I have recieved an E Mail from Miss C. Easton asking me, No wrong Word, Telling me to refain from giving out Dangerous advice on this forum Meaning Giving Worming Products to dogs without food. Where i come from you Ask in a polite way not tell, But seeing as this Lady knows all It is best i leave this Forum
Miss Rhodes, you should have put your message on the Forum so all can see that you are slapping me on the wrist like a naughty boy, I am up front and i have nothing to be ashamed of saying in front of the other forum users, You may be right to your way of thinking But Remember, no one person knows everything, and every one can Learn, including yourself

Sorry you got to leave Steve, I've enjoyed your post..you sure you want to go?
Maybe you guys can compromise, agree to disagree...Let others that have had experience with the product/issue choose.Remember that here in the states (and maybe everywhere) people will sue for everything and Cindy is just concern that IF wrong advise or not facts ,are a concern to anyone that have ownership/responsible party to the website?
Don't take her comment(PM)too much to the heart , it's more a friendly advise.

I agree with Angelique.
Cindy and Ed are very knowledgeable and run a great site, and this is why the moderators participate so well and so often.

I try to stay away from answering things that I have limited knowledge on, but once I have read about it, researched it and have asked advice on it, I find it easier to present an explanation. I do limit it to what I am confident about.

Meds are a sticky thing and I only talk about what I actually do with my animals. If I learn a different technique that is better for the dogs or any animal, then I will use that and am thankful that I have learned something that will benefit me and my pack.

It is all about learning here and that is what is so great.

I also enjoy reading your posts and hope you reconsider your position.

someone had the audacity to send you a private message rather than taking the chance of embarrassing you on a public forum. some people just can't appreciate professionalism. If you are going to post advice of a medical nature, perhaps including your technical or medical references would enlighten all readers. In my experience the administrators of a respectable board try to ensure advice of that nature is sound. You made it public, not the admin. Hate to see a good poster leave, but a man's gotta do etc, etc, etc.

DFrost

I'm sorry if you feel offended by Miss Easton. I don't think anyone wants to see you go. If you have a problem with Miss Easton, I think you and she need to discuss it in private. I'm sure you both will work the problem out fine.

here is the PM I sent to the OP in this thread.

"Please refrain from giving medical advice, especially incorrect medical advice on our forum.

We won't allow dangerous information to be passed along on this discussion board."

If this gentelman feels the need to leave the forum after being asked politely and privately to not give advice that is WRONG and potentially dangerous to a puppy then I am certainly not going to stop him.

I would never presume to post on a pigeon message board about the correct way to medicate or feed birds, as that is not where my experience and knowledge lie. I do feel confident in my experience and knowledge when it comes to raising dogs and administering medication, after spending most of my adult life working in the veterinary field and as the breeding manager at Leerburg.

The worming medication in the post he replied to is Panacur, and it should be administered with food as per the label and veterinarian instructions. Other medications may be given without food, but in this case the drug was identified as PANACUR.

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If you are going to post advice of a medical nature, perhaps including your technical or medical references would enlighten all readers.

I agree. Now let's see the medical references to ALL the opinions on this issue, then sort it out. This is what I like about Connie so much--she is on top of the references. But, alas, not a single reference in the whole discussion from either side. Just a bunch of "My vet is better than your vet." "You are stupid!" Therefore, as a person who knows absolutely nothing on the subject of proper worming, I can firmly say that after reading that thread I am still someone who knows absolutely nothing on the subject of proper worming. All I know is it is a very touchy subject.

This link states: "after feeding" as it is a paste.
http://www.bestpetpharmacy.co.uk/detailed_product.asp?id=458

This one states to "mix the granules into the feed"
http://www.petremedies.co.uk/product.asp?P_ID=287&strPageHistory=search


Those are only two out of a Google search, there is all kinds of info on Panacur

I think cindy is completely right. If you aren't a vet.doc. you should not tell people about what meds. to take. I guess you could say what joint med. worked for your dog something like that. But then let them know they should contact their VET.for those type of answers that could harm their animals.I don't know if this is right but it's what i think.

I have read up on The Worming of Dogs and i am Not correct in what i have said, but i was myself mis informed for many years
However i am Wrong, So my appoliges to all Forum Users. But i will say this, I never go out of my way to cause Friction, Quite the Opposite, I said from the very beginnig that i knew very little or nothing about GSDs, I have however recieved a lot of Help from Some of the Users of this Forum plus i have purchased a lot of Products from it
But i realise that things put on this Forum can be picked up by some and possibly used to the Detriment of The Owner of this Website Mr Frawley, as over there Libel suits are a little more Common than over this side of the Water, So i respect that but did not think at the time of Writing.
I would like to say thank you to the users of this site especially Angelique, Amber, Sandy Moore, Yuko,and Mike Schoonbrood for there help and Advice and at least i was converted to Raw Feeding which i am very pleased with.
In the Panacour Thread i have been told to 'Go Away' by the owner of this site, and in our form of the English Language over here it Means Banned
I wish you all well, and healthy and happy Dogs
Steve