Food is an essential part of your pet's health regimen. Finding the right brands and foods for your pet’s nutritional care is vital for maintaining its overall health and well-being. At North Yonge Veterinary Hospital in Newmarket, ON, we understand the importance of your pet getting a balanced diet and the positive effects a balanced diet has throughout its lifetime. We offer preventative care and nutritional counseling to treat and correct pet obesity and diet-related health issues.
Nutritional Counseling
Understanding the importance of supporting your pet’s health is crucial for pet parents. Knowing what food your pet needs to maintain a healthy diet is integral to nutritional counseling. Our veterinarian will provide information, make recommendations to promote good health for your pet, and answer questions you may have about nutritional counseling.
Preventative Care
Ensuring your pet lives a healthy life begins with preventative care. Preventative care starts by bringing your pet to your veterinarian for a wellness exam. This examination offers a general overview of your pet's current health condition. Our veterinarian will create a customized plan for your pet, which includes providing and continually supporting a well-balanced and healthy diet.
Health Issues
An unhealthy diet can lead to or contribute negatively to several health issues for your pet. These include diabetes, heart disease, skin and fur conditions, cancer, pancreatitis, and pet obesity. Ensuring your pet maintains a healthy diet can prevent significant health issues and keep your pet healthy and happy.
Nutritional Value
Your pet's quality of life significantly improves with high-quality food designed to provide good nutrition. The benefits of a healthy diet include a happier and more active pet, a better immune system, improved skin, and improved health for the entire body.
Additional benefits of good pet nutrition include:
• Promotes the growth of stronger bones and teeth
• Supports better health for joints
• Maintains and supports leaner muscles
• Improves your pet's digestive system
• Improves and supports healthier fur coats
• Lessens the likelihood of pet obesity
A healthy diet consisting of food with nutritional value is pivotal in improving your pet's life. Specialized foods that provide elements necessary to support good health include ingredients like:
• vitamins
• minerals
• digestive enzymes
• antioxidants
• protein
• amino acids
• probiotics
• carbohydrates
Several choices of nutritional foods are available, ranging from prescription brands for pets requiring a specialized diet to quality over-the-counter brands. Our veterinarian will discuss the food that is best suited for your pet.
Contact a Veterinarian Near You for Pet Nutritional Counseling Today
Nutritional counseling for your pet can significantly improve its health and quality of life, so contact North Yonge Veterinary Hospital in Newmarket, ON, to get the quality services and compassionate care your pet needs to live a long, healthy life. Call us and schedule an appointment today at (905) 830-0437 to keep your pet healthy and happy.
