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Originally Posted by diggy4  If a vet is not educated in pet nutrition and a person asks about it I think they should tell the client to contact a nutritionist. The reason I found a new vet was mine said "my friend from school is a nutritionist, he recommends Science Diet" enough said there  now my current vet is a vet/nutrionist/and massage therapy so I trust what she says when it comes to those 3 things. When discussing LP (Diggy is a grade 3-4) she said I need to speak to an orthopedic dr, thats is specialty Im not going to pretend to know it all  . I know General info not detail. I think same goes with nutrition. If nutrition isnt a specialty of your vet, doesnt make them bad, it makes them not an expert at it thats all and you should contact a nutritionist if its more than a general question about it. To me nutrition is HUGE you are what ya eat  . |
Well said.
It is NOT ok to feed your dogs garbage- but if you feel confident in it that's fine- but you can't be telling people it is ok- do you feed children mcdonalds day in day out? many dogs go their whole lives eating crap and die from cancer (i've had a dog that that happened to- before i knew about dog nutrition) and I think people use the excuse "they are just dogs" When they are threatened by not knowing- and it can be dautning trying to pick a food but no matter what i'd never let my dog eat garbage food- i just think she is too important and there are other ways around it than just giving into what they will eat.