<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">In the recent Bugler edition that came out, a daily drool exchange was printed in which I asked a question and Bev (I assume a daily drool contributor) responded. I was a bit disturbed that what I wrote was misunderstood by Bev. I had written:<div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Question: Why do vets recommend substandard foods</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; ">(according to a well known dog food rating system) even when</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; ">they have superior products available for sale in their own clinics?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; ">My guess has been that vets are used to clients primarily</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; ">interested in saving money and convenience. Any other</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; ">thoughts? I am a bit frustrated/resentful, because I would have</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; ">had my bassets on higher quality food had I known better.”</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">Bev responded, "No they are not primarily interested in making money." She later concluded:</div><div apple-content-edited="true"><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; ">to answer your question NO, your vet is not just</span></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; ">making money for himself. He is promoting what has been promoted</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; ">to him, that's all. Give the guy a break, for heaven's sake.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; ">They don't go into Veterinary Medicine because they want to be</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; ">rich.”</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; ">------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; ">I want to make it clear that I was NOT accusing vets of wanting to make money. How they would make money by promoting a particular dog food bought at a grocery store or pet store is a mystery to me any way. I was suggesting that they were perhaps trying to save their CLIENTS money by not pushing the more expensive (although perhaps more nutritious) dog foods.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; ">My own experience with vets is that they are very careful in trying to treat pets as economically as possible while providing the best care they can. Often I have to encourage my vet to perform optional tests/procedures as I like to make sure everything possible is done for my dogs.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; ">I am not writing this clarification as a criticism of Bev. I regret that I did not express myself clearly in the original post, especially now that it has been printed in The Bugler! What a mess.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 16px; "><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">Susan Hurt</div><div apple-content-edited="true"><a href="mailto:toodlessm@me.com">toodlessm@me.com</a><br><br>
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