if a vet on Crufts can't give out decent feed advice

[NeverSayNever]

then there is no hope

Apparently one feed a day with a 'treat' in the morning and some milk is a fine diet to recommend to the viewing public. a great opportunity to impart some really decent advice wasted.

 

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I was absolutely about the milk - always gives my greyhounds a violently upset stomach apart from anything else.....

 

[Horseycrazy]

Funny I also heard her say that was her dog and diets vary depending on age and breeding, must have been watching a different crafts.

 

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Horseycrazy you are overestimating the average member of the public, who would have heard the words 'treat in the morning' and 'milk' being uttered and will therefore assume that is what you SHOULD feed your dog.

A bit like someone promoting a brand on TV then adding hastily 'other brands are available' to cover themselves

 

[MurphysMinder]

I missed this, daft thing to say. Was it actually the vet though as I thought the vet they were talking to was male, and horseycrazy says her?

 

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There were 2 vets MM, one male and one female

 

[MurphysMinder]

Ah right, as I say wasn't really paying attention.

 

[NeverSayNever]

quite

alos, a daily 'treat' and milk is not appropriate for any age or breed of dog

 

[Mellis]

I think most pet dogs will get a treat and some milk too! Why so stringent re other dogs diet? All dogs are different in their digestion surely if they have no adverse reactions where's the harm?

 

[Superhot]

She wasn't advocating every dog owner should feed that way, she was merely saying what her particular regime is...

 

[CorvusCorax]

I've not so much an issue with milk, I've fed natural yoghurt and milk with a culture grown in it.
Treat can mean so many things. If it's a bit of cooked chicken fine, if it's additive/colour-filled/calorific rubbish out of a shiny colourful bag with a smiling, happy dog on the front, that I have more of a problem with.
Obese dogs and treat sales, can I see an agenda

I kinda see why people are annoyed, there are people out there who think 'if a vet says it, it must be true'.
I heard a very highly respected vet tell a client (after relieving him of £500) that ALL GSDs get hip dysplasia.
That's funny, because we've had all of our dogs x-rayed (some at the same surgery) and none of them have had HD.....including a dog who she diagnosed with HD because he was uncomfortable on a table and having his legs pulled about, when another vet in the same building (who I think is excellent, by the way) who took x-rays said he had the best set of hip plates he'd seen.