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Jmo, I am so so sorry. That is so horrible. :-( :-(
 
thank you all so much for your kind words. my heart is so broken and it's going to be a very long time and process for me to disentangle my entire life from what used to be our life together. she was a very well loved and spoiled dog!

right now my classmates are all studying for the DI final from hell tomorrow and I so desperately want to be doing that too if it means i could change today. instead i get to be the one curled up sobbing over the loss of such an amazing and beautiful animal :cry:
 
JMO, I can't even imagine, I'm so sorry 🙁 My thoughts are with you.
 
So sorry for your loss JMO 🙁 I'm sure she knew she was loved.
 
How awful jmo.. I'm so, so, so sorry...

That makes my rant so petty, mine just had to do with a douchebag guy. Forget that. I'm truly sorry.
 
I follow your blog jmo… I'm so sorry about Lucy and she seemed like a really amazing dog 🙁 sending love your way
 
I am so furious right now. I'm in a really wonderful moms network on Facebook. It's generally a great, supportive group of women, but some of them are total idiots. One person posted asking about switching her dogs to a raw food diet. Okay. I get questioning these things, and even considering them. I was the first to respond, explaining in length why it was not a good idea to feed raw/bones. I was totally respectful and clear. THEN another person comments to say that "vets get no education in nutrition" and are not qualified to give feeding advice, and "listen here, feed bones and meat and s***, and your dogs will be perfect like mine." And by gosh, the original poster took HER stupid advice. The only thing I could do was defend the veterinary community and ask her to at least not let her dog eat bones. What the frick.
 
To be fair, we really don't get much of an education in nutrition. But one of the biggest issues people have with raw diets is salmonella and other infectious agents, which we certainly do get an education in!

Jmo, apparently we have a mutual friend- she told me about this today. I am so heartbroken for you. I hope you're able to keep the good times in mind to help you feel even a tiny bit better.
 
that redhead said:
To be fair, we really don't get much of an education in nutrition. But one of the biggest issues people have with raw diets is salmonella and other infectious agents, which we certainly do get an education in!
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Sure, and even if the number of hours spent on nutrition education isn't huge, it's greater than that of anyone else off the street. Oh, and bones tend to not be so easy on digestive tracts. That doesn't seem like rocket science to me! It was just frustrating, and I worry about these dogs.
 
MysteryCat said:
Sure, and even if the number of hours spent on nutrition education isn't huge, it's greater than that of anyone else off the street. Oh, and bones tend to not be so easy on digestive tracts. That doesn't seem like rocket science to me! It was just frustrating, and I worry about these dogs.
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We had a semester on nutrition, 1/2 on LA, 1/2 on SA. And the option to take it as a rotation 4th year. I've also taken nutrition CE courses from world renown nutritionists. So yeah, I get where you're coming from
 
MysteryCat said:
Sure, and even if the number of hours spent on nutrition education isn't huge, it's greater than that of anyone else off the street. Oh, and bones tend to not be so easy on digestive tracts. That doesn't seem like rocket science to me! It was just frustrating, and I worry about these dogs.
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I think just the surrounding education (physiology, GI health, infectious disease) at least gives us a basis to give informed advise. The raw diet debate seems to have most people firmly on either side of the fence and as with most hot button topics, they rarely want to budge (in either direction). It sounds like you did the best you could - in the end it's really up to them to make the decision :\ Fortunately many dogs survive and even thrive on raw diets - they'll probably be OK 🙂 It's the babies/children in their families that are the cause for most concern. Sigh.

We get disproportionately more dairy nutrition than anything else. Nutrition is huge in dairy!
 
It's all a matter of perception. We get some nutrition, and the foundation to understand the scientific basis for nutrition. However, we don't get nearly as much as we probably should. Put that out to the public, and what Joe Schmoe hears is that veterinarians don't know anything about nutrition.
 
Yeah, totally their decision. I think now that I have calmed down after being totally publicly attacked for the facts that I gave, the most irritating part of the deal was the blatant disrespect for veterinarians and the veterinary community. But I'm feeling sensitive today.
 
MysteryCat said:
Yeah, totally their decision. I think now that I have calmed down after being totally publicly attacked for the facts that I gave, the most irritating part of the deal was the blatant disrespect for veterinarians and the veterinary community. But I'm feeling sensitive today.
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I was in a similar discussion probably like 5 months ago now. Definitely frustrating, especially since all I was saying was to consult a veterinary nutritionist if they wanted to go the raw food way to make sure that it was balanced. I also mentioned how there are several factors that go into picking the right diet ( age, breed, health, activity level, etc) so having it formulated correctly is important. But nope, attacked and was told that we're all in the hands of the food companies and how we make sooo much money off the foods we sell, which in my experience is only prescription diets.

Definitely a frustrating experience, but I just dropped the conversation and didn't feel like arguing after a couple minutes.
 
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orca2011 said:
I was in a similar discussion probably like 5 months ago now. Definitely frustrating, especially since I was saying was to consult a veterinary nutritionist if they wanted to go the raw food way to make sure that it was balanced. I also mentioned how there are several factors that go into picking the right diet ( age, breed, health, activity level, etc) so having formulated correctly is a important. But nope, attacked and was told that we're all in the hands of the food companies and how we make sooo much money off the foods we sell, which in my experience is only prescription diets.

Definitely a frustrating experience, but I just dropped the conversation and didn't feel like arguing after a couple minutes.
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I would love to make money from the food companies. Maybe then our wages would make sense.🙄
 
MysteryCat said:
I still find it oddly amusing that people think that vets make oh so very much money.
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I also find it funny that a certain newer major food (that is not backed by science) keeps claiming major brands don't do certain things. I would argue they are a major brand now. And I would claim that the things they don't do are worse. But what do I know? I'm just a DVM
 
Sometimes, I just don't want to be the person I am.

Recovery is going slowly with the knee right now. I would like nothing more than to be active right now.

Work hasn't really improved and finding new work is a challenge in the current market.
 
I very strongly dislike my teammates and my coach… but I have to suffer through another 2 years with them because I just can't justify trying to transfer and possibly giving up my scholarship. I try not to let it affect my mental state and my grades, but every so often it seeps in and destroys my happiness, confidence and perseverance to keep going.
 
dyachei said:
Sometimes, I just don't want to be the person I am.

Recovery is going slowly with the knee right now. I would like nothing more than to be active right now.

Work hasn't really improved and finding new work is a challenge in the current market.
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I'll be your little monkeeeeeyyy just to make you laugh!
 
swingnsave said:
I very strongly dislike my teammates and my coach… but I have to suffer through another 2 years with them because I just can't justify trying to transfer and possibly giving up my scholarship. I try not to let it affect my mental state and my grades, but every so often it seeps in and destroys my happiness, confidence and perseverance to keep going.
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Is there anyone on your team that you like? Even just one person could make things so much more bearable.
 
Escalla said:
Incoming freshmen? All is not lost, even if the spring semester is. 🙂


(at least that's what I always told myself when my team mates were pissing me off).
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Yeah we do have a recruit coming to visit next week that may come in for the spring..
but other than that no new ones till next fall…
I really liked the new girls that came in this year but now their true colors are showing… still stuck in their high school drama ways 🙄
I'm already checked out but it's sad that I have to try so hard to ENJOY my years playing for a university
 
swingnsave said:
I'm already checked out but it's sad that I have to try so hard to ENJOY my years playing for a university
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I hope things improve for you. I really really miss riding for mine and extended my UG career to stay longer. Hopefully the new recruit is awesome!
 
i just want to run out of tears. the ache is so deep and crying only makes everything feel that much more unpleasant. i miss her terribly, end of story. coming home is THE hardest part. harder than sitting in an empty room, harder than going to bed alone, and harder than waking up. i've spent the last couple of days crying under water and admittedly its a nice medium to cry in. today is supposed to be happy and cheerful and instead i just feel so desperately broken :cry:
 
I wish there was something I could say or do to take the hurt away, jmo. We're all here for you. Cry if you need to. Sending love from Canada 😍
 
jmo1012 said:
i just want to run out of tears. the ache is so deep and crying only makes everything feel that much more unpleasant. i miss her terribly, end of story. coming home is THE hardest part. harder than sitting in an empty room, harder than going to bed alone, and harder than waking up. i've spent the last couple of days crying under water and admittedly its a nice medium to cry in. today is supposed to be happy and cheerful and instead i just feel so desperately broken :cry:
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Hugs from New England <3 I'm so sorry.
 
jmo1012 said:
i just want to run out of tears. the ache is so deep and crying only makes everything feel that much more unpleasant. i miss her terribly, end of story. coming home is THE hardest part. harder than sitting in an empty room, harder than going to bed alone, and harder than waking up. i've spent the last couple of days crying under water and admittedly its a nice medium to cry in. today is supposed to be happy and cheerful and instead i just feel so desperately broken :cry:
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Definitely not the best advice for everyone, jmo, but when I lost my cat totally unexpectedly last year at 6mo I ended up getting a new friend very shortly after. There's such a serious difference between losing an older animal that you know you're reaching the end of your time with and one that is young that you expected to have so many more years with. I was absolutely devastated with the loss of my kitten and it wasn't that I needed a replacement, but I did need something to fill the void while I mourned. It really helped to have something warm and fuzzy to snuggle while I cried my eyes out every day for the first 2 months. It just helps ease the pain a little. Everyone is different though, but that's what really helped me in the end.
 
I completely forgot to turn in an assignment for a class that was due yesterday.
 
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