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Location: Texas | So many of the questions that we all discuss on this forum (feed thru joint supplements, stem cell therapy, behavior, etc) are also popular discussions to other parts of the horse industry. I always read Dr. Ramey's blogs on such topics.
http://www.doctorramey.com
I would like to know if you have read his musings, and if it has ever changed your point of view on something that you were doing? (or paying someone else to do to your horse)
Spoiler alert: He has changed my mind...more than once.
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I never let one person's opinion be a deciding factor for me. |
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| I'm always skeptical of vets like him and Dr.Depaolo especially when they have books and products they push to sale. Vets I respect like Dr. Hopper at Rood and Riddle, Dr White in Sallisaw, Josh Harvey with outlaw equine, Dr. Honnas, and the staff at Elgin....well I would probably let them sway me in certain directions but in my opinion of you have all this time to write blogs make videos and write books your practice isn't very busy....just my opinion. |
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| I am skeptical of anyone who says anything alternative is hocus pocus, at the same time, I do not trust someone who tries to tell me alternative therapies are the only way to go. I pretty much go by what I see works. I have seen chiro and acupuncture work on my horse, as well as herbs and essential oils. Traditional western medicine is allowed my horse to retain some sight in his eye and a mare who had her tendon cut in a fence accident become sound to ride again. My experience is to use an open mind tempered with common sense. |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | GLP - 2015-04-08 1:51 PM
I am skeptical of anyone who says anything alternative is hocus pocus, at the same time, I do not trust someone who tries to tell me alternative therapies are the only way to go. I pretty much go by what I see works. I have seen chiro and acupuncture work on my horse, as well as herbs and essential oils. Traditional western medicine is allowed my horse to retain some sight in his eye and a mare who had her tendon cut in a fence accident become sound to ride again. My experience is to use an open mind tempered with common sense.
Bingo. I have a few people who I really trust, trainers and vets. I get their opinions and balance them with my common sense and personal knowledge of the animal. I am not averse to alternative therapies but there are some I think work better and have more science behind them. I will read blogs like this as part of my self education or to follow up on something I hear. But I don't read just one. I like to read a spectrum of opinions. |
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Location: Texas | I agree that one shouldn't rely on one source of information. Considering an alternative point of view is a good thing. I think that it challenges us all to examine what we are doing. Whether we change our practices or not, it can never hurt to examine our reasons for doing certain things. I, personally, like to see scientific data. BUT...I am educated enough to know that results (scientific and anecdotal evidence) can be skewed, biased, incomplete, misleading, amplified, and even downright counterfeit.
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | I like him. Most of the time I think he gives sound, solid, logical recommendations. His biggest downfall is the fact that he is skeptical of unsound, unproven remedies. It also seems to me that much of his advice happens to be relatively inexpensive. |
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Location: Midwest | Like him. |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | "Anecdotal evidence" is not evidence......it's anecdote. |
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Location: Broxton, Ga | Like him and unlike many he's not pushing a service aka alternative service procedures or products aka fads. |
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Location: Wisconsin | I can't say if it is this vet or not, but I quit reading most of the vet blogs. I would rather ask a vet personally for their opinion then look for articles to help make a decision. The reason I have really started to stay away from the blogs is that I have seen them shared and posted on Facebook by so many people. People that were trying to push their anti-injection thought process down everyone's throat. Basically if it makes someone feel good about what they are doing or not doing these vet blogs tell them they are absolutely right and they have to shout it to the world and everyone else is then wrong. |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | I like his articles. Just like I read the ones from other vets. Then I take my questions to my personal vet who knows me and my animals and make an informed decision.
You can always learn something from anyone. Plain common sense seems to have left this world with the introduction of the internet. |
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Location: Texas | Bear - 2015-04-08 5:03 PM
"Anecdotal evidence" is not evidence......it's anecdote.
Yea sorry about that... I actually meant to put quotes around anecdotal "evidence" because some people do present anecdotes as if they are evidence. My point was lost though...I'm sorry |
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