Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  I understand, completely, that you thought you were posting something of interest and something potentially helpful. And it's perfectly okay to post things like this. I think what may be helpful to understand, though, is that food (in general) can be a sensitive subject as it's one of the ways in which we care for our beloved pets. So, when a post says "XYZ" food is "bad" -- and some people here feed that XYZ food and think it's a good food - you can be sure that some people will be affected by what you're posting.
Listen, I feed raw - and feeding raw has been attacked to the end of the earth and back, so I truly do understand how it can feel when someone is speaking out against the very thing you're doing/feeding. Presently, it really doesn't affect me when someone speaks out against raw bc I don't have a need to defend it; and bc each person is welcome to their opinion. But believe me, there have been some very tough heated discussions here regarding raw -- and then too, at times, people felt attacked.
So, while you to are welcome to your opinion here -- I think it's just important to really understand the sometimes sensitive nature behind posting things that make claims about which foods are "bad" and which are "good".
It's also important to understand we have different angles from which people glean knowledge. Some people here appreciate a non-industry, non-political, lay person's perspective on some various subject....and that's okay. Nothing wrong with that. Others here value science-based, degree-based knowledge - and that's great too. What we do ask is that we, each of us, respect the others prerogative to glean knowledge from wherever they choose....bc no one's way is categorically "right" here...this is not black and white here. Gravity is black and white -- the subject of food, nutrition, and feeding our dogs is not. So, just please keep that top of mind when discussing this subject.
As far as feeling attacked, that's never the goal here and we would hope no one feels attacked. I don't see any true attacking going on here, but I can't tell a person how they should or shouldn't feel. If you feel attacked, you feel attacked and you've a right to your own personal feelings. I'd just ask that you understand this is a often a passionate subject, and hopefully you'll understand why. I do think that some of these posts do border on being disrespectful (on both sides) and that's unfortunate - but that does and can happen when discussing a passionate subject. |