Where do you stand on the issue?
It is actually really starting to scare me some of the things I hear come out of people's mouths. The "holistic dog" movement is taking off full force and people are feeding things and refusing preventative actions based on false premises. And heaven forbid if you disagree, because then you are just a money grubbing, traditional idiot who is going to kill your dog with all of these processed, medicated things.
Did you know you don't need to vaccinate your puppy, because they have maternal antibodies? And that your dog, in its entire life, only needs one set of each vaccine to have antibodies forever?
Did you know that feeding a raw diet prevents fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes from biting your pet and transmitting diseases? Oh, and it also prevents intestinal parasites. (Someone please tell this to feral cats.)
I just...don't even know where people's minds are anymore. I'm all for limited vaccines, limited, safe drugs, and a proper diet...but COME ON. People are setting their dogs up to contract completely preventable diseases and parasites and they don't even know it, because they think doing "natural" things will prevent everything.
Am I completely off base? Am I the one that isn't with the times? Or have other people noticed this too?
It is actually really starting to scare me some of the things I hear come out of people's mouths. The "holistic dog" movement is taking off full force and people are feeding things and refusing preventative actions based on false premises. And heaven forbid if you disagree, because then you are just a money grubbing, traditional idiot who is going to kill your dog with all of these processed, medicated things.
Did you know you don't need to vaccinate your puppy, because they have maternal antibodies? And that your dog, in its entire life, only needs one set of each vaccine to have antibodies forever?
Did you know that feeding a raw diet prevents fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes from biting your pet and transmitting diseases? Oh, and it also prevents intestinal parasites. (Someone please tell this to feral cats.)
I just...don't even know where people's minds are anymore. I'm all for limited vaccines, limited, safe drugs, and a proper diet...but COME ON. People are setting their dogs up to contract completely preventable diseases and parasites and they don't even know it, because they think doing "natural" things will prevent everything.
Am I completely off base? Am I the one that isn't with the times? Or have other people noticed this too?