Why does my Vet prescribe this food?

Well some vets get paid a lot to sell their food. Besides, vets are not experts on canine nutrition. That class does not even have to be taken. Plus most of the canine nutrition classes are taught by the Hills company. My vet never recommends it. It is sold there but he is always recommending meat based foods with no grain. He took canine nutrition classes.

I had to go to a different vet for a day because my original was closed that day, and the lady kept trying to get me to put my dog on Science Diet. Why? I don't have a damn clue. She NEVER gave a valid reason why. She asked me what I was feeding my dogs and I said Orijen. Her response "Oh.....(long pause) You should put them on one of our Science Diet foods"

Me: "Why? My dogs are perfectly healthy, you said that yourself. They are also on a more species appropriate food when it comes to kibble. I'm not one to feed my dogs foods filled with corn and little to no meat"

Her: "Yes but Science Diet is a better food"

I went on back and forth asking her WHY is it better and never did I get an answer. She just kept saying "It's better". It was like talking to a brick wall.

Vet's do get kickbacks for selling this stuff, and I certainly understand your concern about the corn. Some dogs need a *certain* prescription diet because of a health issues such as a kidney problem, pancreas problem, etc. etc., but CERTAINLY NOT for weight loss, especially with a puppy. When a dog is fat, you feed less, exercise more, and have the thyroid checked. So, if a dog NEEDS a certain diet because of health reasons, you feed it. If it doesn't you don't just because your Vet pressures you into it. As long as you have some experience with dogs, don't let your Vet walk all over you while his bank account is be fattened up. When I take my dogs to the Vet, and the Vet recommends things to me that I do NOT think are necessary, I refuse what those things are. After all, it's MY dog.

In my area the vets are switching from Hills to Royal Canine dog food as it's a better quality food.They do make a lamb and rice formula but you can't buy it anywhere but the vets office.Try contacting the company directly and see if there's a vet near you that has switched.

Vet are not trained in pet nutrition, now they can be if they extend there schooling.

Pet owners have been brainwashed by pet food for decades, yet a growing number of us have learned the benefit of quality pet food. Sadly, many of us have learned these pet food lessons because of heartache; our pet sickened or killed by a pet food. But, our veterinarians have seen ten times...a hundred or maybe even a thousand times more pet death and illness that they had to connect to a pet food. So why are most of them still recommending pet foods that contain known less than optimal ingredients such as by-product meal, animal fat, and risky chemical preservatives?

There are a few veterinarians that have seen the light, there are a few that only sell Rx foods; however, the greatest majority of veterinarian offices have stacks of Big Pet Food sitting in their lobby.

Just some of the bad ingredients in low quality dog food..

By-Product Meal. By definition, by-product meal is NOT meat. This ingredient is left over bits and pieces of slaughtered animals not suitable for human consumption. There is little to no consistency to this ingredient as one batch of by-products might contain a majority of healthy internal organs and the next batch might contain a majority of intestines and diseased animal parts.

Animal Fat. This common to pet foods recommended by veterinarians ingredient was determined by the FDA to be likely to contain euthanized animals and the drug pentobarbital.

BHA/BHT. These chemical preservatives, again common to pet foods recommended by veterinarians, have a long scientific history linking them to serious illness.

Vets will get a kick back from selling this food, and some have to sell and push it. Hills will provide scholarship's for those wishing to go into veterinary medicine and in return if one day they happen to have there own practice they have to sell this food.

He likely gets a kickback from the company in the form of providing samples to the office. Dinners, free trinkets and various other enticements can also be provided

Because of the ingredients in the food can help your pet when i took my dog to the vet they gave her science diet and they even gave her a prescription for it!!!

some for the simple reason they get paid to push it