I am hopeful that the other group has learned a lesson from this. Perhaps they are young and/or new at rescue. They have apparently gotten enough feedback from people to cause them to remove all of the negative posts from their various pages.

Hopefully the rest of the contest will be back to normal! I love seeing some of the rescue stories and pictures on the Parks FB page. :)

It was so very nice and generous of Parks Chevrolet to host this contest. I do hope their experience does not prevent them from helping animal rescues in the future.

LJ, I so much agree with all of this post. :thumbup:

Also wanted to add that the first thing I learned about animal rescue from you and from YHR is that each rescue saves animals and all of us should be supportive and positive of each other. Glad this group has removed the negative posts.

As it stand now, 2842 votes for YHR and 2669 for F.U.R.R. Let's get YHR a greater lead!

Bump just a reminder to vote for YHR every day, tell your friends ! So many Yorkies need help and we can make a difference.

Done and pulled the rest of my family into voting as well.

Bump,bump,bump...lol Go vote!

Me too! I wish we could vote more than once a day, though.

Let me preface this by saying that I have and will continue to vote for YHR. That being said, are you really surprised that members of FURR feel as strongly about their organizations many do about YHR? Would you have reacted as strongly if one of the YHR posters had put up something similar about FURR?

I ask this because I see this thread as being exactly the same as the one on FB; one rescue group looking down their noses and clucking disapprovingly about another. Maybe what they posted wasn't in the best taste or the smartest thing to say. But trashing them over here really is behaving in exactly the same manner, IMO.

2930! :)

:thumbup: it wont though :( in the lead now and with all the daily votes
surely it can be done :thumbup:

I disagree.

People have expressed their displeasure and that is entirely different than what those people of the other group did. No one has said they don't belong in the contest for whatever cracked up reason they could come up with...and no one said they are cheating. What they did was the equivalent of calling a race card imho. I do think that some have been very vocal here but I also think that they kept it amazingly clean.

That group went beyond reacting strongly and trying to win. They used false statements and spoke disapprovingly of people saving yorkies....it was not "oh let's beat the yorkies and show them that cats rule". It was that yorkies are not worthy. That is how many read it. They said and I quote: "they cheated". That was after a statement that insinuated that we entered that contest under false pretenses. We did not "enter" anything...we received an email inviting us to participate. Parks picked us.

Did you see all of the posts on their members' facebook pages? They were honestly VERY inflammatory and I am quite proud of the YHR members and YT members for not responding at those people's level.

Let me further say that if a YHR member went on that page and said the things that those people did, there would have been a public apology from YHR. Yes, we would have reacted strongly.

I have to agree as well. What they posted were false and inflammatory toward their competition ~YHR. It was an entire series of untruths from YHR. We are a large national rescue, cheating, we had been in first place since the beginning of the contest, we shouldn't have been allowed into the contest while claiming to have talked to Park employees, all which were in addition to the many posts there were removed from the FB wall of Park Chevy. It was a fun contest until all of this happened. I've personally worked by butt off on YT and FB reminding people to vote, sending emails,m harassing people to remember to vote and even making some new FB friends. :) If YHR does not take 1st place it was not for lack of trying on many people who have worked so hard for each vote.

I just voted!!!! I declare this day to be a VOTING DAY!!! Everyone please take 1 minute and vote for YHR...Lets see how many votes we can cast for today!!!

Our lead is slipping! There are so many wonderful people that has stepped up to the plate and will match or add to the donation if we can pull off this win. Come on folks! Let's help Yorkie Haven Rescue continue to do the wonderful work they do.

Please vote!

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The thing I like is we are YT. It is our forum we can express our private thoughts. We can disagree and still love, and respect each other. On the quote above I disagree. I DO agree with LadyJane's response. I think most of us have shown remarkable restraint and have been as fair minded as possible. What some of us were upset about, was not directed at the charity F.U.R.R. at all. It was about what one person said. I even stated in an earlier post, that giving is good thing, picking a charity to support is a personal choice, it is ok to as for votes. BUT, that someone speaking for F.U.R.R. was bashing other charities and 'shame on them'.
That being said, I don't know how YT would be the wonderful learning, sharing, caring, support it is without, good people like Rhettsmama and Ladyjane to give us their experienced wisdom and sound advice.