But I did want to comment on the post about the sense of entitlement many of us seem to have to judge people's dogs without any solid evidence to back up our "behind-the-keyboard" judgements.
This is definitely true. And not just here... I recently came face-to-face with somebody who had no evidence to back up her judgment of my dog. She knew nothing at all but carried on as though she knew everything. It was not pretty and the kind of person she is is the kind of person I think most people would not like to be. It was INCREDIBLY ugly, it was insulting, she was disgusting, and it took
me a few days to not feel disgusting about the entire encounter. I only take solace knowing that I don't have to live with myself as she does. Yuck.
There is a fine line between questioning and attacking and I think part of the problem is the lack of tone... so it comes across as attacking when it's intended to be just questioning. And then somebody gets defensive and then the other party reacts and it turns into a big brawl.
But then there's the other part of the problem that is simply a bunch of jerks who think they know everything about everything and unfortunately nothing can change that. Even when you present somebody with facts they can still go "LALALALALA I CAN'T HEEEEAR YOU I LIKE WHAT IIII THINK INSTEAD OF SCIENTIFIC FAAACT"
But I think most of us on the sidelines in this particular situation are just looking for the truth and feeling very confused and hurt about it. Deleting the thread made it worse though now that it's un-deleted and there for everyone to read, it's just all very uncomfortable. I don't care about where the dogs are from so much as I care about being told the truth about where they are from. I hope she does come back and give us that at the very least. We've all been there for her through some rough stuff so I would hope she could feel she could trust us. =<
Though I have to admit to understanding why she might feel she could not, just as I understand why there are people who don't post certain things on here.
BTW I remember shortly after I first joined and somebody asked me what I fed Auggie, and (instead of lying) I didn't answer - because I fed him Nutro and I knew everybody would be like "OMG YOU FEED HIM THAT CRAP?!" LOL. I was still trying to learn all the dog food stuff and hadn't made up my mind yet about what to do, so I just kept quiet instead of opening myself to the flames. It's sad that anybody should have to feel that way, but I've been there myself. Been there since, too.
I wish I could say my Lexus' battery died, LOL... my ten year old Impala's battery died! The good news is it was just the battery, because while sitting at Michaels waiting for my dad to come rescue me I was swearing up a storm thinking it was the alternator, and "THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR HAVING A TEN YEAR OLD CAR... YOU HAVE TO FIX EVERYTHING... ()#*$(@*" LMAO. Just the battery, though, and I didn't even have to pay anything for NAPA to replace it for me. They were just like "Oh yeah... we've had a lot of trouble with those. Here. New one."
Luckily I had already pulled us from agility in Indy last weekend, or I'd have been flipping out trying to figure out how to get to Indy... or worse, it would have died while I was at a rest stop halfway to Indy. =P
Sadly, the dead battery DID make me miss a playdate with Auggie's newest BFF at the dog park. =<