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A
proper dogs dinner
UK Lecture Tour by Australian vet who advocates natural feeding
If like most owners you feed your dog or cat processed pet food
then Tom Lonsdale, controversial vet and Natural Feeding campaigner,
would like you to think again.
For over ten years Mr Lonsdale has campaigned to get the good-health
message across to veterinarians and pet owners. In his new book
Raw Meaty Bones he explains the advantages of feeding pets a
more natural diet. When puppies and kittens under his care grew
to be adults suffering degenerative disease and showing signs
of premature ageing, Tom started to take notice.
‘At first I couldn’t understand it’, says Tom.
These animals were getting a modern diet and what I believed
was the highest possible standards of care and yet were still
developing dog-breath accompanied by sore and bleeding gums
and rotting teeth. He began to suspect that he, and most other
vets, were probably treating the symptoms rather than tackling
the underlying problem.
Following extensive research Tom started to see a pattern emerge.
Most pets suffered from bad breath and periodontal disease (tooth
and gum disease), but other recurring conditions such as skin
complaints, diarrhoea, flatulence, bladder problems and liver
and kidney diseases were often soon to follow. The exquisite
mechanism of teeth and gums designed by nature to be cleaned
and massaged and stressed by chewing bones was left to rot,
he says. And this results in many dogs and cats unnecessarily
suffering toothache and a host of other ailments for a lifetime.
A 100% natural diet is best, says Tom. This may be impractical
for modern pet owners, but a close-to-natural diet works wonders,
is cheap and readily available. Apparently all our four-legged
friends need for good health and well being are raw meaty bones
from the butcher and a few table scraps.
Mr Lonsdale will be arriving in Britain in mid May to fulfil
private lecture commitments and to meet the press. He will then
be lecturing in Germany on 21st and 22nd June before returning
to Britain to complete his press engagements and commence his
UK public lecture tour, which runs from 30th June to 31st July.
Tom hopes to convert both vets and dog owners across the country
to his natural approach to feeding. I just want people to know
the facts says Tom.
And the truth is your dog or cat will be healthier if you feed
it a more natural diet.
Mr Lonsdale will be accompanied by Carol OHerlihy of Bark Busters,
a dog behavioural therapist. She will be discussing a wide range
of canine behavioural problems including, aggression, nuisance
barking, separation anxiety, general disobedience and will explain
how a dog’s behavioural problems are often related to diet.
These seminars are open to both animal professionals and the
general public.
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