Comments on: BlogPaws 2011 – Lessons Learned, Day 2

By: didiwright

didiwright — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:05:45 +0000

I know a few of you went to BlogPaws, and it looks like it was a worthy event…I wonder if you meet up with anyone I know?!

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:19:43 +0000

It’s unfortunate that Irene cut BlogPaws short for so many 🙁 It still sounds like you got a lot out of the seminars you attended (& seeing all of the puppies!)

By: one person's view

one person's view — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 16:58:11 +0000

Oh, Pamela, you anti-nunnite you. 😉

I welcome anyone who wants to guest-post on my blog! Criteria: has to be about the social interaction of people and dogs. Is that vague enough? 🙂 Posts about trips to one’s own dog park especially welcome!

I totally relate to what Carrie says of being afraid of offending people. And I have very strong opinions about a lot of things. I try to not be fake or hypocritical, so sometimes I will simply not comment. You know, if can’t say something nice… And sometimes I read a post so late, everything I might have said has already been said, so I just leave it.

By: one person's view

one person's view — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 16:47:12 +0000

In reply to Kristine. Should we invite some Bronfmans? :)

By: Greyhounds CAN Sit

Greyhounds CAN Sit — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 08:04:58 +0000

I read this post yesterday, followed the link to Elizabeth’s blog, followed another link from her blog and so on and so forth and I’m finally back after traipsing around the blog world for hours!

Another great summary of Blog Paws. One thing that has struck me from the posts I’ve been reading at various blogs is how predominant the cat bloggers were:)

And I loved the joke:) Off to check out some more links!

By: MelF

MelF — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 02:39:57 +0000

Day 2 sounds interesting Pamela. The joke was hilarious! (I’ll be sharing that one with my mother, who went to parochial school.)
I would have loved to have attended Lena West’s presentation. I think that would have been beneficial to me.
I also would have wanted to have attended the one on guest blogging. To be honest, I suck at it. I’ve been asked before, but often I struggle with what to write that will be interesting and that won’t offend the blog’s readers. I’m always worried it either 1) won’t be good enough or interesting enough, or 2) will offend someone who will take it out on the blogger. The last thing I want to do is hurt someone’s business or blog. At least when I write on my own blog people know whet they’re getting. Ya know?

Just out of curiosity, do you think “the puppies” was the best part of BlogPaws? 🙂

By: MelF

MelF — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 02:32:30 +0000

In reply to Pamela.

Just wanted to add to this conversation. Carrie – I don’t think you need to worry about what people think. You write beautifully and I always know I will learn something new, see things from a new perspective and always, always laugh. I don’t always comment because my old and useless Blackberry sucks, but I do read many of your posts, and Pamela’s and Kristine’s on the train. It’s just that by the time I get home I am in dog walking mode and often forget to go back and comment. (I miss my old life and schedule.)
I am also surprised someone would even accuse your dogs of abuse. Seriously??? I mean Bunny has practically got you thinking she IS the Queen! 🙂 What a joke.
I am so sorry someone said that to you. Not worth your time for sure. I love your blog.

By: Pup Fan

Pup Fan — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:05:35 +0000

In reply to Kristine. Hmm... this does sound disaster-like. That flask sounds like a good idea!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:09:03 +0000

Whoever coined the phrases “hot dog” and “wiener dog” anyway? So funny! I understand now why bully sticks are called bully sticks. 🙂

It’s hard not to want to please everyone (in my case, read: not offend anyone). Sounds like you had a productive Saturday morning – makes me more sorry that I had to leave. But then again, there are awesome bloggers like you who are sharing. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

By: houndstooth

houndstooth — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:43:49 +0000

In reply to Pamela.

I’ve been asked quite a bit about Greyhound racing, which might not be controversial among other dog breeds, but within the Greyhound community, it’s a powder keg. I think it would leave a lot of people feeling very uncomfortable. I quit following one blog after the writer told me about how terribly abused my dogs were and spouted propaganda from a group I distrust and don’t respect, and this person has never had a Greyhound. If my dogs were as abused as this person told me they were, I can’t see them being the social butterflies that they are. Seriously, there’s nobody that Bunny is not determined to win over and elicit a pet (and perhaps a bite of food) from. It just sets my teeth on edge when people tell me things about my dogs that I know not to be true.

Ha! Well, some days are better writing days than others! I just hope, at the end of the day, that nobody thought it sucked!