Ask The Veterinary

Vets receive little to no training in pet nutrition but do recieve a nice sum of money from pet food companies to sell their products. Vet prescription diets should never be fed on a regular basis as they have cancer causing preservatives, fillers, etc. in them. So, I need suggestions on how to convince pet owners that they need to do the research themselves and challenge thei vet when they try to sell them a specific food. I've started my own pet food business selling Innova and need to get the word out that is a superior product.
Just a couple of notes so that everyone doesn't think I hate vets…
-I worked for many years with a vet and she was absolutely disgusted with the little trainging time that she received on nutrition during her degree…and I have heard the same from many other vets.
-Vets are great at what they are trained to do and that is diagnose. I come from a prevention perspective and think many animals could be kept healthier if people knew a little bit more about pet nutrition and vets are not "normally" the place to get this info. Yes, there are vets out there now that are become much more concious of the food industry…but we need many more of these before we'll see a shift in the quality of most foods.
-And yes there are still foods like Science Diet vet prescription diets that are using cancer causing chemical preservatives like BHA/BHT.

i agree with you 100%. vets don't know everything. even if they say they are professionals dosen't mean they know everything about nutrition to give any animal unless they study it by them selfs with out them learning it at vet school.
you make a good point to that question. keep it going!
deanna

Nope. Texas only has one vet school. You're lucky only 26 states even have a vet school. California and Alabama are the only states with 2 vet schools.

I work as a technician in a Vet hospital, and the manager has asked me to put together a playlist of music to play during the day. In the past we have sporadically played classical music, and have gotten several complaints from customers/staff that it makes it feel too stuffy. The manager has only asked that I choose music without lyrics ( I'm sure to keep the staff from singing along while working). What kind of music (genre or specific examples) should I look at for filling out this playlist? Thanks for any help.

Do a search for soothing or relaxing music. I know there are many songs out there with sounds of nature or different instruments from around the world. Some of it is really nice but some of it COULD put somebody to sleep so make sure to find upbeat songs.