"Prescription food" is prescribed from the vet specificity for your dog. However, many vets don't know very much about dog nutrition and many practices are sponsored by brands such as Hill's and Royal Canin. For the most part, these foods are not great quality and are expensive for what they are.
Research the food, and the health issue your dog has. If you absolutely need prescription food, you could probably get these foods cheaper online or at a pet store than at the vet practice.
Well,it depends on the dog food.
regular dog food.
One you buy at the vet's. office
Yes they eat regular food if u have another dog he will likely eat that food.
You should have your dog under a Veterinarian's care. If your dog has bladder stones, then they should be removed. How do you know your dog has bladder stones? They can be found only on x-ray. Your Vet will be the one to tell you which dog food is good for this condition. Iams dog food is just a regular dog food and not one of the prescription dog foods that are made for specific problems, such as kidney disease (K/D) or Heart Disease (H/D), etc. Normally Science Diet makes the prescription dog foods for specific problems.
Yes, they can!
If you mean by 'Doesn't like regular dog food' that it isn't eating it's food, I suggest you take him/her to the Vet. It could have something wrong with it's teeth to stop it eating.
The switch from puppy food to regular dog food usually occurs at one year of age.
I would love to know this answer myself.. as the prescription dog food is horrible. my dog always has eye boogers and he poops every time he goes outside.
Regular dog food can be very expensive sometimes, so I would imagine that diabetic dog food would cost a lot. You can actually make your own diabetic dog food. www.ehow.com/facts_5256711_���dog-food-diabetes.html
Regular dog food, and water.
Regular dog food is usually acquired.