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Martin Atkinson — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 09:41:49 GMT

[quote user="mariette asselbergs"]The OP wanted "an expert opinion" on dog nutrition. I wondered if that was a bit "tongue in cheek". As a vet I would consider my opinion relevant but not expert on dietary requirements related to diseases, either relating to deficiencies, imbalances or diet implications in sick animals. [/quote] I think you could argue that after many (in my case 38) years observing animals fed on on every conceivable dietary variation and the diseases and manifestations that result therefrom, that we are very much experts, probably more so than those who set up and observe limited trials which are only to suit there own agenda. Don't underestimate yourself Mariette, your years in practice have given you a wealth of knowledge that is invaluable and although anecdotal would be impossible to achieve in short time in controlled trials.

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Matt Hilary — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 17:21:01 GMT

You could argue we offer a professional opinion rather than an expert one (unless there any veterinary nutritional specialists around).

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mariette asselbergs — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 15:06:38 GMT

The OP wanted "an expert opinion" on dog nutrition. I wondered if that was a bit "tongue in cheek". As a vet I would consider my opinion relevant but not expert on dietary requirements related to diseases, either relating to deficiencies, imbalances or diet implications in sick animals. But I am not an expert nutritionist by any means at all. I do not pretend or want to be considered an expert to advise my clients on what to feed their pets as long as it is not something that obviously makes them sick or sicker. So I usually skip any comment on the thousands of special diets for special breeds and life stages. I may be wrong but pets have evolved on eating scraps from the table and mice and rats etc in case of cats, and I usually feel that most dogs and casts do well on a variety of diets, which day to day observation by the owners should be good enough to form an opinion on. And for me this includes the range from cheapest commercial food , through home made food to RMB diets. If certain pets have sensitive guts or skins, get obese or are of the giant fast growing variety diets become more of an issue and I can come in with my vet side of knowledge.

So in this sense I am not sure what the OP is going to get out of the survey. Maybe before trying to find "expert opinion" it would have been better to test first how "expert" these opinions and advises really are?

(Did not mean any offense to anybody here!)

Mariette

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Yantha Smyth — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 09:00:05 GMT

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Catherine Williams — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 15:13:30 GMT

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Martin Atkinson — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:58:25 GMT

[quote user="Thomas Johnson"]I read it to mean several owners, once a day each, rather than one owner several times in a day![/quote] I saw it like Matt: certainly there are many owners who will not listen to advice however often you tell them although daily is probably too frequent even for them! But I now see it should be read as you did Thomas. So my answer would have been several times a day, given how much crap people seem to feed their pets!

PS I wonder if the RMB society members have completed the questionnaire?

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Thomas Johnson — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:31:32 GMT

[quote user="Matt Hilary"]

Done.

Slightly unsure about this question (unless I've misunderstood it):

[quote]How frequently do you try to get an owner to change the type of diet they are feeding their pet?[/quote]

If your honest answer is several times a day you might have too much time on your hands!

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I read it to mean several owners, once a day each, rather than one owner several times in a day!

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Matt Hilary — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 17:40:24 GMT

Done.

Slightly unsure about this question (unless I've misunderstood it):

[quote]How frequently do you try to get an owner to change the type of diet they are feeding their pet?[/quote]

If your honest answer is several times a day you might have too much time on your hands!

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Martin Atkinson — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 17:34:54 GMT

[quote user="David Mills"]You've no idea what the OP is after in terms of information so how can you possibly offer any sort of informed opinion about the survey? Pure tosh, Mr A, I'm afraid.[/quote] I quote the OP: "I want to get an expert opinion on dog nutrition. This has never been done before in scientific literature. If you could find 5mins to complete this survey I would be very grateful". I feel that gives a pretty good idea what she is after. Of course I invited criticism of my post so your opinion is fine but at least one other has appeared to agree with me. I would like to think the OP would also respond if she feels I've been unfairly critical, it would be interesting to find out exactly what she wants and we may be in a position to give her more of our combined 'expert' opinion.

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scatty — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 15:25:14 GMT

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David Mills — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 20:42:44 GMT

[quote user="Martin Atkinson"]I've done it as well but not wishing to sound patronising I found it a bit simplistic. Unless this is just a small part of a survey canvassing expert scientific opinion I feel it needed to be in much more depth but maybe an on-line survey is not then the most suitable medium. Shoot me all if you think that is too harsh a criticism.[/quote]

You've no idea what the OP is after in terms of information so how can you possibly offer any sort of informed opinion about the survey? Pure tosh, Mr A, I'm afraid.

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Martin Atkinson — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 19:01:10 GMT

I've done it as well but not wishing to sound patronising I found it a bit simplistic. Unless this is just a small part of a survey canvassing expert scientific opinion I feel it needed to be in much more depth but maybe an on-line survey is not then the most suitable medium. Shoot me all if you think that is too harsh a criticism.

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Sandra Milburn — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 15:51:57 GMT

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Louisa Powell — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:16:46 GMT

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