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Originally Posted by Ellie May  Never said it was wrong to help people with sick dogs and never said it was wrong to question vets. I think it's wrong to tell people to do something their vet didn't say to do in a way that makes it more than an opinion, but a "You should do this."
As I said, if people aren't comfortable dosing, then by all means, don't. I'm not normally comfortable with it either. But I have seen a lot of people come here and say they have no vet to call. And they can call an ER hospital in their state, but some don't seem to want to do that. And not all ER vets will give it over the phone. Once Ellie had a little sore on her ear and we called to ask if we could use Neosporin. The tech wouldn't answer and said they would need to see it. lol. Um, I'm not paying $85 for you to look at a little bleeding dot. So if they can't get ahold of somebody or are concerned, then I have no problem helping. It's the same thing I would do for family. I will not tell them what doses to give. I will tell them if it looks wrong and I would tell them how much benadryl to use in an emergency. |
Just how you feel strongly about dosing on meds I feel just as strongly that people need to question their vets if something does not seem right. How many times have we seen on here over and over and over the vet cannot figure out what is wrong with my dog as the blood work looks good but my dog keeps having diarhea and as soon as the antibiotic is done the dog has diarrhea and they are at a loss. More than I can count and we all know ibd runs in this breed and the dog is eating a chicken based diet. So should we say - oh bc your vet cannot figure it out just keep giving the dog the chicken diet and hopefully after running thousands of dollars in testing and sedating your dog and doing endoscopy to come up with the same diagnosis - up yes IBD and your dog cannot eat chicken diet - I think that is less invasive than giving doseages of medication when some of us have been down that road and spent thousands of dollars figuring it out.