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kestrel91316

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5. NO ONE is going to fund pet nutrition research if the pet food companies don't.

Reply to canoeist52 (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 12, 2013, 12:49 PM

Apr 2013

Absolutely no one. We may not like that, but it's a cold, hard fact.

Highly offensive, BTW, for you to say that the profit motive is stronger than the caring motive. I sell very little food for my patients. The profit margin on what I do sell is miniscule. I probably don't see $1000 profit in a year from pet food sales. If I wanted to profit from pet food, I am in the WRONG business.

But thanks for the gratuitous insult of me and my profession.

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An article about veterinarians that pretty much sums up how I feel: [View all] kestrel91316 Apr 2013 OP

Wow, I never knew there were people that hated vets kdmorris Apr 2013 #1

I love my vet :) Fix The Stupid Apr 2013 #2

i feel ya. mopinko Apr 2013 #3

My view, as in the human food industry, the profit motive is stronger than the caring motive canoeist52 Apr 2013 #4

NO ONE is going to fund pet nutrition research if the pet food companies don't. kestrel91316 Apr 2013 #5

I wasn't refering to any small profit you personally as a vet make. canoeist52 Apr 2013 #6

I love my vet. He's great. hobbit709 Apr 2013 #7

Our Vet sold us some special pet food mockmonkey Apr 2013 #8

there is a subset of animal owners, just as there are parents who mistrust medical/veterinary hlthe2b Apr 2013 #9

There is also a subset of animal owners canoeist52 Apr 2013 #10

Of course. My point has nothing to do with pet food manufacturers, but rather the ugly attitudes hlthe2b Apr 2013 #12

I have to agree that the reason pets are obese is quantity of food. Curmudgeoness Apr 2013 #11

i have always fed my dogs purina. mopinko Apr 2013 #13