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Originally Posted by cellanjie  OK... Got it straight from the horse's mouth. My new vet.
Took Audrey in last week for coughing. She had kennel cough. Had to go back in yesterday for a recheck. Went ahead and took the other two to get the started at the new vet. The new vet has three vets on staff that fill in for each other, one of which doesn't do surgeries there. Not sure why. Is there such a thing as a PA program for vets?
Anyway, I had to see the bottom rung vet as the the one I saw last week that is the top dog was tied up with an emergency. She was horrified that I was feeding all three dogs the same foods. She'd never heard of Acana or Orijen Regional Red, but recommended I put Tink on their prescription reduced calorie kibble and the other two on something "dental" that would keep their teeth clean and the pup needs to be on the puppy version. While I wasn't thrilled about it, I thought I'd go along with it as she did highly recommend it and lectured me about the pup needing puppy food.
Then at the end, the vet we saw last week and had the appointment with, came in and looked over all she had done. He nixed the food change and said I am feeding is a high quality kibble and is appropriate for all three of them. (The calories for Tink is reduced by mixing in the Stellas which results in a lower calorie count.) Then he gave me a wink. LOL Needless to say, he charmed the socks off me. I do like him. 
I was relieved as I wasn't thrilled about feeding chicken-flavored corn along with a lot of other questionable ingredients including caramel coloring to my Tink as I looked up the ingredient list while waiting for the lady vet to come back with Tink that she took to do labs. I hope I don't ever have to deal with her again. Since the big guy annotated their records of the nix, I am hopeful if I do have to run into her again, she'll see it and not start in on me again to buy the prescription stuff. If she does, I'll have to tell her to check the records. I'm not letting her talk me into it again. |
This does not surprise me, unfortunately.
During vet school (and after too, btw, at all vet conferences), Hill's spends a FORTUNE on selling to and catering to vet students and vets. It's *exactly* what pharma and medical-bio-tech companies do with our human doctors - same thing.
I would always be highly suspicious of any vet who actually
pushes Hills on you. When people push and sell - there is usually a reason behind it that is not rooted in integrity.
That said, there are times when I think Hills/SD can be appropriate for certain health issues. But beyond that, I can't show my support to a company who conducts themselves just like big pharma. Especially when there are soooo many wonderful pet foods out there that don't support this kind of business practice with vets!
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