I in no way think that's even minutely true. If they mean that now the owner won't be angry as hell ...
Of course you don't.
The "question" was response to this:
You can demand all day long. We've got freedom of speech, and people are allowed to put up websites that "state their personal opinion" all day long. So, in their opinions, they're giving out information that they believe in, and there's nothing to be corrected.
#1
The majority of today's society has an allergy to educational thought.
And everybody in a position to influence them, who can profit,
knows this.
#2
After all, it's so much easier to pay a vet to do their thinking for them.
Yes, and who REALLY pays? The humans don't suffer, or feel the pain. They only get hit in the pocketbook, --
their "penalty" for #1, and oblivious to it all the whole time.
#3
Sadly it seems, most of the time, pet care falls into what the human wants, what is most convenient, instead of what the pet needs.
All of the above, ( I quoted you out of order on purpose to end with these concerns ):
Also add in the fact that this information is not available to *mainstream* Joe Q Public unless he's digging on the Internet like we do.
He would, of course need a
reason to be that desperate, to question that which is so widely believed, and start googling, wouldn't he?
THEN he has to sift through soooo much conflicting information; message forum wars, fancy websites with PR & marketing expert input backed by big corporations….blogs, more message forum wars ...more convincing ads. And why wouldn't he believe his vet knows best, in the first place?
We might think this statement is absurd, but do the mainstream majority when this is the general (business) philosophy of the only pet-care choices available to them?
In our practice, recovery from surgery is very rapid, with the outcome leading to a stronger bond between pet and pet owner, which ultimately leads to better overall care.
So this is what most people "in the real world" will believe. Why wouldn't they? It's not presented as just an opinion. It's an official philosophy of the "licensed" facilities near them.
And just who is going (to try) to convince them otherwise? Nobody who should be, that's for sure. Rescuers and non-profits DO know better, so
they educate. But where to go for health care? How many choices really
are there now? Look at MC's post above. Declawed cats EVERYwhere as I'm sure it's not limited to the feeds she sees.
(The same can be said for diet!)
That's the whole point of this thread. And there's no way to get people to address it with the vengeance reserved for an *UNqualified* Martha Stewart with just an opinion.