[JeanieK]

Originally Posted by Rhetts_mama

Again Jeanie, what you see as rude others may not. The only person's reaction/perception to a thread that you can control is yourself. While telling someone to get their dog an emergency spay might seem extreme to you, to others it may make perfect sense. You assume the dog is healthy(and I hope it is) and that all should be green-lighted because of what is written on the post. It might very well be, but then again, it might not. But that's not something that can be determined by a bunch of people reading typed words on the internet.

I could walk anyone here through child birth and neonatal resuscitation. But it would be extremely irresponsible for me to do it in lieu of telling them to seek the help of an experienced person who can be at their side while it's going on. I think the same applies to breeding. No internet forum should ever take the place of a trained person who can be there to help and, if necessary, intervene. No amount of youtube videos or words on a page can take prepare someone adequately. Part of the reason for that is the novice doesn't know what they don't know. Something that would and should cause concern in an experienced breeder might not even faze a novice. They might not consider it important enough to even mention until it's too late. Plus anyone who's attended ANY type of delivery knows that there isn't a single checklist of things to look at; you look at the whole picture to determine how things are going and what, if any, actions need to be taken. That's really hard to do if you don't have anyone there with you who knows what the whole picture should look like.

As for the "badgering and bullying", I would say that is a two way street. Constantly telling someone that they shouldn't be saying something, that they are rude or that they should let it go and move on doesn't make you right or them wrong about what is being said.

A feeble attempt at justifying rudness.