Dr. Kathleen McJunkin

Each, each visit, at least find out what they were feeding for the pets, which was maybe a good thing going on when we had that grain-free diet issue.

And then it's, we could kind of guide them, you know, to watch more carefully what was going on.

Yes, definitely.

In fact, when I was going through, unfortunately, all this stuff with clients, I, interestingly enough, had one of the clients, she goes, I just got on, General Mills had bought out Blue Buffalo.

And she said, I just got on the committee to work on that, you know.

And, you know, I told her the importance of getting a veterinary nutritionist, a board certified one.

They got one.

And I was so thrilled.

And she listened.

And then someone else, I said, I really think it was a marketing thing.

What happened with this?

And she goes, I agree with you.

I'm in marketing.

So, you know, it just goes to show, you know, that she realized, yes, that's what's going on here.

I think you maybe, because no, I haven't been in practice, you know, forever, but I've heard through the grapevine that pets usually did not live as long as a lot of them are doing now.

And I think a lot of it can be, you know, the diet or just we're taking better care of them too.

And one of the big things, believe it or not, I think is that keeping the teeth healthy, which I think is one of the important things that's happened in humans, probably more in the 50s or something, and I'm not sure where, because my mom talked about, well, we didn't really go to a dentist when she grew up.

She grew up on a farm and stuff, unless it was a problem.

And I just swear that that has kept, you know, these bigger dogs.

I had one client who, oh my goodness, I don't think she'd mind if I said this, Tilly, wonderful dog, a bigger dog, you know, kind of 50 pounds, that type of thing, a mixed dog.