My Ten Sources

To create a fully credible QRG, one must gather a lot of sources on the specific event, which is what I will now do. This blog post will be about those ten sources, their credibility, information, and overall purpose. So put those reading glasses on and away we go!

1. The first article is titled "Stamford vet at center of vaccination debate", which is an article I mentioned previously in another post.

•   This source comes from Stamford Advocate which is a online newspaper for Stamford Connecticut. This source seems credible since it has multiple links, sponsors, readers and past credibility as well.

•   The author is John Nickerson who is an active breaking news reporter for the Stamford Advocate and Hearst Connecticut Media Group. He did not seem as credible as the other authors I've found because of his lack of bio, but he is an active reporting, giving him a good amount of credibility.

•   This source came out the day before Valentine's day on Februaru 13th, 2013. 2013 was the year of the Boston Marathon bombings and the death of Paul Walker, but there wasn't anything too specific as to what would relate to the article. Standing up for certain rights was a good year for that because of the legalizing gay marriage debate happening in the United States.

•   This source gives a lot of detailed information on the article and is very helpful. This article has all the main stakeholders and then some. Overall, this is a very good source to get information from.

2. The second article is a more broadened view on the topic, titled "Controversy Over Vaccines".

•   This source comes from The Bark, a magazine online and in print about modern dog culture. Basically everything about dogs that you could ever want to read about, which makes it a perfect source if you ask me. On a more serious note though, they seem to be credible having many past articles and notable staff.

•   The author is JoAnna Lou who is a woman who's work has been in DogSport, New York Tails, and many other news sites. Her work seems to be credible, but she is listed as a blogger, so her posts may be slightly more biased than others.

•   This source came out in February 22, 2013 which was, again a time of advocating for what you believe in, so it was a time of a supportive environment for the main stakeholder, John Robb to speak out about over-vaccination. 

•   This source talks more about the debate between the vaccination of pets, including John Robb, but in a more broader sense where people are worried about the large amount of debate. However, it is still a valuable article to get the broader view of the topic down.

3.  The next source comes from a podcast titled "Pet Vaccines with Guest Dr. John Robb"

•   This podcast is done by a radio group called Angry Beaver that is based out of Canada and is still broadcasting every Saturday from 3-5pm. This seems like a credible source because they are directly interviewing and talking with the main stakeholder, Dr. John Robb, and continually broadcast.

•   The author is Angry Beaver and John Robb who are directly speaking to their audience which, again seems to be a credible source because it is coming first hand from their own beliefs.

•   The source came out much later than the previous two in August 28, 2014 which again is another year where self advocacy is very prominent. It is also a who year after John Robb got fired and banned from his place of work, yet he still believes in what he did, which is good to note.

•   The source talks more about John Robb's opinions on over-vaccination rather than the event of 2013, but it is still useful and credible information because it is talking about the broader problems and why the event actually happened.

4. The next source we will be looking at is titled, "Veterinarian John Robb Challenges Banfield and PetSmart on Rabies Vaccination".

•   This article comes from the Dogs Naturally Magazine (Online Version) with a slogan "the magazine for dogs without borders". The work seems very biased towards dogs because it is a representation of vets, breeders, trainers, and pet owners. It is a magazine dedicated, in part, to bring justice 'against the misguided standards of the pet health industry'.

•   All of their authors do the work collectively, so there is no one author, so it seems a little less credible, but at the same time, their unique collective writing style allows for more peer edits which allows for some credibility.

•   There are also no dates of posting because it tends to be general news that people should read at all points, but we can assume that it was released around the other articles I found in 2013 because that was the time of the large debate.

•   This article speaks more of the individualized details of John Robb's opinions on Banfield and how they are over-vaccinating. It represents mostly the stakeholders who believe in the over vaccinations and is important in giving insight to that particular side.

5. This next source is about John Robb and the court case against D.V.M. and Banfield, The Pet Hospital.

•   This article comes from dogfriendly.com where it updates people on news happening in the pet world. It is a little more simple than the other sites and doesn't seem to have much background on the site which is a little less credible.

•   There is no author listed and no collective of authors like the last article so this also makes it hard to assess the credibility of the site and of the author.

•   This was posted March 9th of 2013, which is much like the other articles, so it can be inferred that they offer updated and relevant news like the other sites. This is a little bit later than the others so it might have updated information on the event.

•   The article focuses on how John Robb filed a law suit and how the over vaccination debate sparked which is very important because it also speaks about the counter stakeholder to John Robb.

6. The next source is titled, "Protect the Pets" which is a transcribed article from a podcast.

•   The podcast comes from The Robert Scott Bell Show that is on every day at various times. It looks like a very credible website and an even more credible podcast because of the vast amount of listeners and his appearance on many TV news networks.

•   The author is Robert Scott Bell and he seems to be a very credible source of information and tends to talk about all different types of healing that seem to be very popular. He has no specific degree but he has overcame numerous chronic illnesses and has learned a lot about health, giving him good credibility.

•   The podcast was done February 20th 2013 which is, again, like the other articles I found due to the event with John Robb happening so close to that date. 

•   The podcast seems to be directed at getting people passionate about what John Robb has to say, even offering them a time to protest with John Robb. This is important to my project because it gives the passion that I want in my QRG.

7. The next article is a page titled, "News", which are letters and emails sent from and to John Robb from the hospital he worked at and PetSmart.

•   This article is from an internet site called Protect the Pets that seems to be credible because it is basically a timeline of events starting from the start of John Robb speaking out against his own company and workplace.

•   There is no author of sorts because it's not really an article, its a compilation of emails and letters written, so the sources are very credible.

•   The compilation was done in December of 2012, when John Robb was originally fired from his job for claiming that there was over vaccination. During this time it was around Christmas so there was probably an influx of pets coming into the hospital, so he probably found the over-vaccinations to be more prominent.

•   The site itself seems to be a sort of rallying website to others who have his same views on the over vaccination and a timeline of events. It shows letters from many of the key stakeholders in the event so it is important information for the QRG.

8. The next article is from a more medical prospective and a general take on vaccinations titled, "Are You Over-Vaccinating Your Pet?"

•   This article is from an Australian based internet site titled "Choice". It seems to be a credible source of information because it has a wide expanse of topics and frequently updates its topics.

•   The author of this article is Cecilia Lee who I couldn't find much information about. It had her picture on the article but not much else. She has written other articles for the choice, so it seems likely that she would be a good source to gain information from.

•   The article was last updated August 28th 2014 which is the most recent article I found thus far. Consequently, this leads some insight to how the debate is being seen in the more present day time. 

•   The article talks about a general view from the medical perspective about how much your pets should be vaccinated. It speaks about the past and present views on over-vaccination globally which is important in understanding the accepted view on vaccinations.

9. The second to last article I found is titled, "Over-Vaccination. Pet Owners Beware"

•   This source was found on the site called "The Whole Dog Journal" which is an online journal that talks a lot about dog health, nutrition, behavior, and more. It seems like a credible source due to its popularity and extremely well-throughout out internet design.

•   The author, Lisa Rodier, however was extremely hard to find anything on. The only source of credibility that I can name comes from the multiple articles she wrote which shows that she continues to be trusted to relay information.

•   The article was released in August of 2010 which is another early article, giving a persepctive on what people thought before the 2013 event. 

•   The article talks about how you should educate yourself before you listen to the vets giving out the vaccinations and speaks about being cautious when keeping your pet healthy. This is an important source because it offers thoughts before John Robb spoke out.

10. The last source I found was another general look at over-vaccinations from a medical perspective titled, "To Vaccinate or Not: A Vet's Perspective".

•   This article is done by petMD which is one of the most credible internet sources out there as it is written and peer reviewed by those in the veterinary science practice. 

•   The author of the piece, T. J. Dunn, Jr., DVM,  seems to be a very well known veterinary science writer and has written countless articles pertaining to that subject. He seems to be credible and offers and comments advice to those who ask questions after he posts.

•   The article doesn't have a date to see when it was published, but it still holds credibility as it is a general information type of article.

•   The article speaks on the more medical/veterinarian side, speaking of vaccinations in general, addressing the issue of over vaccinations. This is an important source because it offers another opposing view of John Robb's.

Jonas Lowgran."Blogging Fatigue" September 26, 2010 via flikr. Attribution Generic 2.0