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Who provides the CPD training? Are these course sponsored or promoted by petfood manufacturers?
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These courses can sometimes be provided by pet food suppliers however the majority are independant for example the City and Guilds qualification. Obviously ones run by certain comapnies will be biased which is why these are avoided.
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Actually you will find that this is the other way round dry food becomes impacted between teeth, whilst wet food, as part of normal feline cleaning is easily removed. Yes in the wild the bones of small animals help to keep teeth clean. It's funny how there has been a significant increase in canine and feline dental problems over the past 10 years (matches the growth of dry food)
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Please direct me to the research on this as I would be very interested in reading up on the studies that were done. There is no proof there has been a significant increase in dental disease directly related to dry food. It just so happens that there is more prevalence put on dental disease than there ever was before. We are also noticing a drastic increase in other pet illnesses would you like to attribute this to the dry pet food aswell? If there is a study that says different again then please direct me to this as I am always willing to increase my knowledge.
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And the negative of this is what? 70% of humans are water and 70% of dogs and cats natural prey is water. Requiring an animal to consume 70% more water because they are fed a dry food puts undue strain on kidneys (yes kidney disease is also increasing sharply pattern emerging here?)
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The negative? You're paying for water. How does this put a strain on kidneys? Yes, they're not getting as much water from food but you'll find that animals fed a dry diet will drink more which means they're consuming as much water just from a different source. Again diagnostic procedures are much more advanced nowadays which is more to do with why these diseases are on the increase. Again please direct me to the study so I may increase my knowledge.
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The major brand that is supported by vets in the UK is actually worse than some supermarket brands (did you know that the pets at home own brand dog food is nearly identical to Burns and their Purely cat range is one of the market) Pets at Home, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Asda all have high meat content own brand foods.
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No I was unaware of this please show me all the statistics. Yes they may have a high meat content but is the same source in every bag as opposed to the cheapest protein source on market that day?
That's great what the site says about Hills I don't use it. However there are plenty of other independent studies that say the exact opposite so take these with a pinch of salt. Even so called independant studies can be biased.
And do you by chance happen to work for a pet food company which may make you biased? Your company's nutritionist has had 35 years experience, surely that's their qualifications not yours. And please what courses have the undertaken as i'm always looking for more to undertake myself.
And on that note if you really cared about what was best for the animals you would have a better attitude rather than I know best everything else is wrong. If it is wrong then educate people, more people are likely to listen when you put it across nicely rather than looking down your nose at everyone else.