SHAME on the Immoral and Dishonest Veterinarians
I'm sick of giving vets a pass on their criticism of raw food, their advocating shit like Science Diet, and their pushing vaccines. I had to switch vets four times to finally find a vet that wasn't pushing me to have my 16 year old, 12 lb dog get another rabies vaccine. And ridiculously expensive titers isn't always an option. Some vets won't accept titers.
Sure, I get, and have heard for years, that they owe their souls to Hills, and vets don't get any nutritional training.
But you know what? Neither did we. We're all just ordinary people who love our pets, and vets can read just as well as we can. And pushing Hills because of various financial advantages for the vet industry or individual vets, as opposed to Hills being good for pets and, in fact, in many cases, BAD for pets is immoral.
IMHO, it's high time vets started being honest and advocating -- esp. from within their profession, with each other -- for healthy food for their patients; or, at the very least, being supportive of those of us who do the research, are informed and are feeding raw or, ffs, even just not kibble.
I think it's just unbelievable how the myths and lies prevail. You cannot tell me they don't know better. For a vet, someone who is supposedly intelligent, and supposed to be compassionate and caring toward animals, to NOT educate patients on how horrible kibble is, and to discourage healthy food, is not just ignorance, it is willful malpractice.
The price of vet care has soared to the point that I can't even begin to entertain the thought of getting another dog, but vets think it's totally fine to be so completely dishonest when it comes to the cornerstone of a pet's existence -- its food. I can't help but wonder then if any of the rest of their advice is based on false premises or dishonesty, misplaced loyalty to their vendors or sponsors, or money to be earned for their practice, rather than the well being of my beloved pets. They aren't just giving bad advice on a dishwasher repair. This is about very important care for my family.
Sorry for the rant, but this has been going on for far too long, and I'm sick of ignorance and greed as acceptable excuses for so many obviously wrong things these days. And I'm sick of the collective dishonesty of the profession. We are so desperately dependent on them for medical care that most of us are afraid to speak up. And tho I'm lucky enough to have access to a lot of vets in my area, not everyone is that lucky.