12th Sept

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As a writer of a blog, as I am of course, an article about the internet by Joan Smith in the Independent made me feel very uncomfortable.
She quoted Theo Paphitis –entrepreneur, chairman of Ryman Group and Dragon’s Den inhabitant – who said that the internet “"has polluted the air with meaningless babble and egomaniacal drivel". Oh, oh. So that’s what this is.
She goes on “having nothing to say has never been an obstacle to bloggers, and the quantity of tedious personal information posted on the internet suggests an extraordinarily widespread craving for recognition and validation.” Yep, that me all right.

What’s worse, she writes is the level of abuse which the internet generates. “Posts which politely take issue with a published article are hugely outnumbered by snarling invective, much of it based on incorrect assumptions and careless misreading of the original text.”
We’ve experienced some of that here, especially from raw food advocates. An exchange often starts with a science-type comment or question which ignores or disregards what I have written. This gradually mutates into abusive criticism about trying to make money by damaging the health of pets.

Yesterday’s Independent had a story about a Tibetan Mastiff which was bought by a Chinese millionaire for 4 million yuan – about £325,000. The dog was delivered in a 30-car motorcade. This doesn’t sound like a commercial transaction; it suggests that the seller had to be tempted by a very large offer. How much would it take for me to sell my dog? They say that everything and everyone has a price but £325,000 would not come close.

A caller to our helpline has told us that her vet said that Burns was “too holistic”. What can this mean?

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12th Sept

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