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 You’re mistaken. I’m not a trainer.  I occasionally offer suggestions in cases of dog management. Also, in cases where someone is likely to be heading into legal trouble, I’ll sometimes point that out. WHY do I mention it if someone is heading for trouble? While it may be true that I do not gush sentiment, I’m quite compassionate. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Barbara, >What really matters here is that you lost you beloved friend, your dog.  It >is very sad and my heart aches for you.  As far as Elaine Gallant goes, she >came from the dog behavior group, or as I call it, the dog abused group. >Her and Jerry Howe call themselves trainers.  The two of them and quite a >few others, never had anything nice or compaionate to say.  Only cold >heartless answers.  The health group used to be a nice place to seek advice >or a kind word when you were worried or sad about your pet.  It seems to >have changed by some cruel, cold heartless people.  There are some nice >people on this group and very comforting thoughts with come up.  Never mind >the odd balls.  Whenever someone opens their mouth, they give themselves >away.  And don’t worry about your spelling or anything else.  The ones that >could probably help you, or that you would want to hear from, understood >completely what was wrong.  I speak and write different languages, so my >spelling is not always great.  The real issue here is you lost your dog and >great for stopping payment on that cheque.  Have a nice day.  Regards, >Maureen > Thank All The Kind People That Understands With A Heart Who Cares And Im > Sorry For All The People That Went CROSSEYE Just Click Off Dont Mess UP > Your Eyes Because Your Eyes Are The Only Thing That Works Because Your > Heart Has Ice Water IM not smart but in very sad ad my warm heart is > broke so STOP makeing people who feel bad more sad be kind to some one > just once in your life you will forget all the little things you may > start b looking in a mirrow  at your nasty self  try not to push little > http://community.webtv.net/junejohn/TOMMYHAMMANS

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> Well making people headachy and naseous trying to follow your stuff is not > compassionate. Especially when people get sick, and she tells injured > readers

    <snip>     This post has got to be up for some kind of award !!     YOU?     INJURED?????     Gimme a break.     Just don’t read the posts if you’re caused so much physical ANGUISH. MaryBeth <offering to let Elame feel her constant knee pain, for 5 minutes, so she can feel what REAL injury is like> SHHHEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSHHH

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Elaine ENOUGH PLEASE!  The dog is dead let it lie. Sue E & Desi

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Jennifer, I agree with you wholeheartedly. In the grand scheme of things punctuation, spelling, and grammar won’t matter one bit.   Compassion, thoughtfulness and how we treat our fellow man is what it’s all about. I don’t know what was so hard about reading Barbara’s posts.  I understood exactly what she was saying and feel very sorry for her pain. As far as Ken’s remark regarding webtv subscribers….that was completely ridiculous.  I have a computer and webtv and usually prefer the webtv for most things.  Stereotyping is not a nice thing either.  Is it? ~Kathy~

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>  So you still feel that punctuation and paragraphs are too good for us. > Hey, I’m getting more sympathetic toward you by the minute.

    Jeeeeeze Elaine, give ehr a break, she just lost her dog. You never cease to amaze me. MaryBeth <changing the topic, let’s take the debate off of her thread>

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> Barbara, > What really matters here is that you lost you beloved friend, your dog. It > is very sad and my heart aches for you.  As far as Elaine Gallant goes,

    For anyone NOT wanting to read her, know that your computer has an option of deleting her posts.     Check with your newsreader and follow directions to either ‘filter’ or ‘killfile’ posters or threads, with certain words in them. MaryBeth Here’s a helpful post on the differing newsreader’s killfiles……how to: Reposted by popular demand: Most, though not all, newsreaders enable you to automatically mark certain posts or threads as read. This is usually referred to as a killfile or a filter. Instructions on how to create a killfile for some of the more common newsreaders are below. If yours isn’t listed, try looking in your browser under "help." Disclaimer: These instructions have been compiled from a variety of sources. I only use rn myself so if the instructions below can’t help you, I can’t either. Conversely, if you have any additions or corrections to this list, please feel free to email me at reposted. Many, many thanks to everyone who’s contributed!–Dianne AGENT    Pull down the ‘Window’ on the Menu. Go to Usenet Filters and click on    that.    The first icon on the toolbox should be to ‘Add Kill Filter’. Click    on that.    The edit window will come up. In the area ‘Filter Expression’, write    ’Jerry Howe’. And then under ‘Kill Action’, mark whatever little    button you want. AOL 5.0 (note: versions prior to 5.0 lack killfiles)    From the newsgroups window, choose preferences and a window will open    that says, "Global newsgroup preferences." Click on the filtering    tab (there should be filtering, viewing, and posting tabs). Select    filter type from the pulldown menu. Enter the filter in the text field    below the pulldown menu. Then click on the "add filter" button below    the text field. Then click "save" at the bottom of the page, and    you’re done. FREE AGENT    Regrettably, Free Agent does not have a filter feature. Shell out    the few bucks for the upgrade; I’m told you won’t regret it. MT NEWSREADER FOR THE MAC:    Lets you killfile in a large number of ways. When a window showing    one article is foremost (and when an article is highlighted in a window    showing the list of articles for a group), a couple of entries on the    ’Filter’ submenu of the Edit menu are enabled. These are ‘Filter this    author…’ and ‘Filter this subject…’, which create author or subject    filters for the active articles respectively. NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR    Under the Edit Menu, choose the Message Filters… command.    In the resulting dialog box, click the New button to define a new    filter. Give the filter a name, like "Filter Jerry."    Set the criteria for the filter. For example, "sender is Jerry Howe"    or "subject contains lying".    Select what to do with filtered messages (delete, ignore, etc…)    Click OK. You may have to disconnect and reconnect for it to take    effect. OUTLOOK EXPRESS 5.0    Go to the toolbar at the top of any post written by the person you    wish to banish from your computer. Click on "Message"; then, on the    drop-down menu, click on "Block Sender". RN & TRN    To create a global killfile in either of these newsreaders, create a    file in your News directory called KILL (this must be in all capital    letters). Use any text editor to enter the following line into it:    newsgroup you read. X-NEWS    When reading an article, press ‘k’ to add the poster to the plonk    file. It will then ask you for an expiration period – 100 days is    the default.  If you want a person permanently zapped, change "100"    to "0".

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Jennifer, I agree with you wholeheartedly. In the grand scheme of things punctuation, spelling, and grammar won’t matter one bit. Compassion, thoughtfulness and how we treat our fellow man is what it’s all about. Well making people headachy and naseous trying to follow your stuff is not compassionate. Especially when people get sick, and she tells injured readers to go fuck themselves. I don’t know what was so hard about reading Barbara’s posts.  I understood exactly what she was saying and feel very sorry for her pain. As far as Ken’s remark regarding webtv subscribers….that was completely ridiculous.  I have a computer and webtv and usually prefer the webtv for most things.  Stereotyping is not a nice thing either.  Is it? ~Kathy~

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Just let it go.  She lost her dog and all she came here for was some sympathy.  As I understand it, it is bad netiquette to point out someones spelling and grammer errors.  She has e-mailed me with some nice thank-yous. Because I have been polite.  Now please lets just leave now. Thank-you Sue E. & Desi

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> why

are you the only criticizing bitch in this forum? Do you think that your opinion matters?  I guarantee that my response would be sweeter if you didn’t make me look like a criticizing bitch who’s opinion didn’t matter rather than just a reader who got a headache trying to figure out what was this chick way trying to say.

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If you have a problem reading her posts, then don’t read them.  Just drop it. Sue E. & Desi

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Barbara, What really matters here is that you lost you beloved friend, your dog.  It is very sad and my heart aches for you.  As far as Elaine Gallant goes, she came from the dog behavior group, or as I call it, the dog abused group. Her and Jerry Howe call themselves trainers.  The two of them and quite a few others, never had anything nice or compaionate to say.  Only cold heartless answers.  The health group used to be a nice place to seek advice or a kind word when you were worried or sad about your pet.  It seems to have changed by some cruel, cold heartless people.  There are some nice people on this group and very comforting thoughts with come up.  Never mind the odd balls.  Whenever someone opens their mouth, they give themselves away.  And don’t worry about your spelling or anything else.  The ones that could probably help you, or that you would want to hear from, understood completely what was wrong.  I speak and write different languages, so my spelling is not always great.  The real issue here is you lost your dog and great for stopping payment on that cheque.  Have a nice day.  Regards, Maureen – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Thank All The Kind People That Understands With A Heart Who Cares And Im > Sorry For All The People That Went CROSSEYE Just Click Off Dont Mess UP > Your Eyes Because Your Eyes Are The Only Thing That Works Because Your > Heart Has Ice Water IM not smart but in very sad ad my warm heart is > broke so STOP makeing people who feel bad more sad be kind to some one > just once in your life you will forget all the little things you may > start b looking in a mirrow  at your nasty self  try not to push little > http://community.webtv.net/junejohn/TOMMYHAMMANS

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I have just recently started posting in this NG and am completely disgusted by the reaction that some people have towards people that are greiving a loss. It’s OBVIOUS that she is here because she needs support right now. It may be hard to read but can’t we just try to read it and respond in a POSITIVE way!   Hey Elaine, If you don’t like her punctuation why do you keep opening up her posts and trying to read them. Noone here has to try to read it if they don’t want to. Some people have nicely said that it is hard to read or asked others what is says but why are you the only criticizing bitch in this forum? Do you think that your opinion matters? I believe not to many who have read all the insensitivley rude things you have said. Which includes me. Why don’t you try responding with compassion. Atleast act like you care. I’m sure that most people in this news group want to hear from someone that does or atleast seems to care about others feelings. If anyone does’t agree that this lady (rude witch) Elaine is the most uncompassionate bitch in this NG please respond! Does anyone care to hear the many opinions she has? Why don’t we ignore this troll? Who is she? What experience with animals does she have? Is she a licensed vet? Who the hell does she think she is giving this advice and being so damn rude! DID ANYONE EVER TEACH ELAINE THAT SOME THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT UNSAID!! Elaine, I have been here only a week tops and I don’t like your attitude! You stink! Go the hell away TROLL!!!!!

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 So you still feel that punctuation and paragraphs are too good for us. Hey, I’m getting more sympathetic toward you by the minute.

Thank All The Kind People That Understands With A Heart Who Cares And Im Sorry For All The People That Went CROSSEYE Just Click Off Dont Mess UP Your Eyes Because Your Eyes Are The Only Thing That Works Because Your Heart Has Ice Water IM not smart but in very sad ad my warm heart is broke so STOP makeing people who feel bad more sad be kind to some one just once in your life you will forget all the little things you may start b looking in a mirrow  at your nasty self  try not to push little http://community.webtv.net/junejohn/TOMMYHAMMANS

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Thank All The Kind People That Understands With A Heart Who Cares And Im Sorry For All The People That Went CROSSEYE Just Click Off Dont Mess UP Your Eyes Because Your Eyes Are The Only Thing That Works Because Your Heart Has Ice Water IM not smart but in very sad ad my warm heart is broke so STOP makeing people who feel bad more sad be kind to some one just once in your life you will forget all the little things you may start b looking in a mirrow  at your nasty self  try not to push little http://community.webtv.net/junejohn/TOMMYHAMMANS

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