All we can keep doing is spreading the word. Even if only 1 out of every thousand pet owners is swayed by our arguments, still that is one. And that one, in turn, will be of course trying to persuade others, when they start learning.
I agree
I used to try, hard. People tell me that what I read "on the Internet" is BS because I'm not their vet, who is telling them to feed the opposite of what I've been trying to prove is what won't make them sick.
Who calls the shots, and has alllll the influence?
And meanwhile, I know a cat stuck on one food, and one food only (for too many reasons to list). And now
that food is being questioned, for legitimate reason
With alllllll these pet food "supply" stores,, there are NO options to go for fish-less, low-carb cat food. None. Yet they are stacked to the
gills with hundred+ of different pet "food" choices!
How many are fortunate to live in one of those progressive California towns, where it is a whole 'nother world? The rest of the country is royally screwed, especially the further east you head.
Mentioned in another thread that not even the 2007 AND 2008 catastrophe phased the vast majority. They are even
more defensive of the old faithful name brands because that's what their VETS "prescribe", and tell them is "good".
Even people on mainstream pet forum who have been on a forum for YEARS where info has been
repeatedly posted only get more defensive over the foods, the same food their vets swear by.
Oh then a bunch post,
making light of their poor cats throwing up all the time.
THAT is animal abuse right there because it's not as though those people haven't been
repeatedly provided the info, right in front of them, over the years.
Why don't they question WHY it's happening, instead of making light of it? Why don't their VETS tell them it
shouldn't be happening? That should be their DUTY as licensed professionals. How would
they all like to vomit that much? First thing
anyone with a lick of common sense (especially if they studied these species) would do is change
their food when vomiting occurs.
Shouldn't that be the FIRST logical thought, just human nature? "What am I eating? What could I be allergic to...?"
Why don't they?
What is stopping them all?
I'm sick of the excuses "but vets don't get taught, debt, blah blah" from others.
Now people don't just think it's a crock, they ARGUE when the info is provided regarding their vet-endorsed "trusted name-brands"!
Same
exact thing as the declawing. The Declawing documentary is OUT there, too, yet why did
Aaaaw-Nuld shoot down the bill for the potential California State Law? WHO contributed to his coffer and told
him what to say?
And it is obviously SOOOOOO much easier to gang up on the "little", such as that guy who tattooed his dog, when the gothic
pierced AND tattooed kittens were discovered in 2011, and that lady politician got NOWHERE with her bill until that
one guy got ganged up on...
Incredible how enough people "got together" for justice against
him. He, a skilled Tattooist, was also promptly fired despite being under his vet's supervision! He didn't even do the tattoo in his own workplace! And he didn't give his dog piercings...
Also incredible was the vengenance and ire Martha Stewart drew with her opinion. I just wonder, where are all the
same people taking issue with those who
call the shots and have the most influence?
That's what gets me. And that's why nothing is getting better. It's literally going backwards where I am. At least in 2007, some people were frantically looking for not-yet-recalled foods. Now it's even worse. You can probably guess which brands still (for obvious reasons) dominate EVERY pet store where I am.
The PETCO hasn't even HEARD of a food made
exclusively for them (Stressing this because I
wish I was exaggerating
).