Re: Probiotics battle

[avpinc@bellsouth.net]

Thank you.  Good job.  L.

Lysane Cree wrote:

> It is normal that different people will have different opinions about
> products - that is why there are many products out there and some
> people will prefer one product over another. However, the level at
> which the arguments are now has become a little distasteful. I for
> one, have never questioned the "truthfulness" of Ridecampers
> opinions. We say what we think on either side of a an issue or ask
> questions about things that are not clear to us or things which we
> would like to hear other opinions/ideas about, but I can't see why a
> person would not be honest about an opinion, idea, statement, etc.
> and "manifest" an opinion, idea, statement, etc... What woould be
> the point? We are all free to agree or disagree with the person.
> Some people are able to offer their personal opinions through their
> personal experience with a particular product and they can let us
> know whether such a product helped them, did not help them, was
> problematic, etc. And the rest of us can form our own opinions on
> whether or not we should give those same products a try or go with
> a product which has a bettter "rep". The choice is ours to make
> and for some of us, like me, who find themselves in an area which
> although it is rural, is flooded with dairy cows rather than horses
> and the opinions of horse people are harder to find...the farmer
> down the road, although very friendly and kind, cannot give me his
> opinion on the use of electrolytes or probiotics or beet pulp since
> he has no use for them.
> Others on ridecamp have scientific backgrounds which can provide
> us with some answers about why things happen metabolically,
> physically, chemically, etc. They don't always agree on everything,
> but here again I have never seen anything less than opinion based
> on research and experience in a particular field. And I have never
> been suspicious of a person's credentials not being what they say
> they are. Why should I? Again, you can accept their opinions or
> you can reject them (if you can come up with a better scientific
> argument to oppose them). I have a limited science background,
> but I know enough, to know that what I have read on ridecamp so
> far makes sense and isn't just junk pulled out of thin air.
> Some may never agree on which probiotics brand is best, but I
> think posts to ridecamp discussing valid scientific research, as well
> as personal experiences can allow the rest of us to make a proper
> and educated choice on which brand we will use for our horses.
> And if we don't make a good choice or it doesn't seem to work as
> well for us, we can get back on ridecamp and ask some more
> questions or offer up ideas for discussion purposes...not to be torn
> apart for the sake of being torn apart.
> Well, that's just my opinion, take it or delete it, but spare me the
> nasty and pointless attacks. You can post those on some other
> list.
> Lysane and Buck