dog* Clients are asking about fresh dog food, but there are still some misconceptions surrounding these diets out there. In this episode of The Vet Blast…
Brandon StapletonGuestAdam ChristmanHostOne of the other things, and this is what I love about continuing education when I'm learning about things, because I didn't learn about fresh food when I came out of vet school.
And so this is the beauty as I'm evolving, listening to your classes, listening to courses about this.
And the big thing that I hear from our colleagues is about portion control and weight management in fresh food.
So how does that precisely look when you're talking about that, plus making it highly palatable food? And it can serve as a clinical tool for weight management,
When I was in clinical practice, nutrition was like my jam, particularly weight management.
First off, recommendations on a bag of food or whatnot can be very wide and varied in trying to get somebody to get the right calories.
But even if you dial it in, we do the math, we do all our work, and we tell them to feed exactly this.
We know that falls apart when they get home, right? And there are studies that literally prove that, right? Jason Coe's got a killer study on that.
So that is why we wanted to, in a very healthy way, take that out of the owner's hand.
So based on what we know about the dog, it literally comes with that dog's name on the pack and it'll be like feed a pack a day or half a pack a day.
There isn't any measuring on it to make sure that they're getting the calories they need to get day in and day out, which is why even if you have had a frustrating patient who isn't managed well in their weight and you've tried everything, it's a calorie game fundamentally.
So please, reach out to us, take a look at the site, call my Med Affairs team, we can help you.
Yeah, there are tools on their website that you can really learn to help formulate and create a diet customizable to the patient's needs for that.
One of the other things, and this is what I love about continuing education when I'm learning about things, because I didn't learn about fresh food when I came out of vet school.
And so this is the beauty as I'm evolving, listening to your classes, listening to courses about this.
And the big thing that I hear from our colleagues is about portion control and weight management in fresh food.
So how does that precisely look when you're talking about that, plus making it highly palatable food? And it can serve as a clinical tool for weight management,
When I was in clinical practice, nutrition was like my jam, particularly weight management.
First off, recommendations on a bag of food or whatnot can be very wide and varied in trying to get somebody to get the right calories.
But even if you dial it in, we do the math, we do all our work, and we tell them to feed exactly this.
We know that falls apart when they get home, right? And there are studies that literally prove that, right? Jason Coe's got a killer study on that.
So that is why we wanted to, in a very healthy way, take that out of the owner's hand.
So based on what we know about the dog, it literally comes with that dog's name on the pack and it'll be like feed a pack a day or half a pack a day.
There isn't any measuring on it to make sure that they're getting the calories they need to get day in and day out, which is why even if you have had a frustrating patient who isn't managed well in their weight and you've tried everything, it's a calorie game fundamentally.
So please, reach out to us, take a look at the site, call my Med Affairs team, we can help you.
Yeah, there are tools on their website that you can really learn to help formulate and create a diet customizable to the patient's needs for that.
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