Many people spend months or years studying to become the trusted expert in their field. Not only do these people have educated knowledge they often have a heap of experience to call on when needed.
We seek out these people when we need help, treatment or advice. We trust their opinion and follow what they tell us. It is normal for us to pay them a lot of money for what they offer us.
I’m guessing this cost is a major cause of people deciding to search out answers online, but is it a good idea?
We all know there is a lot of rubbish online and as much as we try to we can’t sort the good from the bad. To be able to do so would mean we already know what the correct information is and therefore we would not need to search in the first place.
So we choose to believe much of what we read online without actually understanding the accuracy of the information we are digesting.
Social media links us to thousands of people with varying degrees of knowledge, so we ask them. Sometimes an actual expert (at least they tell us they are anyway) might answer our question but more often than not, it is an unqualified person who thinks they have an answer for whatever reason, be it through their own experience over time or something they have been told by someone.
These social media contacts are most likely genuinely trying to help and sometimes they do but what worked for them may not work for you.
Please ask a qualified expert for advice and avoid Dr Google and Nurse Facebook when you need help with your dog, unless you can be 100% certain the information is accurate.