Pit Bull Discussion Boards
January 21st, 2005
I received an email today asking me why I don’t recommend any forums on my web site at http://www.PitBullLovers.com.
First, Pit Bull forums are excellent sources for information regarding the breed.
Second, I don’t recommend any because I personally don’t like % of the ones that exist for various reasons. Mostly because they tend to be a gathering place for people with a lot of opinions that they love to push on other people.
One recent example of this was at a popular discussion board I formally moderated.
A brand new member joined and asked a question. It didn’t take very long (I think 3 replies) before they were being told they were cruel and mean and shouldn’t own a dog.
Granted this person was limiting the amount of water their dog drinks daily. However, the author of A New Owner’s Guide to the American Pit Bull Terriers recommends this in his book.
My point here is, maybe this person didn’t know any better and yelling at them or calling them cruel or saying they are an abusive owner is the first way to drive this potential responsible owner away.
Nice work guys. Sadly I know a lot of the people who responded so rudely.
What can we learn from this?
For starters we can learn to refrain from jumping to conclusions and letting our passionate opinions take over our rational thinking minds.
We can learn that not everyone has been around the breed (or even dogs for that matter) as long as we have.
We can learn that education doesn’t mean beating someone over the head with a moral brick but rather by offering them sound, calm, and loving guidance.
Why don’t I recommend Pit Bull forums on PitBullLovers.com?
Because I don’t want to send people to brick throwing educators.
One forum I used to moderate was a shining example of honest, caring, from the heart breed education.
Now, as with all forums, it has turned into a mob attack on new members who know less, arguments between members, slander tossing, waste of digital space that I wouldn’t tell anyone about.
When you visit any Pit Bull forum, read the posts first, look around for a while, get a feel for the way people treat questions.
And just so you know here are three questions that will get you reamed most anywhere:
1. Ear cropping – prepare to get blasted.
2. Leaving your dog outside for more than 2 hours – Get out the riot shield.
3. Limiting your dogs food intake (fasting for a day) – armored truck rental needed.
I write this because I want you to be aware that there are some insane people floating around this digital world we call the web. Many of them right in our own backyard.
All in all though, Pit Bull forums are great places to research the breed. However, getting involved? I would recommend you just read the posts, search through the message history and extracting what you need from it, and leaving.
With that, I have to walk the girls. :o)
Best Regards,
Jason
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