The Surprising Truth About Prescription Dog Food
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
- Veterinarians reportedly place between 33% to 45% of their patients on prescription diet dog food. And dog owners apparently seem willing to follow these directions ... but what makes these prescription diets, well, prescription?
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00:00 Intro
00:43 Health Claims
03:01 What's The Difference Between Vet Food & Regular Dog Food?
04:00 Vet Diets
04:13 Brewers Rice
04:43 Corn Gluten Meal
05:02 Dried Egg Product
05:09 Poultry By-Product Meal
05:36 Animal Digest
06:17 Animal Fat
06:34 Vitamins & Minerals
06:51 Sodium Selenite
07:23 Fish Oil & Glucosamine
08:00 Outro
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I love it. People need to ask their vets these important questions instead of blindly accepting their recommendations and prescriptions.
Right before I found RMF, my vet told me that "Hi**'s Science Diet is the best chance your dog has" at surviving CKD. 🙄 I haven't fed a single bite of kibble in two years, and no medication, and she's thriving on a species appropriate diet -- NORMAL LEVELS AND SYMPTOM FREE.
Hills Kidney diet nearly killed mine.
Hills Kidney diet nearly killed mine.
Hills Kidney diet nearly killed mine.
Would you mind telling me what RMF is? ( I assume a good but not sure!)
It is so nice to see someone telling the truth about these foods! My Vet wanted to put my Malinois girl on prescription food 6 years ago after she had bladder stones removed, I said no and put her on a raw diet with supplements and she has never had another problem with stones since.
What do you give her now if you don’t mind me asking?
My friend is a vet tech and was treated to a week in Vegas by Hills to learn about veterinary diets. This was a while ago and it really made me look into dog food. I now do home cooked.
Wonderful! Researching dog food is so eye opening!
Or being manipulated by pet food manufacturers who know nothing about nutrition!
Worked for Hills for 34 years. Did the Vegas Convention twice. No one gets a free week in Vegas on Hills! It’s called mandatory continuing education.
@PetFoodPuzzleGuy So please contribute to this topic. I know for dam sure that if I got struvite stones, my Doctor, wouldn't put me on Hills C/D.
@@itsjavaman well, I would have to ask them why. As a vet, they see lots of struvite and calcium oxalate stones in cats. If they’ve been practicing awhile they have seen the results of successful disillusion using CD and now the CD Stress us even. Since it helps with anxiety. They could, if they chose to, to look at studies, even the very first One year FIC study done and the amazing results. And if they ever wanted, they could call Hills and speak with a board certified nutritionist about your cats specific blood and urine numbers for free. Or they could choose their own philosophy and do what they feel is best. And obviously you’ll trust them. And that’s fine. After all we are all trying to do what’s best for the animals we live. These days with the internet it is hard to know who to trust. I hope your furry friend lives to be 20 plus!
That cannot be Eli. Lol If it is, did he roll in a Lavender plant before filming?🤣🤣 We only see a holistic vet, but prior to that we "had" a traditional vet. He wrote a prescription for some Royal Canin garbage and the first ingredient was Corn Starch. I never returned. That day we began raw feeding, found a holistic vet and never looked back.
So glad you found a holistic vet!
You are very passionate about dog health. Wonderful video and very informative. Thank you for all you do.
This video had me in tears! As a pet wellness consultant I try to tell people some of this info all the time but they put their veterinarians on such a pedestal. No one wants to hear or believe it!! Thank you for saying from a trusted platform, so concisely, informatively, and in common language
Glad you enjoyed the video!😊
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We feed our Boston Urinary So from Royal Canin. We were told this is the only food to feed her after surgery for bladder stones and have done so for many years. Its over $100 a bag that usually lasts 1 month. Our current vet CAN NOT answer my feeding questions. We pay extremely high service fees to get no information except read the directions. "some" vets are no absolutely NOTHING about the food they carry. They have to read the label too but really no nothing about the ingredients. The dog food suppliers/reps are certainly happy to make the sale. Well, its time to start doing our own research and educating ourselves.
I was a vet rep for 34 years with therapeutic diets. SO is very high in sodium to dilute the urine. Usually works well. Not healthy for cats but there are no studies that high sodium is detrimental to dogs, though it could be. Hills Prescription Diet CD Multicare is another diet you can use. It restricts the minerals your digs stones were made of and maintains a specific urine pH to prohibit stone formation. I’m sorry but now with that pup you don’t have the luxury of using these fad diets with glamour ingredients! You’ll be doing surgery again! Best of luck!
gradually introduce your pup to raw food diet, not all this synthetic diets
@@PetFoodPuzzleGuy
Both pets I had that were put on veterinary diets, one on Hill's, one on Royal Canin, died of the diets, nit the problems they were put on the diets for, while other pets I had with similar problems lived out their full lives on regular foods.
Songs, I’m not questioning your experience but that makes no sense really. Regular diets would only worsen the condition. I am sorry for your loss.
I'm so shocked that vets are so easily corrupted by these food companies. Vets act like they care but really don't. My vet is the worst and i have no available holistic vet. I appreciate all the info you give!
we need to read and check the info of Everything i discover almost all laundry soaps shampoos etc have chemicals like 1, 4 Dioxane that can cause cancer i only found some brands free of that one of them is molly suds shampoo thinksport and for habd soap castile soap companies put a lot of harmful things we need to read more to be safe God bless you !
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Traditional Vets ii is all about MONEY$$$$ not dog wellness Plus, vets schools does offer NUTRITION but the 30 hours course is about every species Farm Animals ,Exotic Animals, Zoo Animals, and Pets .Plus the Vet Schools are Sponsored by Junk Food Companies aka Royal Canin, Science Diet & Purina !! That is the reason why they sacred dog guardians about Fresh Raw Food ..off course they do not want to loose $$$
I feel like the profession radically changed. Few vets these days are independent. “Their” practice is often owned by a corporation whose ownership is dominated by the pet Rx and food industries.
And I'm shocked that you easily believe the word of anyone without scientific based proof.
I was given Hills Thyroid Care kibble when my cat couldn’t tolerate thyroid meds. I’m well aware of the junk in Hills food and know that it is a good source of income for vets, and have always refused it. This time, since all my “excellent quality “ food had too much iodine in it, I succumbed. Within twelve hours my cat went from hyperthyroid to hypothyroid. He ate the food because it was “something new,” but when I called my vet ( a very good one who usually finds better ways of solving problems), he immediately told me to add back in a little of my cat’s regular food and he would order transdermal medication so that it was absorbed into the bloodstream and didn’t go through the stomach. It hasn’t arrived yet ( medication has to be compounded at a specialty pharmacy), but the vet told me to bring back the bag of food for a refund and to feed the cat his regular food, but keep an eye on him since he’s not back on meds.
I read the ingredients after watching this video ( something I always do, but I had just lost my beloved dog to Addison’s disease two weeks earlier and just wanted my cat to get well, so I wasn’t being my best self) and saw there was absolutely no meat in this food! We all know cats are carnivores and need meat! The only “meat product” was chicken fat, third down on the list! All it has is corn gluten meal, whole grain corn, cellulose and egg product. The rest are all additives. No pet would survive on this!
All of your emails are so informative and have enlightened me on many aspects of my elderly pets care. I’ve always researched and pushed back with vets who aren’t half as knowledgeable as I am on some issues, but you have definitely made me an even better advocate!
And I’ve trusted your supplements completely,
and truly believe they gave my dog extra time and quality of life till the end!
Thank you, Dana!💜🐾
So, so, true; lost one dog four years ago to a prescribed diet. Actually thousands of dogs across the US died from an overdose of vitamins because the manufacturer (Hills) had not mixed the food properly and some dogs then received way too much and she basically bled out in four days. I make my own dog food now from store purchased meats and greens....the same as I eat!
So sorry about the loss of your dog! My friend lost his beautiful pup years ago in the melamine scandal. Heartbreaking! So cool that you make your own now. May I ask, do you add “dog vitamins”? I’d love to cook high quality people food for my pug, but vet/dog food industry says I’m not qualified!
So so sorry for your loss. Hills is poison!!
My dogs refuse to eat Hills brand Science Diet food.
Hello Dana, what are your views on mixed tocopherols as a preservative in dog food? Thank you
Do you have a recipe for a low-protein diet to protect the kidneys? My dog, 6 lbs, is showing the early signs of kidney malfunction and trying to prevent kidney disease. Currently, she is having a kidney prescription diet and the test is coming back to show a normal level of kidney function after being on it for a while. I would love to cook something healthier. Thank you❤
Would the bladder stone that is able to be dissolved be ok to feed ie.. Hills S/D. To dissolve the stones if it is the right kind of stone. As with cats the extra minerals in homemade broth can form these stones. So a short time on the food would dissolve the stones?
My Westie has Inflammatory Bowel Disease and is on a Z/D prescription diet. I'm torn on what to feed him. Please any suggestions?
are there any brands you recommend that are better? I am overwhelmed by all the choices out there.
Hi Dana. What dosage os apple cider can I use on a 10 lbs dog on her food bowl because she is not taking it on the water ?
Don’t give your dog undiluted ACV. Always mix it into her water or food. Give the following daily amount depending on the size of your dog:
1 tsp for dogs up to 15 lbs
2 tsp for dogs 16 to 35 lbs
1 tbsp for dogs 36 to 84 lbs
Ingredients are everything. High quality ingredients provide high quality nutrients. Every single vitamin shouldnt need to be supplemented synthetically.
I am so impressed with you. My dog is an 8 yr old German Shepherd. She has been having loose stools for about 6 mths. After hundreds of dollars of lab work I was told I need to put her her a prescription food prescribed by her vet. My first question was could this not be caused from the meds she is taking that you prescribed for arthritis. Previcox and gabapentin. I didn’t think it would be the gabapentin, but felt like it could be the previcox. I have had her in and off cooked sweet potatoes and chicken , organic pumpkin for the last few months . It would check a little , but once I would start her back on the med and the Hills sensitive skin and stomach it would start again. Oh and by the way she had already been to the vet that suggested the Hills. By looking at the bag it looked like garbage to me. I did though as she advised try it and the Purina. Nothing has helped. Now I have a prescription waiting to pick up another food. I have spent a lot of time researching feeding my dog. I wish I could afford to feed raw or at least see how her GI system would do with it. It’s just the two of us. I’m 65 and live on a very fixed income. My dog is my best friend. I do the best I can for her, but am totally at my Witt’s end with all these vets that honestly don’t care. Just want to push a product. I’m sure these companies helped pay their way through school. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated. Thanks again for reinforcing what I already believe. Your lab is beautiful!
Hi Gina, You can check out our free raw or home cooked recipes here: bit.ly/3xyNPj4
What about prescription food that say they reduce phosphorous and magnesium levels for which is needed to prevent calcium oxalate stones? Do these help prevent co stones?
Yes! Absolutely! I was a vet rep for 34 years and know these diets well! Look at the actual calcium and phosphorus levels! Funny how the fad diets with all those wonderful looking ingredients are so high in minerals! It’s the very crap like bone, hair, hoof etc driving those numbers up but vets like this don’t understand that. It’s a shame!
I would try to gradually implement a raw food diet,..magnesium is very important for the dog 🥰
Sounds logical, and yet the veterinaries that work at developing diets are the kind that keep on studying veterinary nutrition, further than just a single course, and have to approve a board test. Now, what matters at diets are the nutrients, rather than just the ingredients. The therapeutic benefits come from the balance of nutrients, not necessarily from the ingredients panel. You're a nice person, and I'm sure a well intended one. And I'm sure you take excellent care of your animal companions. But please, don't be a vector of disinformation. Most people simply will rant against dog food just for the sake of being anti systemic or thinking they actually are doing better by feeding what would be awesome for humans.
If dogs could understand English they would be hiring a lawyer and suing us humans feeding them inferior quality food.
Perhaps you should try looking at the nutrients provided, to manage a condition like renal diseases a food with glamorous ingredients which are harming those kidneys. Maybe then you would at least begin to understand nutrition is delivering nutrients, not fancy ingredients.
Perhaps you should go back to being a SALESMAN for Hills!!😂
The renal diets contain less protein, phosphorous, and salt, not additional nutrients. Unfortunately, many pets cannot survive on the reduced amount of protein.