Nutrition can play a key role in supporting the performance of highly active, working and sporting dogs.

Small and toy breed puppies should be fed small, frequent meals and fed to a lean, healthy body condition.

Maintaining a lean body condition from puppyhood and throughout life is associated with increased longevity and delayed onset of signs of chronic disease.

Controlling the growth rate of large and giant breed puppies is critical for their long-term skeletal health.

Nutrition can play an important role in helping to manage the clinical signs that occur when the heart no longer adequately compensates for changes associated with heart disease.

Diet may play a role in developmental orthopedic conditions and in management of secondary osteoarthritis.

Nutrition may help reduce stress-related anxiety and behavioral disorders in pets.