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Originally Posted by dwerten  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. |
i agree; different groups are there for different reasons. the ones i joined in yahoo has vets and nutritionists. i dont necessarly have to take their advice but it helps to see what works for other people with similar stories.
today i learned something new about ava's blood work. her vet didnt go over the results with me; but this internist looked it over and told me his opinion. i researched him and he's a famous internist. so i was greatful that he took his time to explain to me and answer my questions. he also told me to go to a specialist; so he's not trying to diagnose or treat her over the net, he just told me i need to see a specialist; because her vet is good but maybe overlooking some things.
so we are not forcing people to give advice; they are free to do whatever; but we can't influence or stop people from helping either.