Ok first of all- no offense to anyone who IS a veterinarian, or who KNOWS a veterinarian!
Tucker is 15 months old, and we needed to take him to the vet to get his boosters, and we wanted to get him weighed, generally get checked out to make sure he's grown (growing) properly etc...
Of course, first question "What are you feeding him?" is what comes out of vet's mouth.
Brent and I had discussed it prior to going to the appointment, because I knew of course the vet was going to lecture us on feeding raw etc... and tell us of all the bad, scary stuff that WILL happen to Tucker because of our horrible food choices for him etc.... And I told Brent to let me do the talking (because it was me who did all the timely, extensive research on feeding raw in the first place) and he agreed.
Until we actually got in the exam room with Dr. B. Of course, she lectured us for about 20 minutes, not letting me get a word in edgewise to defend my decision. Not only did she lecture on the raw part of Tucker's diet, but she lectured on how BAD Orijens kibble was (which Tucker gets for breakfast) because its basically raw food in pellet form!
AND she even stated that because she knows Tucker has been on a raw food diet, that she can refuse him service in her vet clinic because of the potentially HUGE risks to other animals and even to staff!
Then- Brent looks at me, this horrific look on his face (and I thought "oh no! she got to him!") and in front of Dr. B. he exclaims he can't believe I never told him all the bad stuff about raw, that he can't believe I'd risk our puppy, our health, the health of our cats, heck even the health of the neighborhood (!) like this, that he's so disappointed in me etc... It was pretty humiliating, but at the same time infuriated me because I had warned him the vet would do this!!
And then to Dr. B he states we will be changing Tucker's diet immediately, doing everything she recommended (like throwing out his food bowls, toys- ANYTHING that may have contacted his mouth after he ate raw...oh please) and he apologizes for getting wrapped up in the raw food trend, it won't happen again... and what food would she recommend we switch to? What is the BEST out there? What does she feed her two dogs?
Of course, surprise surprise... Dr. B. recommends the Hills Prescription D/D food, that (conveniently) she sells in her office- the ONLY food she sells in her office. We leave the vet office (Tucker is in great health otherwise, though Dr. B. says he's about 6lbs overweight, but HELLO! He's still only 15 months old, and still growing, right?) with me feeling a little shell-shocked at my husband's abandonment of everything we've discussed before about Tucker's diet, and I'm also at the same time furious with him!! Especially when he buys a bag of Salmon and potato Hills D/D food to take with us! ARGH!
Of course, once we were in the truck on the way home, our arguement began and got pretty dramatic. Brent is set on keeping Tucker now on the Hills food, he seems to have blocked out how much the raw food diet has worked for Tucker, how healthy he's become, how his skin has stopped itching, his bald patches went away etc...
It looks like I've got my work cut out for me again. I'm going to research this Hills stuff and see what I can find to dispute the vets claims.
Have any of you had vet experiences like this? How bad is Prescription Hills D/D food anyway?
Thanks for listening to me vent!