Per the thread at the bottom of this page I will addrss teh issues best I can.

This board has always been a great group of people. I feel the best on the web. The latest thing with cody showed a big heart by many, then after the fact even bigger hearts on his future and people with determination to make sure people who sell dogs like that dont do it again.

Whether you agree to it or not is your right,A PERSON HAS THE RIGHT TO SPEND THERE MONEY WHERE THEY CHOICE TO. Was it right to do that, depends on who you ask, but the point is if you want to spend money there you have every right to do so. I think the end result in this case may justify the start of it from a personal note. Cody has friends, love and attention again, an example was made in this case and a dog will again feel love and happiness.

2- The people on this board sometimes have enough and things get overheated. It is human nature. When someone makes comments that are radical or hurting to people and they do it again and again then the pot will melt down and since the posts were made on this board, the replies come back here, it happens everywhere, we're all human. Many feel it is not right to allow posts of hurting nature to keep being posted and they cant say something in return. I dont think this forum is place for any such comments from anyone, but being an open forum it is going to happen. Helen said it best when she said ignore them and with no responce they will go away.

I have had in the past a hard time myslef following that rule, but when i did in the end it did go away since there was no interest in the poster. One of Shelly's friends who is a board moderator where I posted before we had this site years back can tell you that one is true....lol..right wolf....lol..

Also, yes there is a way to make this forum private and require login, require me to approve every single post before it will show up, require login and password plus valid email address to even read this board. I can also allow the ip address of every person who ever posted here to be shown next to there post. With the premium forum I can do all that. However that would in the long run take more away from here than it would do good. This has always been open forum with no log in required or post inspection before allowing a thread on here and I feel that should remain the same as always.

I dont think it would benefit anyone to change any way the board works now in the long run. I can also and have blocked people from this board. I may be a little relaxed on that issue (except when it comes to selling dogs which i always block for doing) but I will again start blocking those who create or make posts that should not have been made, so i will get more strict in that area and help eliminate problems in the future.

So many people come here for help or a question, pop in and ask it and leave, they get help, if they have to go thru a bunch of stuff to post they will not do it. RELAX!! It will get better, always has and will again. Everyone is welcome, I will watch for problem posters and block them. If you feel a post is a real threat or problem email me.

Emotions can get heated, people can get hurt, people will reply when they have had enough, that tois a right they have. When it gets out on the edge I will stop it. I have said and it states atteh top of this forum to email me with any problems, please do that. I dont always see every post and some may require my attention from you to look at. So I would prefer to leave teh forum the way it always has been like it is now and just get more strict on problems. webbie