On the Pet Connection blog, the deeply sensible Gina Spadafori weighs in on the proliferation of pet drugs, (and kindly mentions my books):
Link: Pet Connection Blog � Fat pets and pills for everything: More food for thought.
Here’s the rub: While we humans have no end to the ways we can help ourselves put on weight, our pets can’t even open the refrigerator for themselves. And although we can find a million reasons not to exercise, you rarely meet a dog who doesn’t leap for joy when the leash comes out or a cat who can’t be tempted by the laser pointer.
Which means this is a drug that’s being given to the wrong animal: Obesity in pets is a human problem, not a pet one.
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