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Well I must say that I love my vet and the staff. They are very knowlegable about diets and do not sell any food at their office other than prescription diets.

And they are confident enough in themselves to know if that can't treat something to send their clients to MSU. Which they've done with me twice now. I know they wish they could help, but they are not about to risk the life of my pets trying to fix a problem they know they can't. :)

I understand such a blanket comment could make you upset, but please don't judge the whole board or certain threads by one members opinion. :)

Catlady, my Vet is awesome! They sell Wellness, Solid Gold, Evo & pre-made Raw, and he is happy to give me Raw advice. I went through 4 other Vets before finding him... all except for 1 pretty much shunned me for even suggesting feeding Raw, and pushed Eukanuba & SD & Iams instead. Not ALL Vets are poorly educated about nutrition, but unforunately many are, and prefer to give "safe" advice & push popular, lower quality kibble. In a way, I do understand why many of them do it, but nothing is going to change until more Vets at least try to recommend premium kibble. My friends stepmom has been a tech for years & years... she didn't even know what Evo, Solid Gold, etc, is. She feeds her animals Iams & SD, and although 2 of them are quite unhealthy, she refuses to even consider feeding them something better.

"It costs me basically 70 cents a pound to do this way- verses any good "commercial diet " ( including bil jac or solid gold, timberwolf etc) that is over a dollar a pound."

I pay about the same per lb for Raw all together... however, because of the moisture content, feeding 1 lb of Raw is very different than feeding 1 lb of kibble. ;] I paid about $2 per lb for Evo, and although in the long-run I do pay more for Raw, it's absolutely worth it if I factor in the cost of daily greenies/chews/teeth cleaning/supplements/etc. Plus my two (especially Gonzo) are phenominally healthy.

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Originally Posted by ramanth

I understand such a blanket comment could make you upset, but please don't judge the whole board or certain threads by one members opinion. :)

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Thank you. I will try to keep that in mind next time I see a post like that. :)

My vet is great, in fact we just went to see her today! She sells a tons of different premade raw diets, Innova, Timberwolf Organics, Canidae, etc. She will educate anyone that feeds foods with bad ingredients, but won't push her own foods on them -- in fact she will recommend foods she doesn't carry. Most of her clients feed raw anyways.

I love mine also.
The comment about moisture content on "logs" is correct. I make my own diets- proven over years and it works..

Have fed raw for years and have healthy dogs with no health problems. I'm not a kibble person. If I was to feed kibble I would probably go with Chicken Soup or Royal Canin.

I told my vet I feed Jasper raw and she said "ooh, lucky boy", and moved on. :) We have switched to only a few raw meals a week since then, and I give him Nature's Variety kibble or canned depending on his/my mood at mealtime when he's not eating meat.

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Originally Posted by Catlady711

I'd probably have a more positive outlook if things didn't normally get so heated on this particular topic, although I'll admit it's been tame thus far.

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Tame, because most of us have given up on the religion threads.

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Basically I just get a little peeved when people think that all vets/techs don't know anything about nutrition because they sell pet food. Not all vets push a particular pet food, nor do all of them sell it. Not all vets/techs are ignorant of pet nutrition.

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Never had a need to ask them, and never received any sales pitches. Perfect symbiosis. Vet Techs are harmless critters. The receptionists are the evil ones. ;)

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As for someone truely wanting to know about pet nutrition here is a website called petDIETS.com an independent agency (not supported by pet food/supplement companies) specifically trained as a pet nutritionist with a chunk of credentials in the field. If someone were truely interested in pet nutrition I'd highly recommend her website. There is a TON of info on it.

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Now that's a good reference link. But what they said about the dangers of a raw-Barf like diet! Shame on em! LOL

On a quick first pass, about the only thing I found to disagree on is the idea of dry not resulting with less tartar build up as opposed to moist food. Although over all it's just as much genetics as anything else, and that might be their concealed point. Again a very good site.