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Originally Posted by ladyjane  I can tell you that the vets I use, including board certified specialists, would never get online and advise people.
To each his own. I see far too many people using these groups as a way to avoid vet bills. They do it and then diagnose their own pups with the information they receive. I shudder to think what could happen to some of these pups.
Call me a naysayer. I am off of this thread now for good. I have found it not to be much of a learning experience, but one that scares me. Very depressing to me. |
so are you saying Ann who is on the cushings group is trying to diagnose her own dog lollll ?
How about Dr tobias who is well known on here for liver shunt surgery? Her assistant is on the yahoogroups.
People are not diagnosing their dogs on these groups they are gathering information to help their dogs which is a good thing. These are mostly pet owners that see specialists all over the world for certain conditions their dogs are going through and are helping others with the information in trying to understand what their vet does not have time to explain many times. I have read many times and just read it the other day on the GME group my dog would have died had I not been on this group to learn about the current protocol by Dr Sisson so i think these groups are saving some dogs lives. They are also a great means of support for people who are dealing with a certain disease with their dog.
They are also not avoiding vet bills on the groups as many have spent thousands like myself. If they did not care about their dogs they would not go on there to learn and would just put their dogs to sleep like many pet owners do with dogs with illnesses or turn them over to rescues. I commend people for trying to learn to take care of their dogs and put them down for doing things such as this.