Wow -- what a roller coaster of emotion! So glad it turned out well and Bailey is getting treatment for the Lymes! Looks like examples of "how to" and "how not to" respond to uncertain medical threads.
Huge kudos to Mardelin and Woogieman who continued giving generously of their time, experience and knowledge just in case the dog might have been in labor. Your constant patience and devotion to the dogs themselves is always amazing. You set examples for the rest of us to emulate! I would send kudos to GWB for contacting the family direct and getting the straight story, except she also took a jab at the breeders who were doing their best to help this girl with that "club & credentials" thing. Using what looked to be an emergency thread to further a dog politico agenda is not the best example to show our young member, jmho though.
It sounded like the 13 year old may have been just seeing what info she could dig up online while mom was in contact with the vet and actally on top of the dog's situation. Mom and vet may not have even thought labor was a serious possibility for all we know. I remember back in 4H days though -- it was nothing for a 13 year old to birth & raise a calf, so it might have been the daughter most involved, but I tend to think mom probably was handling things and daughter was thinking of ways she could help, (i.e internet). Still the folks who gave advice and urged her to take the pup to the vet are to be applauded regardless. Always better safe than sorry.
I was a little surprised to read some thought nothing hateful, mean, threatening or inappropriate had been said. REALLY???? Are we allowed profanity? Even when made into creative acronyms or cute symbols replacing letters, it still means the same. But I could be wrong. I guess it is allowed. I also thought personal attacks and insults were not allowed, but I might be wrong about that too, since all of the following quotes were allowed to remain, even though we now know they were directed at a 13 yr old????
[COLOR="DarkRed
"]"YT should BAN this member forever for the reason of animal cruelty at best!""What the H@@@@ is wrong with you. ... Good grief I don't understand immature people like you. "
"Your (OP) flippant attitude is offensive!!!"
"And WTF you would feel the same way? Then take your butt off to the vet."
"This person is sick, too bad a little yorkie has to suffer because of her."[/COLOR]
IDK they seem like personal attacks and insults to me but maybe I have the wrong idea???? I have been known to before, have the wrong impression, that is. I left off who said what, because that is not really what is important here. More important to see if this really is acceptable here.
I also agree that if the young girl and her family received hate mail and threats as Greenwood Biewer said, those should be forwarded to admin who I hope would deal with the members concerned. I think we all agree on that (well ... except for the person who may have done it!) That is pretty low down and immature -- not to mention against the law if threats were really made. All in all, I guess the young member was shown two very different sides of YT! But that is the way of the world.
I still ♥ YT, even when we show our rough edges.
Hope KAS comes back, lets us know more about her pup's progress and continues to learn. There is such a wealth of information here and she seems to be in a learning mode.