There are roughly 50 million dog owners in Canada and the USA, depending on the source of the statistics. There are 23,000 (and 1!) dog owners on Chazhound, and this is one of the larger dog forums out there. In short, it is not "mainstream" to be a dog owner on a dog forum. In fact, I know very few people who participate on forums, period. You not only participate on dog forums, but also, apparently, window forums (???), and in addition you have a blog about bedbugs and a youtube channel (how much am I missing?).
You get yourself banned off one dog forum, then go to another where you are not particularly welcome and proceed to make a fool of yourself (whether you are aware of it or not). You try and impress us with your spending habits, when it is common knowledge that doing so is in incredibly poor taste. You support things that are completely taboo- like puppy mills. Look, I don't know if anyone ever told you this, but it is most emphatically NOT "normal" to support puppy mills. This is why puppy mill busts are featured on CNN. It isn't for the minority of "dog enthusiasts," it is for the average person, who considers them bad enough to be news. In short, you are severely lacking in social awareness.
So tell me, how the hell do you call yourself "mainstream"???? As if you are the template for a "normal" person???
Forums are created for special interests. This is a dog forum. It is for people with a special (read: different than "normal") interest in dogs. Do you know why there isn't a dog forum for "mainstream" owners? Because mainstream dog owners don't think about dogs enough to want to go on a dog forum and talk with other mainstream owners about them. Furthermore, even if they did have the desire, it's kinda pointless, because if you want to talk to fellow "mainstream" people you can just step outside your door and talk to them in real life. I know, I know, I'm radical!!!
So to recap you're not mainstream among dog owners, neither are you normal among those dog owners who frequent forums. And this is true to the extent that you've contemplated creating your own "niche" forum. And you call us atypical???
I am not an extremist by any standard, yet I somehow get by on Chazhound. I am a member because I like dogs and even more so, because I enjoy learning how to do things better than I'm already doing them. To do this, I need to talk to people who have considerably more experience with dogs than I do (i.e., NOT the dog owner down the block). This is exactly what forums are for. I also relate my first and second-hand knowledge and experiences. Notice, I said relate and not preach, because I actually come here to communicate with other people, which involves actually absorbing and taking into account what they say.
So why are you here??? What do you want from this place???