ABOUT DR. RICHARD S. PATTON
Dogs Naturally Magazine wrote, In over 40 years as an animal nutritionist, Dr. Patton has worked in 25 countries and formulated diets for nearly every kind of animal. Formal study was at Penn State, Purdue and Virginia Tech. He was marketing manager for a company that recycled human food waste to animal feeds and Director of Research for Prescription Diet pet foods. As a consultant based in New Mexico for the past 30 years, Patton has worked for agriculture enterprises, zoos, foreign governments, Fortune 500 companies and local and regional feed mills and pet food companies. An adjunct professor at Penn State for 15 years, he has 25 scientic publications, two patents, one book (pet nutrition) and numerous popular press articles.
TOPICS COVERED
1. Essential ingredients and their foundation
2. Basic requirements
3. Wet food vs dry food
4. Drawback and benefits of raw and natural diets
5. Role of behavior–both pet and owner
6. An insider perspective of the pet food industry
7. Obesity epidemic