Why You Love I-dog

let's see...I gained tons of help when my former Sadie dawg  was getting up there and aging issues were settling in.
then after she went to the  Bridge and we were ready to accept another dog into our home/hearts Glenda offered to let us adopt one of her fosters.
And just the trust she honored me with makes me hang around [8|]
nah most of the time I like it here - learn lots of stuff

It makes me giggle and it makes me think....

I have been here for a few years...I've learned so much, and sometimes I get a good laugh on Idog!

Jaime has Frenchies! I am obsessed! [sm=elvis.gif]

I am so impressed how everyone comes together (even though people get so irritated at each other) when another Idogger needs help.  I.e. helping the PD dog, and the MS walk!  Really restores my faith in humanity.

I think Mic summed it up nicely.  We may argue (sometimes a lot), but if someone needs help, we put our differences aside and do what we can.  We share that overriding bond of loving dogs.
When you think about it, it's rather like having a bunch of weird relatives. [sm=rofl.gif]

Well, shoot, I have too many fosters placed on idog to go anywhere![sm=biggrin.gif]
 
Seriously tho, there is a huge level of trust that I've gained in so many people here and that comes with being here for some time.  And the folks I've placed pups with are folks who I was absolutely dead certain would give them wonderful forever homes.  I'm not sure that there is another place on the internet that I'd find that.
 
When I first came to idog I was feeding my gsds Purina Large Breed Puppy, cuz thats what they vet told me to feed them.  Now I feed Innova, homecooked and raw.  Talk about from one end of the spectrum to the other!  I also did the annual vaccines....or at least told the vets that I did, but honestly, didn't always, BUT I didn't KNOW why they weren't needed and I didn't know how dangerous they could be.  And I've learned a lot about training as well.  While I could never smush a pups face in a mistake and have always pretty much had a gentle manner in training, HERE I learned how to shape that into positive behaviors that worked better for my dogs. Anne gets a lot of credit for guiding me in that direction....and I'm not sure she even knows it.
 
I think I've probably gone from a decent owner to a good one since I've been here.  And credit for that goes to the people here who have helped me learn to be better.
 
And there are the friendships.  And the coming together as a community in time of need.  WE together prayed 3 lost pups home!  That's pretty astounding.  And we come together for other needs as well, like the dog for the PD and like the MS Walk which is such an important thing for me.

I don't know if Sally and I would have gotten through that first year without idog knowledge! Her Gotcha Day was March 1st!

Besides being addicted to I-Dog, it is always nice to know that there are other people out there that are as obsessed with their dogs as I am.  I have gained a wealth of information from this forum in the few months I have been coming to it.  And I feel like I have this whole other set of friends that I get to visit with daily... 

Yeah, this is really the only place that people don't think I'm nuts when it comes to my Sally.

I like the fights between Joel and Brenda.  [sm=devil.gif]

ORIGINAL: sillysally

I don't know if Sally and I would have gotten through that first year without idog knowledge! Her Gotcha Day was March 1st!

 
Ditto! And that's what probably brings me back even when I get annoyed... I'm on a variable reinforcement schedule of good, helpful posts here! [sm=lol.gif]

Well it gives me a reason to keep BF off of the computer. 

Seriously though.  I have learned so much here.  Before I got here I fed Crusher Iams and justified it cause my vet said it was a good food.  All of them eat Innova now. Now I dont just take his word for things.  I question.  I dont think I was ever a bad owner but I am now definately a better one.  Also I like to be able to give advice to people I know when they ask.  When my neighbor came to me about her non pooping pup I was able to help.  (Come to think of it, I'm not sure why she asked me.  Its certainly not a topic one usually brings up when meeting someone for the first time! Maybe I just look like an idogger!)

Oh and by the way Yesterday was one of the longest days of my life!

I know--it was then I realized what a hopeless addict I was......