joking aside it can help make the tone of the posting a bit more obvious as a lot can be taken the wrong way, which then starts more upset as others defend the person they feel its aimed at-i do appreciate that its not easy to tell and without tones things can be picked up wrong--didnt think my reply was that harsh:rolleyes:

I dont know how to get the smiley faces can you tell me please or is it difficult? Ta Gina

i think its something to do with options, i cant show you cos if i put the bits in to show you theyd turn into whatever they meant-if you press the botton thats got the 2 dots one above the other then ) you'll get a smile . then the 2 dots and the thing ( frown-then sign under the 2 dots; and ) is wink, :then( frown---:then0 embarrased ---see if you know what i mean

At the top of this page click help, then scroll down and you'll see them!

:D :D :D

Gawd, knew it would be easy. Thank you both .... here goes ...... :o ... didnt change perhaps it will when I post? It did!! LOL

I forget about the smileys I have printed the instructions out and have them on my computor desk but they get covered over with rescue stuff and I forget,I will try to remember them in future

i'm still here and I will stay. Your all really friendly and your all right you do pick up so much to help you with your dog.

Julieann,

I am VERY new, but so far have been made to feel welcome.

I must admit though, I'm scared of being shot down in flames! Some people seem a little fierce to me and I'm very careful now to re-read everything and try to see it from all point of view before posting anything. Surely it shoudn't be that hard? Or am I being a sensitive little bunny?

On second thoughts, I'd rather it was like this than all sterile and polite!:D

No your being sensible,everyone is welcome here,but some just jump the gun and go all defensive I say dont shoot first ask questions later,take a little time

Hello all -

Sorry to be so long to get back to you! Still finding my way around the site!

I wont go into the problem over the weekend no point dragging it all up again. Everyone can have their say thats life, but I did get very upset over the nastyness. But I know your not all bad?! Only kidding.

Gina no worry's about the speed cam thing. Thats what I mean you and I can differ thats life? And I do love getting into chats but this first time I joined it got a little unfriendly and I was ratther annoyed! I think the admin have taken the postings away as not to keep bringing it all up which is fine by me. That way we can start again!

I don't mean to be touchy? I am a little sensative, but no harm done. I look forward to chatting with you all at some point. (Oh and I have crap spelling so be warned! You could be sitting there all night wondering what that word ment!!!)

Kind regards

Julieann

Julieann what's wrong, I get to feeling that you are not being upset by this board alone, I hope I'm wrong but if not, is it anything we may be able to help with. Together we have lived a lot of years we might have something to say that just may help a little. Oh! and my spelling is not so hot either, you give up in the end and hope people can sort out what you mean or should it be meen. Jackie H

Jackie,

Oh no I am fine really! Oh dear never meant to come over so sensatvie! I can also have a hard skin when I want too!

But thank you for your kind words. I am not upset with the site any more over and done with now.

Just looking forward to having chats and reading about your dogs.

Julieann

I've not been posting here very long either, and perhaps don't answer many postings - mainly because I don't feel that I have as much experience with dogs as the others, but compared to other boards I've visited, everyone here is positively angelic :D!

Paula

Julie Ann

Have not been here long either and can see what you mean it can get a bt heated at times.

I think it is important for us all to remembr like you say that we are all entitled to our own opinions but stick with it
the advice and support you get here is well worth it - without champdogs my second dog would probably have
been rehomed by now - sometimes it's just nice to knw that there's someone out there who understands
and who might have a diferent perspective on things which can be very helpful - you know try another angle or approach type of idea.

Hope you stick with the board - so far every one has made me very welcome and there's some really interesting stuff on here
By the way my spelling is really poor too and what makes it worse I tend to type like I'm talking to you instead of using good grammar!!

Hope this helps you feel more at home. They seem like a pretty good bunch really!

Kirsty

Too bad Mark can't put a spell checker tool on the message page! :D

Now there’s a good idea! It would save me having to copy all my postings into Word, spell checking them, then copying them back into here :D

If we cleared up all the misspelling, I think posts would lose some of their flavor. I find some of the mistakes down right funny, especially when they are mine!

nice one about the spelling myself sitting with dictionary
out on every- sentence .

I keep getting lost on this site you all seem o.k. guys to me.

Patricia,

I know what you mean! Took me days to find my way around. Now I just click on Active Topics at the top of the Board and it shows whats currently being discussed, not sure if you've found that yet

happy reading!

I use active topics, or if in a hurry new posts! The second option can be difficult to follow if you can't remeber the thread!