Tracy Collins wrote 01/25/2011 09:14 AM Re: Had to sit through a Purina Nutrition presentation [Re: Aaron Myracle ] #313383 - 01/25/2011 09:14 AM
Tracy Collins Webboard User Reg: 10-09-2008 Posts: 1917 Loc: St. Louis, Missouri Offline	Here's the mental hurdle I've never been able to jump: Why do people think it is so difficult to feed a dog a healful diet unless it comes from a bag of chow, or that they need a degree in nutrition? Nobody feels that way about feeding human children. Nobody would think it a good idea to feed a human child nothing but Special K cereal every meal for its entire life. Sure, it would keep the child alive. But even the stupidest person would know it's not optimal. Fresh, minimally processed species-appropriate food, in abundant variety. And not too much of it. It's just not that hard. Every time one of those kibble commercials comes on TV and they pan across the shot of the fresh chicken it supposedly contains, I cannot help but yell at the screen: just give the cat the damn chicken! Cinco | Jack | Fanny | Ellie | Chip | Deacon
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Aaron Myracle wrote 01/25/2011 09:21 AM Re: Had to sit through a Purina Nutrition presentation [Re: Tracy Collins ] #313387 - 01/25/2011 09:21 AM
Aaron Myracle Webboard User Reg: 06-06-2008 Posts: 5062 Loc: WA, USA Offline	Edited by Aaron Myracle (01/25/2011 09:22 AM) Edit reason: And now I sound like a complete raving hippie.
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Meredith Hamilton wrote 01/25/2011 02:05 PM Re: Had to sit through a Purina Nutrition presentation [Re: Aaron Myracle ] #313431 - 01/25/2011 02:05 PM
Meredith Hamilton Webboard User Reg: 01-25-2009 Posts: 1082 Loc: Columbus, Ohio Offline	Now that corn is used for ethanol there is even less grazing land. Farmers are growing corn instead of food crops, even in countries that need the food. Ripley & his Precious
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randy allen wrote 01/25/2011 02:56 PM Re: Had to sit through a Purina Nutrition presentation [Re: Meredith Hamilton ] #313438 - 01/25/2011 02:56 PM
randy allen Webboard User Reg: 08-30-2007 Posts: 3283 Loc: Offline	Aaron, throwing the tv out the window is the best advice one can offer. One wants to see what's wrong with this culture only needs to think of the television set as a mirror rather than a window into the world. Yeah Meredith, that was a good idea wasn't it. Let's turn our food supplies into something to burn in our cars. Gee, I wonder who made out in that deal.
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Kelly wrote 01/25/2011 05:30 PM Re: Had to sit through a Purina Nutrition presentation [Re: randy allen ] #313456 - 01/25/2011 05:30 PM
Kelly Moderator Reg: 06-03-2005 Posts: 1495 Loc: Offline	I watched a show on PBS called King Corn. It was an interesting show, but the main point I took from it was the fact that crop corn has been so genetically modified that it is not even edible anymore. It contains like 90% starch. Crop corn is not designed to feed animals or people. It is designed to produce corn starch and corn syrup. That's it... it's not even a FOOD anymore.
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phaedra rieff wrote 01/26/2011 01:20 AM Re: Had to sit through a Purina Nutrition presentation [Re: Kelly ] #313523 - 01/26/2011 01:20 AM
phaedra rieff Webboard User Reg: 07-15-2010 Posts: 741 Loc: bc, canada Offline	Well, February IS dental month in the vet world, so next Wednesday, my lunch will be provided by Ken from Medi-cal. He's going wow us again with the wonders of corn. Again, I will ask for proof, and again he will tell me that a vet from the company will get back to me.
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Kelly Byrd wrote 01/26/2011 10:26 AM Re: Had to sit through a Purina Nutrition presentation [Re: phaedra rieff ] #313539 - 01/26/2011 10:26 AM
Kelly Byrd Webboard User Reg: 07-28-2010 Posts: 2249 Loc: Tacoma, WA Offline	Quote: phaedra rieff Well, February IS dental month in the vet world, so next Wednesday, my lunch will be provided by Ken from Medi-cal. He's going wow us again with the wonders of corn. Again, I will ask for proof, and again he will tell me that a vet from the company will get back to me. Is your clinic giving discounts on Dentals? We aren't. Then again, we do 4-5 dentals per week, so we really don't have time for much more when you add our in our surgery schedule and the fact we only have 2 techs, 1 assistant, and 1 dr. Have fun being wow'ed. I guessssss.... Get lots of sleep the night before, so you don't nap during his presentation!
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phaedra rieff wrote 01/26/2011 11:28 AM Re: Had to sit through a Purina Nutrition presentation [Re: Kelly Byrd ] #313551 - 01/26/2011 11:28 AM
phaedra rieff Webboard User Reg: 07-15-2010 Posts: 741 Loc: bc, canada Offline	Yeah, 10% off, plus a bag of Medi-cal dental food. We only do dentals one day a week usually. We have 2 doctors, 2 techs and 5 assistants. monday - spay/neuter tuesday - lump removal/dental/x-rays w sedation/cruciate wednesday - no sx thursday - spca sx day friday - spay/neuter We always have appointments running while one doctor is in sx., and of course we book in emergency or special procedures when needed.
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Kelly Byrd wrote 01/26/2011 11:58 AM Re: Had to sit through a Purina Nutrition presentation [Re: phaedra rieff ] #313556 - 01/26/2011 11:58 AM
Kelly Byrd Webboard User Reg: 07-28-2010 Posts: 2249 Loc: Tacoma, WA Offline	Wow!! Lucky you guys!!! We just lost our 2d Dr. (to a zoo in Hong Kong!) We do dentals and surgeries every day of the week, it generally works out to at least 3 anesthetic procedures a day, not counting if the Avian vet needs to use surgery. We don't normally have to sedate for x-rays, (although it takes a LONG time!) but if we do, we'll just make it work at the time of the apt. At my clinic we have to block out a couple hours of apt's a day to get through our surgeries/dentals. It can get kinda crazy.
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phaedra rieff wrote 01/26/2011 12:03 PM Re: Had to sit through a Purina Nutrition presentation [Re: Kelly Byrd ] #313560 - 01/26/2011 12:03 PM
phaedra rieff Webboard User Reg: 07-15-2010 Posts: 741 Loc: bc, canada Offline	Oh, we do x-rays all the time without sedation. But, if we know that we need to sedate, we try and get them to d/o for the day.
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