Founded in 2024, SlimPets is directed by Sarah Brown - a Registered Veterinary Nurse from County Durham.

 

Sarah worked in veterinary general practice for a number of years, face-to-face with owners and their pets, and found that her patients would greatly benefit from a service such as SlimPets.

The SlimPets Origin Story

Sarah saw that cats and dogs were struggling with weight alongside their presenting issue, however, in practice, veterinary surgeons often found inadequate time in a consultation to comprehensively address diet alongside the presenting issue. 

 

Many veterinary practices offer patient weight clinics, which is an excellent and recommended option for pet weight loss! However, not all owners have the time to attend clinics at their practice regularly. Hence, SlimPets is an online-only service.

 

Sarah learned more about canine and feline weight management and became the go-to colleague for diet plans when working in practice. She found that most owners don't know exactly how much their pet should eat every day, and can be skeptical of diet plans for their pet. Often, after time spent sharing knowledge and providing personalised support, owners felt they could take informed control of their pet's diet going forward. SlimPets places emphasis on providing support and education to owners alongisde it's service.

 

The fastest way for a pet to achieve weight change is typically using a veterinary diet - one specially-formulated by a quality veterinary brand for weight loss or weight gain. These diets can be quite expensive for the average pet owner and Sarah found this to be a large barrier to typically-recommended weight management routes, especially for weight loss. SlimPets provides diet plan recommendations based on what the owner can do, not just on what research says will be fastest, and as an accessible, low-cost service.