Some of you may know me and some may not as I don't usually respond to posts unless I have something of value to add and right now I do. Ive been on the board for about 4 1/2 years now (Sanford will be 5 in March) and have seen people come and go and have seen this type of thing happen before as many of you have. One thing Ive learned in my life is some people will get offended, no matter what is said, who says it or how its said. There's no changing that! All I can say on that is Build a bridge and move on (as my 9 year old niece so eloquently said to her 13 year old brother).

With respect to the recent post regarding the monopolizing of the board, I have to agree with some and say I too wouldnt mind seeing a little less of these posts. But it should also be noted that it shouldn't be directed solely at Pat. There are some other people (and you all know who they are) who seem to repeatedly post with PANIC in their tone the same types of questions about Food, Vaccines, Weight, Behavior etc over and over again and everything is a TOTAL emergency. And yes, while some of these posts may be necessary I personally believe that these people are the same type of people who talk just to hear themselves talk and quite frankly it can be pretty annoying.

We should try to remember that this is a site that was created to discuss the love we have for our bullies and ask pertinent questions that relate to their health & well being. Using it also as a vehicle to share our personal joys and sadnesses as it relates to new homes, jobs, marriages, babies and grandbabies etc is also excellent and I read and participate in each and every prayer request because I believe in the collective power of prayer so long as they don't become the main focus of the board.

I personally prefer to come here and see pic's of our bullies and hear fun stories about their activities and shenanigans. I love the stories of new bullies being added to families and puppies being born and I cant stop smiling when I see the pics and stories Kelly posts of the Carver Bullies and Jon Jon and Madi Gail and Cheryl posts of the Sittingbullies gang, not to mention Rods crew who we almost never hear from anymore and I truly miss our Grover and Miss Tillie and her many adventures with her loyal sidekick Camilla. I wwas thrilled Webbie designated special days to the rescue efforts of many of our members as I love having the opportunity to see firsthand and read some of the most amazing turnaround stories of the rescues (Baby Moses of course is the first that comes to mind).

I for one just dont understand why people feel it's necessary to share every last random thought or detail of their lives on BDW. That happens to be just my opinion on that. I guess what should basically be taken from this is that we should all try to remember EVERYTHING IN MODERATION.

Keep in mind that some people really dont care what you ate for breakfast, lunch or dinner for that matter. We come here for our bullies and I suggest those of you that want to share that type of random unsubstantative information put together a personal blog or use Facebook as your medium instead.

Ok, well thats my .02 or .20 cents for today.

Trish~