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Originally Posted by bronco67
Vets also have this practice of pushing Hill's Science Diet as you bring a new puppy into the office. Hill's puts vets through school, and have employees teaching nutritional classes -- to recruit them for their sales army to brainwash nutritionally uneducated customers into putting their dog on their food -- which BTW is one of the absolute worst shit dog foods you can buy. The first few ingredients tell the entire story.
I switched vets because I couldn't take it anymore. When I ask most people I know that use Science Diet why they give it to their dog, they almost always say "the vet told me this was the best food."
They just assume that no one actually does food research for themselves.
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I couldn't agree with you more. My sister-in-law's vet has her min-pin on the diabetic Science Diet formula.. number 1 ingredient in it is cellulose (basically wood fiber) The dog is constantly hungry. I keep pushing her to try an alternative, but she maintains that its gonna cost her a fortune to even experiment with other foods, because it has to be done in conjunction with the vet, and she never seems to be able to escape their office under $400. Hills is actually building a new wing in the University of Guelph up here. If you are ever looking to see what is in your kibble
Dog Food Analysis
We rarely go to the vets other than the rabies shot every 3 or so years, Vets try to tell you that you need to get it done more, but a friend who is a vet, says that most will try and push it on you yearly.. or every 2 years for the money and its completely unnecessary
If you wanna see expensive, get an equine vet.. $60 just to show up on the property..and then basically $2 a minute, plus whatever procedure you are doing. For shots, it used to cost us about $275/horse per year, tell the vets you cant afford everything.. and suddenly.. some things become not quite so necessary. Suddenly you are down to $75. It used to be that we had our farrier float the horses teeth (grind them down) that was when they had to use a hand file and it took quite a bit of time. Now that they can put a tool on the end of a reciprocating saw and its nice and easy, they are trying to regulate it so that only a vet can do it, and they can charge $400. Cash Grab?
In too many cases, Vets seem to pry on the heart strings, how much do you love your dog or cat in dollars?