Quote Originally Posted by buttercup132
What a nice , positive outlook on PT..
I belive the Dog Health section is made to DISCUSS things like this.
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.

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.

Our particular hospital ONLY sells prescription foods, and we never make a recommendation of any one particular food, we do not receive any 'perks' from selling/pushing any particular brand, and our greatest interest is not only in the pets being fed a nutritional food, but also foods that the majority of our clients are willing to buy (due to price or availability). A food could be the best thing on the planet, however if our clients cannot find, afford, or choose to spend the $$ on the super premium foods, then it's counterproductive to 'push' one of those foods since the client is not going to do it anyways, which makes us look like we stand to profit from the sale of said foods.

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.


Founder Rebecca Remillard, Ph.D., D.V.M., DACVN

EDUCATION DIPLOMATE of the AMERICAN COLLEGE of VETERINARY NUTRITION, September 1991, Board certified in Comparative (Large and Small Animal) Veterinary Nutrition. DOCTORATE of VETERINARY MEDICINE, May 1987, Tufts University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. DOCTORATE of PHILOSOPHY, Animal Science - Nutrition, May 1983, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. MASTERS DEGREE of SCIENCE, Animal Science - Nutrition, August 1978, University of Maine, Orono, Maine. BACHELORS DEGREE of SCIENCE, Animal Science, May 1976, Purdue University, W.Lafayette, Indiana. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE VETERINARY NUTRITONAL CONSULTATIONS, inc: President and founder of a company providing individualized pet nutritionally consultations to veterinarians and owners. MSPCA ANGELL ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: 3/93 - present as Staff Veterinarian - Clinical Nutritionist for an urban referral hospital serving approximately 50,000 dog and cat cases annually. POSTDOCTORAL SURGICAL FELLOW: 4/91 - 2/93 at Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine researching parenteral nutrition induced gastrointestinal atrophy and mitogenic factors in enteral feeding diets using monogastric species. CLINICAL NUTRITION RESIDENCY: 7/87 - 8/90 at Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.