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Originally Posted by Yorkiedaze  Why would anyone want to spend $250.00 for a Vet. to send "your" vet. a dog diet? |
I would spend DOUBLE that if it came to that to have the opinion of an expert. I believe you are referring to Dr. Remillard. Below are her credentials. If it is indeed her that you are referring to, I am not sure how you think she is not qualified.
Dr. Rebecca L. Remillard
Dr. Remillard has been awarded B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition from three different US Universities. She earned a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from the Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1987 and became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Nutrition in 1991. She completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Surgical Nutrition at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1993. She has been the Senior Staff Nutritionist since 1993 at the MSPCA Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston, a major metropolitan referral hospital serving more than 40,000 dog and cat cases annually.
Dr. Remillard is founder and president of Veterinary Nutritional Consultations, which has been incorporated in Massachusetts since 1993. There are approximately sixty individuals in the world with the combined qualifications of a Ph.D. in animal nutrition, a D.V.M., and Board Certification by the American College of Veterinary Nutrition (DACVN). Her interests primarily lie in the area of nutrient utilization as altered by disease processes. She continues to train veterinary students, interns, residents and provide continuing education to practitioners on the subject of canine and feline nutrition at international conferences.
She served on the Executive Board of the American Academy of Veterinary Nutrition (Home) (1999 to 2005) and the American College of Veterinary Nutrition (American College of Veterinary Nutrition) (2000 to 2006). She is considered a legal expert in the field of clinical pet nutrition, has conducted numerous clinical studies at several universities in the actual use of nutritional pet products, and has authored more than 50 publications in the field of nutrition for veterinarians. She has co-edited editions of a major nutrition textbook, Small Animal Clinical Nutrition, for veterinarians and veterinary students. These textbooks have since been translated into five languages for worldwide distribution. Dr. Remillard has extensive relationships with professionals in veterinary medicine. She has been conversing regularly with veterinarians worldwide as a Nutritional Consultant on the Veterinary Information Network since 1997, and therefore has a wide network of resources and experiences in the practice of veterinary clinical nutrition, which she brings to each individual consultation.
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My Cookie is on a homecooked diet that a vet nutrionist in Houston put her on. I happily paid her fee and my Cookie's life is being saved because of that diet! She has lymphangectasia and I would never trust a lay person to tell me what to feed her since I know that would probably kill her. WhatEVER that vet charged, I would happily pay.