Dog & Cat Nutrition
Help customers make the right food choices for their dogs and cats.
This course will help your employees answer customers’ questions about dog and cat nutrition and select from the brands you carry. Brand-neutral content provides a foundation for additional training by your distributor or manufacturer representative about what distinguishes the brands you carry from those that customers can buy elsewhere.
Audience: Employees
Subject: Safety and Animal Care
Course Topics:
- Gathering Information About the Pet
- Important Nutrients in Pet Food
- Health Concerns
- Food Formats & Formulations
- Pet Food Labels
- Feeding Guidelines
- Hot Topics
After completing this course, employees should be able to:
- Explain how a pet's life stage, size and activity level affect nutritional requirements.
- Describe major nutrients and basic nutrition.
- Read and analyze pet food labels.
- Identify the different types of pet food ingredients.
- Answer customers’ questions about the best food for their pets.
- Describe various trends in pet nutrition, as well as supporting and opposing views.
- Course topics: 1.25 hours
- Course test: 15 minutes
Desktop, laptop, tablet, or cell phone
