Do you have proof my vet is being compensated? She might just being practical knowing we have and had rescues.
Walmartian, please pardon my intrusion here but I think you should know that if your vet is traditional the chances are that everything your vet knows about nutrition came from the very few hours they get in vet school — and the materials used are sponsored by the pet food industry. If you want to know what to look for in a commercial food, or what food is best there are sources to go to for that, but your vet most likely isn’t one of them. If your vet is a holistic or integrative vet they usually HAVE gone beyond what they got in vet school. I don’t think it’s about compensation as much as it’s about just not knowing any better.
Here are some links you might find helpful — from a DVM who has studied nutrition beyond what she got in vet school:
Sadly, it’s up to the pet parent to do the requisite research into what our babies should eat. If you want to have an interesting convo with your vet, ask him/her if they have looked at the ingredient list on what they’re recommending. Then ask if they can tell you the industry standard definition of what’s behind each ingredient. Take it from someone who’s done this: dollars to donuts he/she won’t have any idea. That should give you a huge green light to do your own research. Knowledge is power and your furbabies will benefit from it.