Originally Posted by Lil Ladies  Barney, in order to try to win this argument, you are just insulting me and taking things I have written out of context. You don’t know who I am or what I do. To be so rude to me because you don't share the same opinion is uncalled for, and using insults and twisting things out of proportion is not proving anything other than your ignorance on the subject, even if you are convincing the others that I am some idiot “googling” things and that hates vets or whatever.
Again, and regardless of food choice, you should always see your vet if something is wrong; do not wager the health of your baby on web advice. Please stop twisting my words on the matter. Also, as people, different dogs do well on different foods. There are many sides to this, as there are pros and cons to every matter. I simply believe there are better choices than corn as a main ingredient for a carb or grain, like barley for example. If you have evidence in the other direction, I would appreciate you sharing it instead of trying to bully me away from this forum.
There are some great points that EllieMay wrote, that I would like to address:
”0/10 [vets] who care about money more than animals and people” and “ …a lot of nutrition training in vet school comes from dog food companies at times is because these companies are the ones that put out the money for research.” These are points I was trying to make. A vet, like any other business, needs money to keep the doors open, and retail is a great way to do so. It doesn’t mean the vet is a corrupt, horrible person trying to poison your pet. Your vet is most likely giving you advice for what he truly believes to be great food, as he was taught. However, the entire process is a conflict of interest. YorkieTalk doesn’t even allow people to do recommend what s/he sells for the same reason.
EllieMay also wrote, "If it's based on how many bags are sold, then why wouldn't my vet feed it to her dogs? She does not.” Perhaps you should look at it this way: If your vet is choosing to buy a different food from a different store, despite getting the food she sells cheap or free, maybe you shouldn’t feed your dogs that food either.
Most vets are great, wonderful people, and they do the best they can with the information they have been given. That being said, I would never trust my health and well-being on one individual’s opinion; I would trust it to many, as well as educate myself with unbiased opinions. THEN make the choice for myself. That is all I am asking for people to do here. |