Re: Needed or not needed ?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

i just wanted to add something – as i am doing an essay on health belief’s, whole models have been developed around why people arent rational and dont do the sensible thing 😉

time after time the best results come from taking the highest “risk” groups and doing intervention and education on a 1:1 or low ration group basis.  this is probably why when she gets a mangled mess of a dog suz talking through things customer by customer has a better effect than something like posting a leaflet through our doors might.  in the same way, any responsible knowledgeable person that dog owners come into contact with could do this – vets, groomers, pet shop owners, and all of us !

I was in PAH a couple of weeks ago and a lady was deciding which kong to buy for her staffie puppy – she’d been told to get one but not why, which one or what to put in it so I put her right and she was happy to listen – here’s hoping thats one less staffie puppy destined for rescue then 🙂  I was in mothercare last weekend and there was a couple with a 9mth old baby in there and they were twittering excitedly about getting him a “big boy” car seat but after reading to death the info were still confused about what to go for an upto 4yrs or up til 11yrs.  I said see my little boy there he’s 2 1/2 he’s so slim and teeny that he didnt come out of the baby seat your son has grown out of at 9mths until 14mths … and now we are having to buy ANOTHER seat because the same boy who hasnt grown like a beanstalk or anything now will not fit in the up to 4yrs seat – oh and i’d buy one of them we have them for the other car and they’re fab.  I bet you they bought the one we had – because desipte having all that info not being able to make a choice was stopping them from moving on.  Pure education isnt everything in some cases it can confound but to be aware of the options is better than to be ignorant 🙂

Claire.