[BonBon]

Originally Posted by AllDogBoots

My dog is 2 and we've ruled out food allergies first also. It doesn't matter how much schooling someone has. You are telling me that you are right and my vet is wrong. Again, this is why I started this thread. It was in no way directed at you when i created it but......

NOT ALL VETS ARE WRONG. You are forcing me to accept your opinion. I just don't think that is ok. You are calling my vet incompetent. You don't know her. I'm not sure why you feel the need to do that. Ok, I hear what you are saying but please don't force that on me.

I'm not 100% sure Cooper has a food allergy or a season allergy. But please don't make me feel stupid for listening to the doctor who takes care of my dog. And heaven forbid my vet happens to be wrong, which could be possible, I sure as heck won't share it here.

This is what I've been wanting to say for ages.

It's wonderful when someone wants to offer information and suggestions to help others. But it is wrong to presume that you know more than a vet about a pup's condition. All we know here on YT is what we're told in an online forum - we never see these dogs, never know their full history or even know if what the op's say is accurate. To tell a member that her vet is wrong, that you know more because of what you've read on other forums or from one of the many specialists you call is insulting and rude.

Members should offer advice, be supportive and leave it at that. They shouldn't beat members over the head with repeated posts trying to force opinions on them. Doing so is a cry for attention and a need for praise - not a true, compassionate desire to help.

Most of the members who post in the S&I forum truly love their pets and want the very best for them, yet they're made to feel incompetent, less than intelligent or incapable of taking care of their own animals if they don't follow a particular member's instructions to a tee and ignore the contradictory advice others try to offer. They're criticized for trusting their chosen medical professional and led to distrust anything their vets tell them.

This is dangerous behavior and I truly fear it will cause serious harm to someone's pup one day. The internet is not the place for the diagnosing and vet second-guessing that goes on here regularly. Someone is going to listen to a member who knows nothing about their pet over listening to their own vet and it will be a catastraphe.

In a perfect world members would simply and kindly offer concise, relevant, pertinent information. They would not insult others members vets or needlessly instill fear as I often see done here. Nor would they tell members seeking help "if you don't listen to me, whatever happens to your pup will be on your head." That is cruel and harrassing behavior that is way out of line, yet it gets said here.

Again, thanks for letting me share my opinion.