lisnhere
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 | | 04/23/2006 12:27 PM |
| | I found this site when looking for dog steps for older dogs.
Thought others might enjoy it.
http://www.target.com/gp/browse.html/ref=in_se_pagelist/601-5217245-2924103?%5Fencoding=UTF8&node=43649011&index=tgt-mf-mv&field-browse=43649011&rank=%2Bpmrank&size=34&page=1 | | | |
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mightymite
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| | 12/13/2007 10:42 AM |
| | If you are looking for a tent or soft sided crate for your dogs - may I suggest the ones I sell from my company - Mighty Mite Dog Gear? Available in three sizes ranging from small dogs (corgis and smaller) to large dogs (German Shepherds and Standard Poodles)
http://www.mightymitedoggear.com
They are not available ANYWHERE else. Most dog tents you see on the market are designed by big companies who make tents for humans, They have little or no, specific knowledge of dogs and the dog market.
Others have patents which they use to scale down for dog tents like basically - shrinking a human tent into a dog tent - that's why so many of them are shaped like "boxes" instead of "dog crates".The Mighty Mite tent is different, it was designed by dog people, using the feedback of dog owners who show their dogs in performance events such as agility, flyball, disc sports and dog shows. We tweaked the design to make it the easist dog tent for the handler to use, while making it also very comfortable and easy on the dogs. These are lightest weight dog tents on the maket with super set up technology so there's no threading poles through pole sleaves!
You can visit the tent page, directly by clicking here:http://www.mightymitedoggear.com/dogtent.html | | | |
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dakota04
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Domieyes
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| | 12/13/2007 3:08 PM |
| | LOL i can see Aspen in that now he's laying in it nice and quite till he see's someone with a ball and BAM there goes the run away tent lol lol | | | |
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Newfs
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| | 12/13/2007 3:56 PM |
| Originally posted by mightymite
If you are looking for a tent or soft sided crate for your dogs - may I suggest the ones I sell from my company - Mighty Mite Dog Gear? Available in three sizes ranging from small dogs (corgis and smaller) to large dogs (German Shepherds and Standard Poodles)
http://www.mightymitedoggear.com
They are not available ANYWHERE else.
Gezzzzz, looks to me mightymite is promoting her own website to sell products on Animal Attraction.....ummmmm, I think thats against AA policies  | | | |
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UBS_Mom
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| | 12/13/2007 4:30 PM |
| | DELETE!!! | | | |
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mightymite
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| | 12/13/2007 9:39 PM |
| | Umm . . .couple of simple questions here and an observation:
OK so I didn't start this thread - someone posted about dog tents and I saw it. The person posted a link to Target - a multi-million dollar company that spends thousands, if not millions in advertising ever year. I am being honest - yes - the tent is mine from my company - - as I clearly stated in my post -
a fully woman owned, small "mom and pop" type company made for dog people by dog people.
If I were posting about someone else's product or website as the first person assumably did, that would be OK? But to post about a product I truly beleive in, that happens to be my own (well, duh) that's not?
Where is the logic in that?
It's a good question to ask - more generally. Why do people get so upset about people posting about stuff they have to sell on message boards? Its one thing if that person is only spamming, but if they are making an honest contribution to a community - why do people get so upset? We are inundated by advertising everywhere. Even paid programming on TV such as cable and paid subscriptions to magazines are covered from top to bottom with ads, but people accept them. In a message forum, you can easily skip over any post you don't wish to read - so why such negative responses? It seems sad - even silly to me but it is something I have always been curious about. | | | |
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Riosmom
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| | 12/13/2007 10:40 PM |
| | Mightymite, I personally have no problem with your post. You did not attempt to deceive anyone. Your post clearly stated that you were giving information on a product made by your company. You did not initiate the topic - you provided information on a product similar to the one mentioned in the first post. | | | |
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allie1964
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| | 12/13/2007 10:44 PM |
| | Here is my opinion and it is only MY opinion.... Those ads you see plastered all over the place were paid for by someone... They are not getting free advertisement. And when somebody posts a link for a topic starter is a different situation then some one trying to reap free advertisement benefits. Also as I mentioned before in a different forum I feel its wrong to prey on someone that has just lost a pet in order to make a profit. And I know thats not your case however there maybe legalities to all of this on behalf on the web site owner. | | | |
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Domieyes
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| | 12/14/2007 7:17 AM |
| Omg IT'S THE CHRISTMAS SEASON !!!!!! TIME FOR THE JOY AND HAPPINESS TO COME OUT IN EVERYONE !!!! Why am i reading negative comments in here the woman was just putting her opion on the subject weather she makes the tent or not . she put up a link just like alot of us do to places maybe where we have seen some neat new toy or maybe a cool new collar or maybe even a doggie spa we have been to. people put stuff on here to share with other animal lovers Its up to the person clicking on the link if they chose that it's something they would like or not. for instance i clicked on it and all i could think of is Aspen seeing a ball and off he went inside a rolling tent  Why do people feel like they have to "protect the site " It's DAN's site and i am sure he knows what he's doing if he thinks it's something that shouldn't be there then he can Delete it. I have seen plenty of posts on here i personally dont think need to be on here heck i proberly have made a few myself. But its ALWAYS best to use that old saying " If u don't have nothing nice to say DON'T say nothing at all" Otherwise it gives people the Idea that maybe are New to the site or to the forums that maybe we are not the welcoming and nice people we all make ourselves out to be. I KNOW DIFFENT BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ON HERE FOR YRS HOWEVER SOMEONE NEW DOESN'T AND I THINK IT JUST LEAVES A BAD TASTE IN PEOPLE'S MOUTHS WHEN THEY COME IN A FORUM AND SEE NEGATIVE THINGS POSTED ABOUT SOMETHING HONESTLY PRETTY INNOCENT..
Usaully i don't say anything about posts if i don't agree with them ect. however i thought maybe i would just put in alittle reminder that ...........
TIS THE SEASON !!!!!! There's enough stress and agravastion out there right now with shopping and ect . why add more to it by putting negative comments on our GREAT PET SITE.
and with this all said ...
MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!!!!!!!!!! | | | |
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Domieyes
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| | 12/14/2007 7:26 AM |
| | OHH AND I FORGOT TO ADD ........
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!! | | | |
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Riosmom
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| | 12/14/2007 1:04 PM |
| | Domi - thank you for what you said. I have only been active on this site for approximately 2 months & it seems like there is alot of negativity here. It is very discouraging. Don't get me wrong, I did make a negative post on the person that is going from site to site posting animal abuse web address BUT not making any attempt to be informative about said address. In my opinion if you're going to list a web address as an animal abuse site you should be informed enough to tell people why you think it is abusive. That aside, I have seen a lot of personal attacks here. This is a site that was created for animal lovers. I don't understand why we can't give people at least a modicum of compassion. Mightymite was not preying on anyone. She was upfront, honest & informed everyone that the address she was giving was for her business. The readers then had the choice of whether they wanted to visit the site or not. There was another posting where someone had rescued a injured bullmastiff. They had found the dog after it was hurt, found the owner (who did not want it since it was injured) and attempted to care for it. She could not keep the dog & found someone who would. To my surprise & dismay someone actually criticized the manner in which they rescued the dog. In my opinion if she felt that she had to voice a negative opinion it should have been in a private email. Instead she posted in the forum for everyone to read.
Domi, I wish that everyone had your compassion and respect for others. | | | |
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mightymite
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| | 12/14/2007 1:15 PM |
| For those who have "stood up" for me in this thread, thank you! quote:
And I know thats not your case however there maybe legalities to all of this on behalf on the web site owner.
Actually, as the owner of a commerical website, a message board and as a former practicing attorney, I think I can answer that directly. There was a case where a woman was stalked by means of an ad in an internet datting site. The federal courts ruled in favor of the website holding that the company could not be held accountable. It's a horn book case now in internet law. That said, a website owner can protect him/herself by clearly indicating what is and isn't allowed on his forum when members signed in . The form used for this forum is the standard form used by many websites. Since nothing I wrote was: vulgar, defamatory, in violation of any law, rule or regulation, etc. It seemed and still seems to be witin the limitations of this board's TOS.
I also concur with those who remarked about negativity and its negative impacts on forum participation. If new members feel like they are going to get slammed for their posts, they stop posting or choose not to post at all. There's no better way to destroy an on-line forum/chat/community then to allow people to make personal attacks on other posters. It doesnt' just hurt the person whose posting, it hurts the forum as a community.
As a side note, I just need to point out that cross links can actually be benificial to a website. Search engines look to website popularity when ranking natural search results. They actually count both links pointing to a specific site AND the level of popularity of the links from that site. If a website links out to a site with high popularity, that can actually help that site in it's rankings as well. | | | |
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Newfs
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| | 12/14/2007 1:17 PM |
| | Hey guys, I don't own the site, but I DO read the-- -TERMS OF USE---it's at the bottom of every page of this site, and we ALL put a little check mark to agree to the policies of the website in order to join! Below is a Copy & Paste from the Policy:
Commercial Use
The Website is for the personal use of individual Members only and may not be used in connection with any commercial activity. Organizations, companies, and/or businesses may not become Members and should not use the Service or the Website for any purpose. Illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the Website, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email and unauthorized framing of or linking to the Website will be investigated, and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation, civil, criminal, and injunctive redress. | | | |
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mightymite
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| | 12/14/2007 1:22 PM |
| | Commercial Use
The Website is for the personal use of individual Members only and may not be used in connection with any commercial activity. Organizations, companies, and/or businesses may not become Members and should not use the Service or the Website for any purpose. Illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the Website, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email and unauthorized framing of or linking to the Website will be investigated, and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation, civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.
Did you read this carefully?
I am a sole proprietor- that means I am an individual as well as a company. Does that mean indviduals can but companies cannot? Makes it a bit gray right there. But you miss the point of this rule - its like you are taking a sledge hammer to resolve a problem. These rules are in place to protect the privacy of members. The rest of the warning has to do with spaming members of this board or
this website via their email addresses - something an innocent response to a post someone made simply is not.
If you read these rules as broadly as you are doing - then absolutley no posts - of any outside website can be permitted. That would include the above post as well as the post linking to the prong collar. You would effectively close down most interesting conversation. Is that what you want?
No need to answer - I think I'm done with this conversation. As I said before, it's very sad that there are people who ruin it for everyone with a very narrow view of the world. | | | |
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lincod
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| | 12/14/2007 3:45 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by mightymite
It's a good question to ask - more generally. Why do people get so upset about people posting about stuff they have to sell on message boards? Its one thing if that person is only spamming, but if they are making an honest contribution to a community - why do people get so upset? We are inundated by advertising everywhere. Even paid programming on TV such as cable and paid subscriptions to magazines are covered from top to bottom with ads, but people accept them. In a message forum, you can easily skip over any post you don't wish to read - so why such negative responses? It seems sad - even silly to me but it is something I have always been curious about.
I think you answered your own question here about why people get upset. We are inundated by advertising everywhere and I think they don't want to get inundated with advertising on the message boards, at least I don't. Regardless if it is a multimillion dollar company or a mom and pop store. And no I don't accept them. That's one reason I hate going to movies anymore is because I have to sit through ten minutes or more of advertisting.![](/images/icon_smile_angry.gifborder="0") | | | |
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allie1964
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| | 12/14/2007 4:31 PM |
| | Wow ... she asked the question I just answered it. And I said it was MY opinion. I was just speaking from experience on how I felt when some one tried to sell me a stone for my recently passed away dog. Whom I loved dearly. I have respect for people thats why my post was not worded snotty at all and if you all read it that way what can I say except sorry. For Dan I apologize to you also I didn't mean to step on your toes, With that being said.... I'm out | | | |
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UBS_Mom
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| | 12/14/2007 9:12 PM |
| | lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala | | | |
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beakay
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| | 12/15/2007 3:52 PM |
| You know, I started out reading this topic seeing both sides of the issue. Someone posted a link about something and another member happened to have something better. I also saw many members posting that including a link to sell your products was against policy for the website. . . .
Then I looked at the DATE for the original posting - 4/23/2006. Now I'm of the opinion that this posting was specificially looked for in order to "get around the rules". Now it makes sense when I clicked the link that it didn't have dog steps  | | | |
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dakota04
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| | 12/15/2007 5:35 PM |
| Hi Beakay..Funny you mentioned :Then I looked at the DATE for the original posting - 4/23/2006. Now I'm of the opinion that this posting was specificially looked for in order to "get around the rules"
Because I looked at the date of the original posting also when I posted . Some of us are a little quicker than others..hehe
A form of spamming I still believe. Sorry if others feel different. | | | |
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