I said I would not come back, but I want to add some things to all of this. I was extremely busy yesterday as I am many days. I just could not be more detailed yesterday. I have pups to care for and often find myself at the vet and/or groomer. My evenings are often more open, but chances are I will be sewing or doing web updates for rescue. So...I am just not here all that much. Daily yes, but sporadically.
In my opinion, people helping and people scaring the bee gee bee's out of someone are two different things. As soon as a person says, "I don't believe your dog has that" in response to a possible diagnosis a vet has given a person, I get sick to my stomach. HOW could anyone on the internet know that a diagnosis was wrong? I see that SO much lately. And, I also see some people suggesting the same horrific diagnosis over and over for the simplest of symptoms. I just think a bit of caution should be used. Alarming people is very different from educating and sharing. I tend to be much more conservative than many, and I have been attacked for that, but I don't go and throw it in peoples' faces over and over and over and cry foul because they think I am stupid. As soon as I voice an opinion that someone does not like, I get jumped on. Countless times this has happened and some people tend to carry on so much that they get all of the attention and no one even takes the time to go back and read what really happened.
Look at yesterday....here is a perfect example: Dwerten keeps talking about a mistake I made in a Benadryl dosage. First of all.....IF it was an emergency situation (and there actually was one some time ago where I DID give the proper Benadryl dosage) then I would have assisted. It was a day LATER and I simply advised the person to double check with the vet BUT I DID tell them that if they had given the amount they suggesed that was higher than recommended. This person clearly did not understand the difference in mg and ml (cc) which is actually very common. I did NOT calculate how much they should have given. Others did...and Dwerten read that to say that I gave the WRONG amount and was being corrected. I did NOT give an amount of liquid that should have been given. People need to read and think before wrongfully accusing imo. This has been talked about quite a bit by her and finally I simply asked for the post....unbelievable that she keeps on going on about it. It was NOT incorrect...and even if it was, why did she not simply say it THEN in THAT POST? I know why. Anyone reading her posts over and over about me making a mistake will believe I did...and I did not even advise a dose...never mind do it incorrectly.
She stated in the past that she is on a mission....to make me do what she does. That, I believe, is still in a thread somewhere. I am not going to cow tow to her or anyone else.
She is free to keep on doing what she does...including trashing vets and accusing them of making errors when she has not even SEEN the tests and/or dogs .. that is just fine. I am NOT saying that doctors, vets and many other professionals do not make mistakes. Never will you hear me say that...but to continue to blast it all over without evidence in many cases...and to never say anything positive is just wrong imo. Again...my opinion! I will continue to support the veterinary profession because people need to
consult with professionals. This is NOT to say I disagree with a forum giving advice and sharing....I share myself. I just don't tell everyone that vets are horrible and that vaccines are causing things that are not proven...and I would not tell people not to listen to a vet. There is a current medical issue with a pup where the poor woman has gotten so many differerent diagnosis handed to her and has said how overwhelmed she is. All I can say is if I had to KEEP coming to a forum with my pups symptoms and the vet was not figuring it out, I would be in a specialists office period. I PMd the person and recommended that...I did NOT suggest a million different scary diagnosis. I just think sometimes it is a bit much. But...again...that is why they make chocolate and vanilla. To each his own.
Bottom line...let me make this clear to all:
I am not trying to get someone banned like people surely think. I also am quite sure that many would love for me go go away. I am not here to argue and accuse...I am here to voice MY opinions. I am not leaving the S&I forum and will continue to help ONLY those that I feel I have something to offer. I am not here to save the world...nor do I much care to run a particular forum. I have way too much on my plate. I don't carry the weight of any forum on my shoulders. If any of us were to leave YT today, it would carry on. No one is so great that the world's pups will die if they are not here to advise. There is always someone to help. All of us are replaceable..that goes for any place in life. Jobs...anything. There is always someone willing to step into someone's shoes.
Wishing everyone a beautiful day. I am going out to my garage to clean...should be fun in the Texas heat and humidity.
Might think I would do this in January.