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This just gives me pains in the pit of my stomach like you wouldn't believe
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Me too.
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I agree it is probably best to close. I am happy to see that the majority of people who posted here are open to being less judgmental. It is great that more than the usual number had the opportunity to share their thoughts.
Thanks for starting this thread, Cassiek. It got to be bigger than you expected but I believe in a good way. It's your thread and your decision, if you wish to close it.
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Another forum I'm a member of has taken the stance that the forum, as a whole, advocates only responsible breeding. Why not just close down the threads that indicate otherwise? No harm, no foul - just a statement, thread is locked. This would in fact, go hand in hand with being pro spay/neuter and mainly being a pet forum, and avoiding the whole pet breeding, byb questions altogether?
The reality is, as others have pointed out, no responsible breeder is going to come to pets.ca to ask for help - no offense to any members here, but I'm pretty sure we can all agree on that. Just my |
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What I meant is we have members here who either bred in the past or still do breed. Lately when new members come on and ask a breeding/birthing/emergency question they have been answered by these breeders/members. So they are finding answers to breeding issues on Pets. I don't quite see what you were disagreeing with me about? Don't worry. It's happening a lot lately.
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Hazelpack: An OP has just as much right as anyone else to their opinion. But just because they have a different opinion than mine, I don't feel like my rights have been violated.
Sounds good
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I couldn't agree more cassie.
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I'd like to thank everyone for this frank, open and civil conversation. It seems to me that there IS the collective will to change the tone around here. I won't use the 'hard week, kitty passed' excuse for much longer, I just wanted to say that the tone/civility of this thread has actually made my week slightly more tolerable. Thanks again - this thread will now be closed at the request of the OP. If I've misunderstood the request, just PM me and I'll re-open it. Thx - Marko
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Just wanted to confirm that we are working on that optional standard answer and it should be available this week.
Thx again - Marko
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Hi members,
Continued thanks for trying to make our forum friendlier. In an effort to do so here is an answer that educates newer members about spay/neuter without rudeness. It is located in both the Pet health forum and the top 16 questions forum. Please feel free to use it as a form of gentle education. http://www.pets.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=43483 Many thanks in advance, Marko
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