I know the agreeing posts are voluminous, but can I add another one? I'm new here, but I noticed right away how people phrase responses here that are, for the most part, nonthreatening and helpful. Most people really do love their pets, and to ask and honest innocent question and get attacked is what drove me from several boards when I just wanted some sense of community and support. I am TERRIBLY guilty of asking stupid questions, and it's not because I don't want to do the best by my animals, I just honestly don't know. A rude reply simply makes the person resent the advice and try to go it alone, which in the end is less beneficial to the animals. I once asked a question on another board based solely on some bad advice from my vet, and was completely attacked for being an idiot who had no clue what was best for my animals. That said, I apologize in advance for asking stupid questions (and posting where the posting has been done), and thanks in advance for getting patient replies.
I saw this on another post, that's on a sticky and I know that I usually don't look at the stickies. I thought I'd bring it up because it kind of hit home for me.
You all know how even tempered and patient I am (For you new people, that's me being immensely sarcastic.) Sometimes I get irritated with people who post things that I think are trite and trivial. I think that any idiot who's getting a dog should know these things. I get mad when I have to deign to answer things that we've all answered a billion times. Then reading Jessica's post it dawned on me.
Not everyone has the luck that we do to have researched our medical resources. Not everyone has breed knowledge. Some people don't even know how to use the internet, and the ones that have base knowledge don't know the first place to go to to look for an answer. Even though BPO hasn't been around long at all in comparison to some of the other groups online, our archives are HUGE and sometimes the search engine does't find what we need.
Also some people are getting advice from people they think know what they're doing. Why wouldn't Jessica trust her vet? The friend that just got a GSD puppy's FIL insisted to be that if you put a dog with prick ears on a cable run, they'll go deaf from the zipping noise. My aunt told me that I had to feed my Dane pup 12 times a day.
So just a reminder. These people want what's best for their dogs, just like we do. Be patient, be understanding, and answer the same question 80 million times. It won't kill you
Trust me. If we can do the saddle thing, we can do this
