*kirty* Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Am I the only one that gets so frustrated at FB posts regarding pets? I have seen so many posts recently that make my blood boil! Eg dog dying of mystery illness, local vet has no idea but owner refuses to seek help elsewhere. Lots of people suggested specialists etc but it was all ignored. Then today, SBT with anxiety issues (which mainly sounds like escaping due to boredom). Local vet suggests medicating the dog which apparently will cost $5.50 per day. Owner can't afford that. So I suggest walking the dog every day, playing games, teaching tricks, get a back pack to make him work harder on walks, etc. All of which are free! Nope, too hard. Can't possibly walk him every day as she has a toddler... People want a magic fix, god forbid they actually have to do something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denali Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 (edited) Yes, i agree. I would have got rid of Facebook long ago except it is so widely used for other things i need it for- ie. committees i am on, my uni group work etc. Though i am in a few groups i do like, and have learnt a lot from. I now am just better at ignoring the idiots :laugh: I get most of them in the raw feeding group, they come in stating all these bogus facts. The most recent being, only huskies can eat meat because they aren't as domesticated Edited April 4, 2016 by denali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 put them onto Mark Singer's FB page ! lots of info - and snippets such as this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 I am having an enforced holiday from one pet group ... * sigh* hopefully I did educate some along the way ...especially the ones with 'pure breads' and lots of puppies at exorbitant prices . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesP Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 I'm not in many dog groups as they annoy me too much. I have them set to not show in my feed too. The only one I don't mind is the sable border collie group and that one is just nice photos of border collies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottsmum Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 LOL - Denali - I think you have your quotes / threads mixed up :) Regarding this thread - I dumped a heap of pages the other week - all raw feeding, all natural care, all adoption and rescue, a lot of foody pages. It's been great - and funnily enough I went back to one - which I had only unfollowed and - I've already got in a spat this morning over desexing. Best thing about it? Pages which had been buried by FBs algorithm are popping back up in my feed and i'm seeing stuff Ive not seen in ages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willem Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 A Simple Way of Reducing Long-Term Stress in Dogs Dogs have an evolutionary need to walk Walking Your Dog: How to Do It Well and Why It's So Important ...don't waste your time on Fakebook - walk your dog instead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuralPug Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Yes, i agree. I would have got rid of Facebook long ago except it is so widely used for other things i need it for- ie. committees i am on, my uni group work etc. Though i am in a few groups i do like, and have learnt a lot from. I now am just better at ignoring the idiots :laugh: I get most of them in the raw feeding group, they come in stating all these bogus facts. The most recent being, only huskies can eat meat because they aren't as domesticated ^ ^ ^ This is me, exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Thankfully , I am not in any pet/dog FB groups - it can be extremely frustrating , and sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mim Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Yes, i agree. I would have got rid of Facebook long ago except it is so widely used for other things i need it for- ie. committees i am on, my uni group work etc. Though i am in a few groups i do like, and have learnt a lot from. I now am just better at ignoring the idiots :laugh: I get most of them in the raw feeding group, they come in stating all these bogus facts. The most recent being, only huskies can eat meat because they aren't as domesticated ^ ^ ^ This is me, exactly! Same here! I'm not in any frustratingly bad groups anymore and it's so much nicer to just be in sensible, friendly and informative groups. Still see a lot of stuff in my newsfeed that makes me shake my head though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Gifts Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 The dog posts that wind me up the most are the people who want a quick/cheap fix on a health issue (because how could vets possibly know more than strangers on the internet!) and the idiots who make unhelpful blanket statements about a breed (like all pei get entropian) which then just confuse the original poster further. I try to ignore a lot of it because usually someone else points out the obvious but sometimes I can't help myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Yes, i agree. I would have got rid of Facebook long ago except it is so widely used for other things i need it for- ie. committees i am on, my uni group work etc. Though i am in a few groups i do like, and have learnt a lot from. I now am just better at ignoring the idiots :laugh: I get most of them in the raw feeding group, they come in stating all these bogus facts. The most recent being, only huskies can eat meat because they aren't as domesticated ^ ^ ^ This is me, exactly! Same here! I'm not in any frustratingly bad groups anymore and it's so much nicer to just be in sensible, friendly and informative groups. Still see a lot of stuff in my newsfeed that makes me shake my head though. yep :) stopped seeing posts which are full of anti this that & the other ...as well. Much nicer . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesP Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Yes, i agree. I would have got rid of Facebook long ago except it is so widely used for other things i need it for- ie. committees i am on, my uni group work etc. Though i am in a few groups i do like, and have learnt a lot from. I now am just better at ignoring the idiots :laugh: I get most of them in the raw feeding group, they come in stating all these bogus facts. The most recent being, only huskies can eat meat because they aren't as domesticated ^ ^ ^ This is me, exactly! Same here! I'm not in any frustratingly bad groups anymore and it's so much nicer to just be in sensible, friendly and informative groups. Still see a lot of stuff in my newsfeed that makes me shake my head though. Unfollow and block!! Sometimes you need to block if you have friends that are commenting in the annoying group/page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mim Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Yep, JulesP, the unfollow option is my best friend :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottsmum Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Yes, i agree. I would have got rid of Facebook long ago except it is so widely used for other things i need it for- ie. committees i am on, my uni group work etc. Though i am in a few groups i do like, and have learnt a lot from. I now am just better at ignoring the idiots :laugh: I get most of them in the raw feeding group, they come in stating all these bogus facts. The most recent being, only huskies can eat meat because they aren't as domesticated ^ ^ ^ This is me, exactly! Same here - Need a bit of a break from it but its compulsory for uni this semester :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Am I the only one that gets so frustrated at FB posts regarding pets? I have seen so many posts recently that make my blood boil! Eg dog dying of mystery illness, local vet has no idea but owner refuses to seek help elsewhere. Lots of people suggested specialists etc but it was all ignored. Then today, SBT with anxiety issues (which mainly sounds like escaping due to boredom). Local vet suggests medicating the dog which apparently will cost $5.50 per day. Owner can't afford that. So I suggest walking the dog every day, playing games, teaching tricks, get a back pack to make him work harder on walks, etc. All of which are free! Nope, too hard. Can't possibly walk him every day as she has a toddler... People want a magic fix, god forbid they actually have to do something. Save yourself the stress and turn off group notifications so that you don't see the posts and feel tempted to reply. One of my own experiences.. A woman cross-posts a post about a woman in the north west of Tasmania whose dog has just died. The dog was convulsing in her back yard late at night so she called a vet. Vet said he/she wouldn't come into the clinic without a deposit of.. (here is where my memory gets shady) either $50 or $100 dollars for an after-hours emergency. Either way, not a huge amount of money for the life of her pet. She doesn't have the money and apparently has absolutely no way at all of raising it so the dog dies in her backyard, after two hours of convulsions. And, because of course, this is all the vet's fault and not only has she contacted the RSPCA, but also the police, to see about pressing charges of animal cruelty against the vet. You couldn't make this sh*t up. So anyway, I replied with some information from the Tasmanian AWA, which included the vet's obligations and the owners. To cut a long story short, the owner, as the person responsible for the dog, was actually the one who could be charged and I pointed out (as gently as I could) that this was why it's important to have a plan in place, especially if you're on a low income. The entire situation was unfortunately preventable. The collective reaction from the rest of the group.. "Omg, you're so cold" "OMG how about some sympathy for the owner" (for allowing her dog to die a slow, horrible death?) "OMG I hope your dog never gets sick" (I'd.. take it to the vet and pay for treatment? Like most people would?) "OMG Your [sic] a bitch" And so on and so forth. I was about to be upset by the responses (because I'd spent a lot of time writing a carefully considered response including references to each piece of the legislation) but then I remembered that it was people on FB, where collective intelligence decreases for every person involved in the discussion, until it has fully devolved into people calling each other names (see examples above), and at that point, can go no further. It mattered not one bit that I was correct, the people wanted to enjoy their internet outrage at the vet and when I tried to point out that the owner had to take some responsibility, that righteous fury got directed my way. At which point, I clicked the little [x] in the top right-hand corner and left it at that. As I've pointed out before, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make that horse not a complete moron. And FB is full of horses running around in tinfoil hats, calling each other names and licking the windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roova Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Haha Maddy. I'm in a bird group and is taken me a while to not try and help every uneducated person out there. Reality and sensible answers are not always welcome and straight after a sensible reply someone can add a completely rubbish one like they haven't bothered reading what has come before. If someone mentions their birds is biting the range of answers is astounding! It's like people skim the surface of knowledge, or repeat back parts of information now taken completely out of context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottsmum Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Save yourself the stress and turn off group notifications so that you don't see the posts and feel tempted to reply. As I've pointed out before, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make that horse not a complete moron. And FB is full of horses running around in tinfoil hats, calling each other names and licking the windows. Um, Maddy that's really dreadful, stressful for you and bloody horrible for that poor dog, but that last bit did make me LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 (edited) Save yourself the stress and turn off group notifications so that you don't see the posts and feel tempted to reply. As I've pointed out before, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make that horse not a complete moron. And FB is full of horses running around in tinfoil hats, calling each other names and licking the windows. Um, Maddy that's really dreadful, stressful for you and bloody horrible for that poor dog, but that last bit did make me LOL No pity needed for me, I should have known better (I do know better, actually) but for whatever reason, felt that accurate information was warranted because people do need to understand their legal obligations as pet owners. The dog, on the other hand.. I can't get my head around the massive sense of entitlement it must take to stand by and watch an animal die because you think that if vets really do love animals, they should get out of bed at 11 at night to treat yours, and damned if you should have pay them money for it. I mean, if they care so much, they should be grateful for the chance, right? The original post was full of people complaining about having to pay for veterinary care. They can afford smartphones from which to complain but $55 for a consult for an animal they chose to acquire and take responsibility for? Crazy talk. Edited April 4, 2016 by Maddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottsmum Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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