My sister is having a problem with the vet b/c she found something that worked, but the vet keeps on nagging her about making a trip to a dermatologist that's $800 just to walk into the doors up there. That's not even counting all the testing there. (She talked to someone at work that went there with her cat, and the bill was $2500 before the woman knew it. Plus there are trips back every 8 weeks.)
I gave her the nutriscan info last night in her email in case she decides they want to do that, but right now, my oldest niece is about to move out to college. With all the extra costs for that (she's also the one that's a diabetic like my sister), it's hard to justify taking him somewhere when they've already got something working for him.
I told her that the higher amount of fat is the only reason I think that food's going to have an effect on any dog's skin, and if she wanted more fats to see if that would help his skin, then to add something healthier like cold pressed coconut or olive oil, because that would do the same thing that the food is claiming. I could absolutely not see any reason that Hills food wouldn't do more harm than good for him.
I hope I never have to live up there, because all of the vets she's had are morons, and she's changed several times. At least she's learned to call me like my sons do, because the vet would prefer to put him on Clindamycin (for an undetermined amount of time). I told my sister that if he had no actual infections, then that was also going to do more harm b/c she's going to kill his gut.
Like I said, twits for vets up there.