Meg Smart DVM PhD earned her DVM from the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph, and her PhD from University of Saskatchewan. In 1984 she returned to her faculty position; in 1994 she taught the first ever small animal nutrition elective course to fourth-year veterinary students

Dr Smart is co-author (with Elizabeth Hodgkins DVM and Michael Fox DVM PhD) of the book Not Fit For A Dog: The Truth About Manufactured Cat And Dog Food. She appeared as a nutrition expert in the Canadian Broadcasting Cooperation documentary Pet Food: A Dog’s Breakfast.

Online, Dr. Smart can be found blogging at The Amazing Goat Blog, and Pet Nutrition by Smart. She has given nutrition workshops and rounds by invitation on the Veterinary Information Network.

She has taught Veterinary Pathology, Clinical Pathology, and Large Animal Medicine, with each path she took always leading her back to nutrition and its critical role in wellness. Dr Smart is also co-author of Dogs Naturally Magazine University’s pet nutrition certification courses.