Comments on: Pet Nutrition in Japan http://angelswithfurjapan.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/pet-nutrition-in-japan/ A blog about pets and animals in Japan Tue, 13 May 2008 16:26:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: forpaws http://angelswithfurjapan.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/pet-nutrition-in-japan/#comment-58 forpaws Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:52:41 +0000 http://angelswithfurjapan.wordpress.com/?p=118#comment-58 Next time you go to a vet's office take a look at the amount of literature, posters, calendars, etc. that are there from pet food companies. The bottom line is that selling pet food to clients is a huge money maker for vets. It is a well known fact that vets are NOT trained in nutrition in school. That is why I find the fact that the Pet Food Institute is actively training vets in Japan about nutrition to be rather disturbing. Doctors and veterinarians should be researching nutrition and teaching each other, NOT special interest groups who are trying to sell their products. When I asked my vet how much protein my dog with liver disease should have (he needs a restricted protein diet), she pulled out the Science Diet guidelines. She went to veterinary school. I wanted to know MEDICALLY what he should have, not what Science Diet recommended. One of the big shockers of the pet food recall is that brands like Science Diet were part of the recall. Their cat food, Savory Cuts, was produced by Menu Foods. So why were people paying more for a "premium" brand when their food was being produced by the same company that makes Walmart's O'Roy? I am going to be posting a blog soon on the dangers of commercial pet food. Thanks for the post, Shaney. It was very interesting!!! Next time you go to a vet’s office take a look at the amount of literature, posters, calendars, etc. that are there from pet food companies. The bottom line is that selling pet food to clients is a huge money maker for vets. It is a well known fact that vets are NOT trained in nutrition in school. That is why I find the fact that the Pet Food Institute is actively training vets in Japan about nutrition to be rather disturbing. Doctors and veterinarians should be researching nutrition and teaching each other, NOT special interest groups who are trying to sell their products. When I asked my vet how much protein my dog with liver disease should have (he needs a restricted protein diet), she pulled out the Science Diet guidelines. She went to veterinary school. I wanted to know MEDICALLY what he should have, not what Science Diet recommended.

One of the big shockers of the pet food recall is that brands like Science Diet were part of the recall. Their cat food, Savory Cuts, was produced by Menu Foods. So why were people paying more for a “premium” brand when their food was being produced by the same company that makes Walmart’s O’Roy? I am going to be posting a blog soon on the dangers of commercial pet food.

Thanks for the post, Shaney. It was very interesting!!!

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