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Originally Posted by megansmomma  I was not trying to be "outright rude and horrible". Let me explain to you a little about me since you only joined YT a little over a month ago. I came to YT looking for knowledge in August 2007 because I wanted to add a puppy to my home. I too had many misconceptions about where, how and who to purchase a puppy but I wanted to learn from knowledgeable people. It was months before I posted for the first time and introduced myself. By that time I had grasped as much knowledge as possible from the many, many post that I had read. I had also taken in a rehome Pebbles who was from my friend. Pebbles has many behavioral issues because she was taken from her mom too soon and under socialized with her siblings. I hired a trainer and read many book on dog behavior as I possibly could to further educate myself. It was during this time that I also became involved in rescue and began volunteering. I then added a little puppy Doodlebug to our little family who is a puppy mill rescue. His mom was purchased from an auction and he was one of her liter. I felt at the time I was making a difference by "help" save a rescue. Since that time I have become further educated and changed my views on this subject as well. I have since learned from YT that this practice enable the millers to continue the suffering within the mills by making a new spot for a younger dog as well as putting money into the millers pockets.  Then I began volunteering with YHR and became even more active within the YT community because I felt KNOWLEDGEABLE enough to make a meaningful contribution. It is my belief that information that I have contributed to this forum is meaningful and informative. I have been both a student and teacher within this community. I have learned and tough while making friends and sharing fun stories. I spend most of my time in the Rescue Forum trying to help and save as many dog as possible. There have been members of YT that have decided to join YHR and other rescues to try and make a small difference in this sometimes cruel world we live in. Other have found wonderful new additions to their homes in the Rescue forum. I added both Truman my foster and also Bogey from the Rescue Forum. You can look at all of my posts and see that I have made a genuine positive contribution to the community with my 2,417 posts. Most  are well thought out and thoughtfully worded to provide information and guidance to whomever I am posting a response. Yes~I have been called rude in the past but sometimes the truth needs to be told and I sometimes it does have a little sting. |
good to know more about you, sorry for the nasty post, i was getting a bit overwhelmed...since we are mostly ladies here i'll just throw out some honesty myself, i got my nice little gift today...
so i do apologize for getting defensive again and for being a pain in the butt...i'm a real firecracker when my hormones take off on me and i sure as heck don't mean to be, ask my DH, he's dealt with me for two years, i'm hard to handle when i get my hormones screwed up and today just happened to be that day and you guys were in the path of the flying bullets...
I'm really sorry!!
