How do we advise clients about feeding their pets?

The wide range of options in the types of food available has made discussions about appropriate diet choices for cats and dogs a complicated and sometimes contentious process. Join Sally Everitt, who recently chaired the BVA’s Companion Animal Feeding Working Group, Georgia Woods-Lee of the Royal Canin Weight Management Clinic, University of Liverpool, and Jo White, Co-Director, Human Behaviour Change for Life (HBCL) to discuss how we can talk to clients about feeding their pets, what evidence we do (and do not have), and some of the potential risks and benefits of different types of diets for pets. 

Learning Outcomes
Understand the types of information we have (and do not have) to support our conversations with clients about diet choices for pets
Explore ways of working collaboratively, with compromise and understanding when discussing diet choice with pet owners
Tips and tools from human behavioural science in practice to build engagement, connection and trust when talking to clients about diet choices for pets
Chairperson: Rob Williams, Junior Vice President - BVA
Speakers: Jo White, Co-Director - Human Behaviour Change for Life (HBCL)
Sally Everitt, Chair, Companion animal feeding working group - BVA, InFocus Clinical Support Lead RCVS Knowledge at RCVS Knowledge
Georgia Woods-Lee, Clinical Lead of the Royal Canin Weight Management Clinic - University of Liverpool

14 Nov 2024
09:15 - 10:30
BVA Congress

Presented at London Vet Show 2024

Please note this session is not RACE-approved but you can still earn a CPD certificate