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Originally Posted by Lil Ladies  You clearly didn't read what I wrote because you and I agree on most things. I do agree (and previously stated) that you should listen to your vet, that you shouldn't choose food based on the fancy marketing or what the name seems to convey, and that the quality of the ingredients varies greatly and that is why one should look at the manufacturer as well (usually the larger the span of the manufacturer, the worse the quality). As for the vet who has chosen the noble profession for their love of animals not the almighty dollar --they must not charge you? Well you are lucky! And try asking your vet what company sponsored or taught their nutritionist class. Science Diet teaches it here. I have done the research and decided that the best option for me is to cook my own dog food, as you do, to guarantee what goes in it, and what does not.
For the sake of this post, as their is a lot of valuable information in it, lets keep the negativity down. |
As a preliminary matter, don't tell me what I can and cannot post. Since you're new here, it is obvious that you haven't figured out that we don't a need the polite police -- we have a mod and an admin who will tell us when we've gone too far.
Now moving right along to the substance of your post. I take great offense to your implication that vets are price gougers. Yes, I pay my vet. But, there have been many times she has given advice or guidance or her time for FREE. Not because I don't want to pay her but because I am a valuable customer of their practice and she values me just as much as I value her.
I don't pay her to be my dog's nutritionist just as don't pay her to be my dog's internist, cardiologist, orthopedist, or any other specialist. This is the problem with most people - they want the GENERAL vet to be all things which is a tall order, then on top of that don't want to pay for it.
The last thing I will say is that you are wrong once again to say that the large manufacturers of dog food utilize the worst ingredients - that is complete hogwash. In fact, ask if your small companies have a board certified vet nutritionist on staff and they will tell you they do not for the most part. Ask if they do feeding trials and you'll be given spin. How do I know this? Because a friend and myself did our research and contacted companies and we were AGHAST at what we were told.
I'm glad you do your own home cooking. Unfortunately given the sources you rely on for your canine nutrition knowledge I'm sure your dog's diet is not appropriate balanced.
This thread is about royal canin medical foods - to which you said "never feed your dog anything with corn" and you pointed to an unreliable website. I am not going to debate corn but if you really want to educate yourself, go look at the digestibility and nutrient profile of corn before you condemn it (or any other ingredient for that matter).
I see nothing in anything you've said that I would remotely agree with by the way.