Who looks after the pets in your family?

Research shows it’s almost always the Mum in the household – despite all those promises the kids made while begging for a puppy that of course they’d feed the dog and walk it and pick up after it.

Now there’s a new push to help make it easier for the kids to make good on those promises and really be a part of caring for the family’s furry members… without accidentally over-feeding them.

Vet Talk Online co-host Brian Pickering - tracked down the Purina National Education Manager Michael Zajac at Purina’s Australian HQ in Sydney.