Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom (Post 4102354)

You are welcome to donate and only participate in the parts of YT you prefer, that's your prerogative. Also, when you donate - you can always PM me, JMueDog, or Admin and ask us to disable anything that you don't want as a result of being a donating member. For example, you get a bigger avatar etc - it's fine if you don't want that.

I'm glad to hear you've noticed how many loving/caring people are here, and especially that you've learned here and gotten wonderful advice. Of course, I'm also sorry to hear your disappointment in some of the members. Please always remember that the GOOD far outweighs any bad here. I know that fact doesn't always make it easier, but it helps with keeping things in perspective; and it helps with avoiding giving all of your emotions over to what you see as negative.

We try our best, admin/mods and the members, to make YT a great place. Like in real life, there is a huge variety of human beings here and of communication styles. We all have to try to tolerate the differences in each other, even when they make us feel like banging our heads against a brick wall. Every single one of us here encounters other members who don't do things the way we'd prefer. So, none of us have a pass on that feeling.

Also, feel free to report any posts that you think are breaking the rules that YT has in place. Those rules do strive to maintain some boundaries in the treatment of all members. I hope you post more so we can get to know you better. Even though some of your words were a bit harsh and a little out of line (which I thought you didn't like to see, in others), I still respect and appreciate your very honest opinion :).

Originally Posted by dickie (Post 4103076)

i love the website, and will gladly donate. Nothing i posted was meant to be harsh. Its factual, and meant to be a reminder of what yorkietalk was supposed to be. Do you really think everyone feels welcome here? Its turned into an elite webite. We spend our times with man yorkie parents who have never heard of yorkietalk... while we get a ton of info here, i would never send my friends here, for far they might get abused. wake up

Originally Posted by KazzyK810 (Post 4103636)

Come on Newbies (and even oldies) that haven't yet donated to keep this wonderful site up & running...just look at my avatar! Isn't it beautiful???

<-------It's well worth a donation to have our own personal YT graphic genius Nancy make you one of these :D

Originally Posted by dickie (Post 4103076)

i love the website, and will gladly donate. Nothing i posted was meant to be harsh. Its factual, and meant to be a reminder of what yorkietalk was supposed to be. Do you really think everyone feels welcome here? Its turned into an elite webite. We spend our times with man yorkie parents who have never heard of yorkietalk... while we get a ton of info here, i would never send my friends here, for far they might get abused. wake up

Originally Posted by Nancy1999 (Post 4102442)

That's funny, your avatar is one of my favorites, I love the way the frame looks, the way it lights up around the edges. It's one of the first ones I saved and tore apart to see how it was made, whoever made it was very clever, or had a cool program!

Originally Posted by celstu1 (Post 4105451)

Xtine made mine many many years ago.... I want to say 2007 or 2008. She did an AWESOME job and I LOVE it!!!! :)

You know whats funny? I'm an application developer for my full time job, I write code and stuff, yet Avatars completely elude me! Ironic huh?

Originally Posted by Pookie1w (Post 4105494)

I donated and Nancy made this beautiful one for My Coco. Check it out- then donate!

Originally Posted by Trishe (Post 4105616)

I would love to donate, just can't do it right now. As soon as my hubby gets back on his feet I will. He lost his job and I'm the only one working right now. uggg. I pray every day that he will find something and our lives will get back to normal. We are doing ok, and have money to take care of Bailey and Oliver but all the little extras like eating out and entertainment have been put on hold. My son works for the cable company and we get a great deal on it other wise I wouldn't even have this! lol (thank god he moved back home so I could get the deal)
I want to thank everyone for all the great information I get on this site! You guys are wonderful! :)

Originally Posted by Nancy1999 (Post 4105640)

I understand, I've been up and down in my life, and you can contribute in so many different ways, and one is by just posting on threads. I'd be glad to make you an avatar, just post on this thread:http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/off...ml#post4102981