When will people learn????

[libster06]

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That SDN is not for medical advice??? It drives me insane.

 

[Minnerbelle]

That SDN is not for medical advice??? It drives me insane.

lol, well it's hard for people to learn when they're newcomers who come once to ask for advice. Actually, they do learn... they just never come back again after being told "NO! bad! take your dog to the vet" 🙄

 

[StartingoverVet]

Personally I thought closing the thread about whether a dead cat could have been infected by the girlfriend (or whatever the detail was) was a bit much. It is not like there was any chance of treatment of a dead cat. It was really a more general question.

Advice would seem to be something that is actionable, whereas this was more a question of theory.

IDK, maybe it is just me, but it seemed harmless.

 

[dyachei]

Personally I thought closing the thread about whether a dead cat could have been infected by the girlfriend (or whatever the detail was) was a bit much. It is not like there was any chance of treatment of a dead cat. It was really a more general question.

Advice would seem to be something that is actionable, whereas this was more a question of theory.

IDK, maybe it is just me, but it seemed harmless.

We try to keep the medical advice questions to a minimum so that other discussions can take place on the fora. We typically try to be nice about it. But even questions such as the one above ARE medical advice and can add clutter. If you were to ask a more general question it would probably be a different story, but again, we look at everything on a case by case basis.

 

[bunnity]

I think it's also a liability thing where people think they are getting advice from a professional as a substitute for actual vet care. SDN doesn't want to get sued if someone takes the advice and things go badly.

Go on any dog owner forum, on the other hand, and you'll get all kind of medical advice. Mostly the "mix two parts flour and one part honey and insert into ears" variety.

 

[StartingoverVet]

Go on any dog owner forum, on the other hand, and you'll get all kind of medical advice. Mostly the "mix two parts flour and one part honey and insert into ears" variety.

OMG those forums can be horrible as well as dangerous. And the people can be ridiculous.

I saw one person ask why would their dog's penis smell so badly and 90% of the responses were slamming the person for being a pervert.

 

[libster06]

I saw one person ask why would their dog's penis smell so badly and 90% of the responses were slamming the person for being a pervert.

This reminds me of the louis c.k. stand up where he talks about the pony biting his daughter and then she wants to research about ponies biting and so they went on a forum to look up ponies biting and the people on the forum are all arguing as usual like

"If a pony bites you you should punch it right in the face"

and then another person wrote under that- "You should NEVER punch your pony in the face! You should have your ponies taken away!"

and then someone else under them wrote, "People who don't punch their ponies make me SICK..."


lolasaurus.

 

[Minnerbelle]

What bothers me most is seeing facebook newsfeeds of childhood friends who have horses, that post problems with their horses, and there's always a huge long thread of comments about what they should/shouldn't do. None of which has anything to do with a veterinarian. It's always:
"oh, well that looks like proud flesh, you need to cut it off with a knife,"
"use this cream, I have some,"
"no no, lemme come and take a look. I can wrap it,"
"buy this crap online,"
"well I heard from my trainer that you warm compress it every 3 hours,"
"no no no, you need to bandage it with salve"

 

[breenie]

What bothers me most is seeing facebook newsfeeds of childhood friends who have horses, that post problems with their horses, and there's always a huge long thread of comments about what they should/shouldn't do. None of which has anything to do with a veterinarian. It's always:
"oh, well that looks like proud flesh, you need to cut it off with a knife,"
"use this cream, I have some,"
"no no, lemme come and take a look. I can wrap it,"
"buy this crap online,"
"well I heard from my trainer that you warm compress it every 3 hours,"
"no no no, you need to bandage it with salve"

Horse people are psycho.

Full disclosure: I own a horse.

 

[Dsmoody23]

If you want to run the full gauntlet of absolutely crazy advice, check out forum discussions for dog behavior.

It's the only place where I've seen chamomile extract, alpha rolling, crystal chakras and strangulation to unconsciousness all discussed as reasonable alternatives in the same conversation about controlling excessive barking.

 

[bbeventer]

Horse people are psycho.

Full disclosure: I own a horse.

Training advice with horse people can get fuzzy too.

disclosure: I own a horse as well.

 

[breenie]

Training advice with horse people can get fuzzy too.

disclosure: I own a horse as well.

If by "fuzzy" you mean "hairy like bigfoot's private parts", then yes, yes it does get fuzzy.

 

[breenie]

If you want to run the full gauntlet of absolutely crazy advice, check out forum discussions for dog behavior.

It's the only place where I've seen chamomile extract, alpha rolling, crystal chakras and strangulation to unconsciousness all discussed as reasonable alternatives in the same conversation about controlling excessive barking.

I hope you're kidding about the last one...

 

[Dsmoody23]

I hope you're kidding about the last one...

Nope, sadly.

There's a fun contingent of the amateur behavior community who still live in the 18th century and really believe in the old-school methods for 'breaking' dogs.

It's called 'hanging'. These folks think that taking an aggressive or disobedient dog and choking it out with a slip lead, choker or just rope is the best way to reinforce dominance. Every time they see an unwanted behavior, the dogs gets choked out. The really rabid people, usually deep southern, talk about how a few sessions of hanging a young dog from a tree until it's unconscious, then reviving it, make for a really obedient, submissive dog.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg for how batsh*t crazy some of these people are.

 

[breenie]

Nope, sadly.

There's a fun contingent of the amateur behavior community who still live in the 18th century and really believe in the old-school methods for 'breaking' dogs.

It's called 'hanging'. These folks think that taking an aggressive or disobedient dog and choking it out with a slip lead, choker or just rope is the best way to reinforce dominance. Every time they see an unwanted behavior, the dogs gets choked out. The really rabid people, usually deep southern, talk about how a few sessions of hanging a young dog from a tree until it's unconscious, then reviving it, make for a really obedient, submissive dog.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg for how batsh*t crazy some of these people are.

Gaaahrhrhrdhkrldahklf. That pains me. I had no idea that existed. People lay down horses all the time (it doesn't have a snappy name like alpha roll), but I didn't know dog people where into crazy extreme asphyxiation shenanigans.

 

[bunnity]

Gaaahrhrhrdhkrldahklf. That pains me. I had no idea that existed. People lay down horses all the time (it doesn't have a snappy name like alpha roll), but I didn't know dog people where into crazy extreme asphyxiation shenanigans.

Watch Cesar Milan carefully.

 

[breenie]

Watch Cesar Milan carefully.

Like when he saddles them up for rollerblading? I honestly haven't seen a ton of the show... is he choking out puppies?

 

[Dsmoody23]

Like when he saddles them up for rollerblading? I honestly haven't seen a ton of the show... is he choking out puppies?

No, but it's not a huge leap from his training method.

Which is pretty much why the guy is a joke.

 

[Minnerbelle]

No, but it's not a huge leap from his training method.

Which is pretty much why the guy is a joke.

Well if it works for Eric Cartman, it's gotta be awesome. Tsssssshht.
(though harness in the pic and not a slip lead)

 

[breenie]

No, but it's not a huge leap from his training method.

Which is pretty much why the guy is a joke.

I'm not really into it, from what I've seen, but I don't know the details... People pull the same crap with horses. No horse ever rolled another horse over and sat on it. Generally I prefer my animals upright and treated gently, but I'm learning that's not everyone's scene!

 

[sunnex3]

it's about time we talked about cesar milan on this board...🙄 i have such mixed opinions about the guy...

 

[twelvetigers]

Oh, it wouldn't be the first time he came up. Or the last. Bleh.

I'm more inclined to complain about all the products he's putting his name on and selling. Mineral water for dogs? Btchplz.

 

[bbeventer]

If by "fuzzy" you mean "hairy like bigfoot's private parts", then yes, yes it does get fuzzy.

I was defiantly putting fuzzy in the context of "hairy like bigfoot's private parts" not, fuzzy like Roger Rabbit. Sorry should of specified my degree of fuzziness.

 

[bbeventer]

People lay down horses all the time (it doesn't have a snappy name like alpha roll)

Its called "The Tap".

At least that's the fancy name I have heard given it.

 

[jmo1012]

I'm more inclined to complain about all the products he's putting his name on and selling. Mineral water for dogs? Btchplz.

and to think that billions of people don't even have access to clean food and water...those dogs are drinking better than i am! although my desalination plant water is pretty decent (just never cold, and sporadically hot)