have you ever gotten into an argument with members ...

[VRBeauty]

Me? In dogfights on a forum?

No, never!

 

[Loves Vintage]

Date: 5/3/2009 5:48:58 AM
Author: AGBF

Date: 5/2/2009 11:49:26 PM
Author: CharmyPoo

I used to be on many dog forums. Things got so nasty on one forum that I stopped posting. Everyone was backstabbing each other .. frauding each other ... being secret puppy mills .. selling sick puppies.

OK...I feel a threadjack coming. First this made me think of a puppy I bought as a know-nothing college kid in New York City. I went into a store and bought an Irish Setter puppy who ended up having distemper. The store owners (later) asked why I didn't just 'bring him back'? (Maybe I wanted money back?) At any rate, the idea of 'bringing back' a sick animal I loved was unthinkable! All I wanted was to have him live!!! (Which he did. And, after that, I gave him to a nice couple in my hometown in Connecticut who could care for him better than I could in New York City!)

At any rate, I am wondering why I got attached to posting on diamond forums, first one then another, when diamonds are a very recent and relatively unimportant interest and dogs are a lifelong passion.

How did that happen? How did some of you other posters (like you, CharmyPoo) find your way to dog fora/forums? I wonder if I would find them too sad? Do other dog lovers frequent them?

AGBF

[Continuing the t/j (sorry)]

Hi Deb,

I belong to a greyhound forum. Some of the posters are a bit zany. I think that is the best way to describe them. I found the forum after adopting my first grey, through my dog walker at the time. She is also a "greyhound lady". I do not frequent the forum that often. The site is heavily moderated, but even the moderators can be a bit mean. I would not say it is too sad. There is a section to help owners whose pets have recently passed, which I do read often, because I cannot handle that level of sadness, but there are regular posters who read all of those posts and try to help people through the loss. There is a lost greyhound section, which has been tremendously useful in bringing lost greys home. I have participated in a few searches as a result of that forum. It is heartwarming to see a dog (that has been out for days or weeks or more) brought home as a result of volunteer searchers banding together.

It is a good place to go for training issues and for information on medical issues. Though, the pictures of all the lovely greyhounds is the best part, of course!

 

[sba771]

There is a certain wedding forum that does nothing but bully. I am too scared to even post on it, but lots of women fight on it all the time.

 

[AGBF]

Date: 5/4/2009 11:04:41 AM
Author: Loves Vintage


I belong to a greyhound forum. Some of the posters are a bit zany. I think that is the best way to describe them. I found the forum after adopting my first grey, through my dog walker at the time. She is also a 'greyhound lady'. I do not frequent the forum that often. The site is heavily moderated, but even the moderators can be a bit mean. I would not say it is too sad. There is a section to help owners whose pets have recently passed, which I do read often, because I cannot handle that level of sadness, but there are regular posters who read all of those posts and try to help people through the loss. There is a lost greyhound section, which has been tremendously useful in bringing lost greys home. I have participated in a few searches as a result of that forum. It is heartwarming to see a dog (that has been out for days or weeks or more) brought home as a result of volunteer searchers banding together.

It is a good place to go for training issues and for information on medical issues. Though, the pictures of all the lovely greyhounds is the best part, of course!

Thank you for your thoughtful reply, Loves Vintage. Maybe I should look into dog fora/forums. I do not know if they are for me. Reading about animals often makes me too sad to function...which is why I try to avoid threads about pets here for as long as I can hold out! I used to refuse to read books about horses in elementary school or to watch movies about dogs as a child. I knew that Walt Disney was always going to kill any dog that he could and that any horse in a book was going to be whipped. I remember threatening (to my parents) all kind of dire things I would do to any teacher who tried to subject me to reading about cruelty to animals!

Oh, well...my mental illness aside, all is well . Thanks again for your help!

Deb/AGBF

 

[AGBF]

Date: 5/4/2009 11:21:07 AM
Author: sba771

There is a certain wedding forum that does nothing but bully. I am too scared to even post on it, but lots of women fight on it all the time.

Now that would be a good place for me to post! I was angry that my husband woke me up last night just when I was really giving it to someone in my dream! I was soooo disappointed to be woken up mid-fight. I had obviously been winning big. (And been screaming loudly.) I have no trouble getting mad as hell. Just don't abuse an animal near me!

AGBF