I am happy to say that amongst my clients I have been been delighted to include some four legged ones.  It began when a lady turned up for her appointment with an overweight little dog of indeterminate parentage, with the request that perhaps I might design an eating programme for him too.  And that she would be happy to add 5 Euro to her weekly consultation fee. I opted for a weekly cuddle instead (with dog not his owner!) Happy to report that both mother and pampered baby lost weight over the next two months!

This resulted in a few other consultations -mainly for weight and I wrote a number of articles for my then monthly online health magazine.

As I have mentioned before I am old school and believe that animal’s digestive systems are better suited to a more natural diet.  Dry food is convenient and the more expensive…