Pet Food Persuasive Essay

Wouldn’t it be simple if there was only one brand of canine and feline pet food? With so many options available on the market it can be difficult to decide which one is best for your companion. One person may recommend holistic brands, another might suggest grain-free, and another may opt for the cheapest food available. Some may even recommend to do a search on the internet. However, the internet can be a dangerous and over factual place to help you in your decision. When choosing a pet food brand, it is best to ask your veterinarian for a recommendation. One of those brands of food a veterinarians may commend is Science Diet Hills Prescription. Now, don’t let the “prescription” part of the name fool you, not all of their foods are prescription. They have a wide variety of maintenance, ideal balanced, and life-stage foods. Science diet canine and feline foods are also tested and veterinary approved with a 100% guarantee. They are held as one of the top brands highly advised by any veterinarian.

Science diet was founded by Dr. Mark Morris Sr. in the later 1930’s (Hill’s Pet Nutrition, 2017). Dr. Morris had a friend, Morris Frank, who was blind and had a Seeing Eye dog that was suffering from renal failure. Dr. Morris diagnosed that the dog’s renal failure was due to poor nutrition, so with the aid of his wife they created a wet food to help patients with kidney problems. In the late 1940’s Dr. Morris made a partnership with Hill Packing Company (Hill’s Pet Nutrition, 2017). Throughout the next 10 years their company transformed from Dr. Morris and the Hill Packing Company to Hill’s Pet Nutrition. Over several years, with the help of his sons, the company has continued to grow and was made readily available to veterinarians in 1968 (Hill’s Pet Nutrition, 2017). Their line of pet food also expanded to 50 different