I have to disagree about what your vet said about raw. If you go look in Sarah's thread about raw success stories you will see why. It's too long to retype it all hehe. My dog has done nothing but improve since I started raw and it's really not hard. I still feed EVO kibble for about 30% of their food at this time the but results have been more than I coud have ever hoped for for my girl Ginger. I would recommend it to anyone and I don't find it more expensive, especially in light of vet visit costs. I hope he feels better soon, poor guy.