That's just Bruce's "dry" sense of humour--trust me, if
you knew his wife Dayna you'd know Bruce has nothing but the utmost respect for
smart strong women (which is probably why he thought he could joke about
it!)
Thanks for the comment about 'experiences' that
create testimonials. Some things do not fit into the 'objective
scientific' category.
HOWEVER< referring to another person who
happens to be female as 'very smart for a girl' IS WAY OUT OF LINE HERE
AND ANYWHERE ELSE....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Below is an
insight regarding Dr. Garlinghouses' view on
anecdotes/testimonials. In my experience
(though I am not a doctor, nor vet, however I did sleep at a Holiday Inn
Express last night) most vets (and most doctors) need to
rely on scientific/statistical objective findings. Obviously,
this is for the benefit of the majority. However, there are many
testimonials/anecdotes that are not scientifically proven and may never
be--IMO it is up to the laymen to share their experiences and give credence
to other's experiences for the benefit of the "common good".
Anecdotes/testimonials are alive and well and continue to help many of those
not helped by scientific data. My hope continues that those in the
medical/veterinary professions value the experiences of those who come to
them w/ their experiences and temper it w/ their knowledge of scientific
data. Personally, I believe it is all a "recipe" and calls for a
milieu of information.
Erica
DeVoti
Susan Garlinghouse,
DVM, MS Current to Sun May 01 06:31:14 GMT
2005
Based on *peer-reviewed data*
(as opposed to ?testimonials? which I venture to guess verge on the shall we
say, highly emotional and not particularly objective),
Bruce Weary writes:
I would think there will be people responding
to your theory with, again, anecdotes of their experiences of improving
a horse's behavior by removing something (or adding something) to their
horse's diet........ Now, surely there are other methods,
many of which you mentioned, that can be explored to help change
undesirable behavior in horses, but dietary changes may offer simple,
inexpensive, and effective ways that help, also. I always, always
remember never to say never. I would like to hear from Susan G. on
this matter. I think she's very smart (for a girl) and could
probably enlighten us further.
