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Originally Posted by imdll

The first post from the OP was pretty short and maybe didn't describe things the best. I can certainly understand members feeling some initial apprehension. Then the OP went into more detail and seems to describe a decent teaching moment that sounds like it was handled well. Yet after describing things better and indicating a change in the behavior of the little child, the OP gets blasted and told they should "consider parenting classes" and their breeder is obviously not a "reputable breeder" and needs to stop breeding "IMMEDIATELY"! (There are other comments but these are the high points or low points as the case may be.) Wow, talk about jumping to conclusions and passing snap judgements.

Gee I wonder why sherili47 says she pretty much chooses not to read on here anymore? Sure glad we could give her more reason not to come back. I wonder how many other members have decided to quit coming on here because of the atmosphere sometimes?

If indeed "we are being played for fools" then maybe we could try not playing the part? If there is any suspcion we are being played then maybe we should do what we can to avoid providing the obvious payoff? People wouldn't find it fun to lay bait if there wasn't a payoff. Remove the payoff and I suspect most false posts would magically disappear.

OP, if you are genuine and not playing people for fools, your error came in not using the very best words to describe the situation in your initial post. It seems that people must choose their words very carfully or risk getting hammered. Sadly even after you did explain further you were already doomed from your first post. Apparently no explanation can change your initial choice of description, because there's no digging out after you've been tried and convicted on your initial statements.

For those who think this happens on every board. I have actually seen boards where you can't predict with such certainty that someone will be attacked if they describe something that concerns people. There actually are people who can express concern without attacking or calling into question a person's parenting skills or condemning a breeder willing to give a family with children a chance to show over time that they can provide a safe home for one of their pups. Believe it or not.

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