Yes! It’s so sad when people feel guilty for feeding foods that work! I’ve told the story before, but I had a Portuguese water dog, Echo, who for her first 9 years stuggled terribly with GI trouble. I tried every raw, cooked, pre-mix, holistic, limited ingredient diet I could find . They might work for a month or less and then back to horrible pace/pant, burping, reflux, diarrhea, farting, grass eating, horrible all the time, the poor thing. I asked the vet if it was kinder to put her down. The vet said, please, let’s try some Rx foods. I finally gave in. I tried ZD and it didnt work as well as we wanted it to. Tried RC Ultamino, and holy crap in 2 days time, perfect poops, a dog who was quiet, happy, zero tummy symptoms at all. She finally had QUALITY of life and after seeing the huge change in her in 2 days, I stopped considering Rx food garbage. I was SO grateful to have found something for her. She could only tolerate her Rx food, and so I made “wet” food by grinding it up in my blender and adding warm water, she loved that. I baked it into little treats. People tried very hard to get me to take her off ‘that garbage’ but I stood fast. It was a miracle for her.

It took months to not feel knots in my stomach when switching my cats from commercial raw food to Royal Canin/Hill’s/Purina. It was quite the process to change my way of thinking and let go of what I thought I knew about ingredient lists. The power of marketing is very real.

When I got my 14 mo old Bernese Mountain Dog as a puppy, I was a sucker for marketing. I knew nothing but wanted to give her the best. After 2 months of diarrhea so bad that potty training was not possible, I made an appointment to see our Vet. She recommended Hill's GI Biome. I brought home a bag and read the ingredients... Ground Pecan shells. I said no way this garbage. Then a few days later after feeding a premium brand, I was up 4 times that with a sick dog, mopping my floors, rolling my living room 9x12 area rug up to drag the dumpster at 4 am. I decided there and then to try the GI Biome. It worked and I swear by it.

Love to hear the happy ending with little Zira!! I'm so happy my cats are loving the Hills "Wonder Diet" We've had our cats for two years now and in all that time we gone from raw to canned to Carna4 and finally got them on Hill's, now they're both happy,, it's no longer a struggle to find the right food. Thanks to you Glenn we're on the right track. Happy Wednesday :))) I look so forward to your videos :)))

I have a Frenchie with allergies. Environmental and food allergies. I am embarrassed to say that I got sucked into the "fresh" food and "ingredient" diets, and I switched my dog to farmer's dog. Three weeks later, and we were in the vet's office with vomiting. First thing she told me was to put my dog back on purina pro plan sensitive skin and stomach kibble. I want to thank you for these videos because you have opened my eyes to the truth! Truly, thank you! ♥

Hello, love your knowledge, new puppy owner after having 4 previous dogs in years past. Wow has the information changed! Or has it? Do you have any options on BlueSeal, Native type dog foods? Thanks Again

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I am guilty of being that guilt person on brands of dog food. I was person thinking rachel or karen B. Were 💯. Im slowly getting out of that. I am not saying that food they suggest isnt good. What i believed is anything outside of the stuff they hate was bad and deadly with 4D meats. And including Rx diets. My wake up call was when my 15yo dog wouldn't eat many things anymore and i had to try a wide variety of stuff id never thought id ever buy feeling they r poison. But i know she has to eat and human stuff wasn't always her favorite either so trial n error which still is now that shes 16. We are speaking can, kibble, raw, dehydrated, freeze dried, freshmeat cooked. Point is. She was Dx with sebaceous adenitis b4 the picky Ness and i was worried her skin may worsen. So most days she will eat some of that so called garbage food purina dog chow, kibbles and bits, certain pedigree. This is also incorporated with stuff rachel or karen B would love. But her skin never worsened, her poops never worsened. Im doing the same as b4 and give a medicated bath every other week and shes as great as ever. My other dog eats it sometimes also, n her skin is beautiful shiny no allergies . Ive always given added omega's but i really thought her body would react to the food negativity. I cant swear if she didnt have a rotational diet and other whole foods or quote better foods into diet . But she eats enough of the bad kibble that if it was so bad her body would had reacted even if she had an adenitis breakout. She has not had any breakouts in many months. Your channel has been my second wake up call learning that not all those brands they hate are all 4D meats or the Rx diets will shorten their life. Obviously my babies are getting the nutrition they need you can tell by their coats and longevity. I love them more than anything so id never want to give them something dangerous, which is how it makes me feel about those brands if i listen to karen B or rachel or anyone like that. Very sad they're pushing a narrative thats not true.

DAMN, I hate it when I create an awesome response and then the page loads and I lose it all!! I'm not sitting here for another hour repeating myself.. Next time I'll type it out in notes.. Before you condemn those who are making a difference, consider them as being a part of the solution, not a part of the problem. People need to start actually "listening" to their pets, many don't know how to do that.. many dont understand the gut microbiome function and the detoxification process.... That is all for now

Your videos have been very helpful. I found out that my German shepherd pup was on a puppy food with grains. It's still alive!!!!! Going with hills or fromms classic soon.

Could you review Hill's PD Derm Defense for dogs? We are currently feeding raw, switched last year in december due to various allregies (some food but mosty environmental). My dog is a 2.5yr old pittie mix and even tho he hasn't been scratching a lot in the past months, obviously due to not being high allergy season, his fur just won't grow back on his neck, behind the years and on his belly. He's been on Z/D prior to the switch to raw and while his poop was perfect, the skin issues were just bad... So I was thinking about giving a Derm Defense a try. Allergy testing has been done with a vet dermatologist and he gets Cytopoint shots from April to October. So I wonder what you think about Derm Defense.

cracking vid mr,so true what you said about how these so called experts get into your head,great outcome for zira,keep fighting the good fight,its appreciated 👍

Can someone share link with me of the other Dr. Ray? He mentions thanks

2:55 - only one you're missing in that list is BritCare which do produce veterinary diets as well. Just not available in the US

Did you have a filter on the camera lens? Maybe it needs to be cleaned before your next video?

My cat scratches her ears and cuts herself. Hills Science Sensitive Stomach and Skin helps. Still scratches but not as much. Great food!

The proof is in the pudding. Little Zira is adorable!

5:59 - you can use my dog porridge recipe from 1950s if youre concerned about "my dog is a wolf" people criticizing Hill's. All of the boutique brands at the time had potato in their products. Forgot what brand we ended up feeding him Just remind me to send photos of Riley.

Some people are so stubborn in their believes. Recently on one of my facebook groups, there were multiple people asking for help to reduce their dogs weight (they were seriously very overweight) Of course i mentioned hills metabolic or metabolic + mobility, The backlash i received was absolutely insane. Many people jumped in to say STOP FEEDING KIBBLE and put the dogs on a high meat low carb diet. Well that just so happened to be what the dogs had been eating.. and the poor things needed to lose half their body weight. Then i went on to say the importance of nutrients and how important a balanced diet was and pointed out the fact 90% of DIY diets are deficient in crucial nutrients. of course yet again i got accused of spreading misinformation even though i linked the research which confirms my statement. I can only hope in the end that these particular dogs got the help they needed. But unfortunately, some people are VERY stubborn and will refuse to listen to reason. Instagram, Facebook, KZfaq and TikTok is full of misinformation and fear mongering. It's sad really because i see so many dogs in need of help but their owners are too set in their believes and have been brain washed for far too long.