Kansas it huge now apparently!

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I didnt know that Kansas had gotten so big that it now includes parts of Minnesota, California, Illinois and Texas! ?Or that's at least what I gathered from all the posts from new nesties in the post below about the dog. ?

?Who knew?!?

bg-kc

we're all encompassing.  we're cool like that.

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Not really how I was looking at it, but I'll go with it I guess. ?

Rubyshoes19

Eh, well, all boards get their invasions every once in a while. Guess it was our turn!

bg-kc

okay, then.  here is what i was going to say the first time...just b/c it's labeled the KC board doesn't mean it's off limits to others outside of KC.  you never know who is looking and you can't control who posts. 

and here's the nest cliche for the day:  it is a public message board after all.

kdm2kde2003

I thought the exact same thing. that was my post and i thought, thanks for stopping in to beat me up, i wasn't talking to idiots outside of here....i was talking to my KC homies!

pennyandandy

Weird...I'm still not sure what to think of that...we're usually so drama free...

closapio

Kansas isn't huge. It's the nest and people who go to other boards and ask those boards to travel over to ours. I have to say, I was a little bit surprised.

shakespearenluv

Well, I'm a KC homie and I don't agree at all with what you're doing with your dog.  That doesn't make me an idiot.

pennyandandy

I am really not trying to start anything, but instead of going to another board and telling on her, why didn't you just say you didn't agree in the first place?

I'm just curious, because I don't agree with giving up pets either...just wondering...

shakespearenluv

Hi Penny,

I go there to vent when I am so speechless I have nothing nice to say to the actual person.  Believe me, I'm holding my tongue on this one.  I could have said a lot of not nice things but enough people did that already.  At the point when I first read the post I wouldn't have been able to say anything nice so I just didn't say anything at all to her.  I vented to people who would understand my frustrations.

JGarvey

No, but the nest is and my disgust of people who think having a child somehow washes them of the responsibility to their pets knows no boundaries.

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Oh geez....here we go. ?

closapio

pennyandandy:

I am really not trying to start anything, but instead of going to another board and telling on her, why didn't you just say you didn't agree in the first place?

I'm just curious, because I don't agree with giving up pets either...just wondering...

Penny,

I agree. I was surprised at the apparant lack of respect that is usually shown on the board. I have two dogs (that belong to my DH and myself) and we have a third one that lives with us. I love dogs, but that wasn't the point of the original post. She wasn't asking us to tell her what a terrible person she is because she feels overwhelmed and is trying to give her dog to a good, loving home so that she doesn't have to send it to a shelter. She was just asking if there were any good, loving homes in the area so that she could make sure her dog would be well taken care of. Do I agree? Not the point at all. She didn't ask what our opinions were (and I know, I know, it's a message board, the internet is free and all that), but I really thought that the KC board was a bit more understanding than to go to other boards and bring in the calvary. Lord knows, I'll probably be flamed because we rescued our English cocker from being euthanized because he was "imperfect" and then strapped an electronic collar on him.

I say we all go by the "golden rule." Treat others as you would want to be treated.

And I thought I left the drama back at the high school - I see that it's alive and well on our boards.

pennyandandy

Well said, Christy, I agree...

And telling her nicely that it's not a good idea and giving suggestions might have gotten people a lot farther than flaming the poor girl.

emoflamingo

I've seen people saying they're getting rid of their pets for worse. Like peeing inside their house when they're not putting any effort into training them.

To the OP, you can do it if you really want. Keep searching for a rescue, though, if you think you can't handle it. I know it seems like a lot of work to have a dog and two kids while working full-time but I bet your oldest would probably miss the dog if he was gone. Not flaming or even scolding you, but just trying to give you another point of view. Hope you figure it out or find a great place for him.?

shakespearenluv

I respect everyone's opinions.  I didn't name call like some others.  I went to another board that would understand what I feel is blantant ignorance in a post.  That is my opinion and I'm sticking to it.  I do not feel I disrespected the KC board by getting support from some of my other Nestie friends.  I feel that if you're going to buy or adopt an animal it needs to be for a LIFETIME unless there is an extreme emergency situation that would warrant giving up an animal.  You don't go get an animal and say "I'll keep this animal until it's no longer convenient for me."  I'm sorry but I am extremely sensitive to the world of animals especially after a few things I've experienced recently.  I did not ask for the poster to receive a verbal beating but I do think that you put yourself out there when you post things like that.

She obviously didn't realize that people feel so strongly about this subject.  Now she knows that there is another side to the story.  Education is better than ignorance on a subject.  There were lots of suggestions given but she chose to go to another board where she received the answers she wanted to hear.  I didn't realize I would cause so much drama.  For the most part I've kept it clean on here and I will continue to do so.  This is just one thing that really sets me off.