Has anyone ever criticized your doggy pics before, if not then why take the attitude that you wont post any more?

The rule under discussion has not always bee in place, so why is removing it going to influence your "dog pics" posts.

Removing the rule, is not going to open up the flood gates of criticism, to every dog picture that is posted. in fact we probably wont see any change at all.

The ruling that stands does nto stop those who feel the need to flag something in a picture thread now, so why would it change without the rule,

I think people are being over dramatic here, declaring no more pics when there is really no reason to be .

Somebody told me once my Akita wasn't a proper example of the breed and had a tail that he didn't carry properly lol (erm, yeah, he's a rescue who was found straying after having his back end run over, so?) then twice that I can remember something that my dog was eating and playing with in the pictures was critisised

I say 'so?' yes it doesn't really bother me but you begin to expect that sort of response which is ridiculous.

If you post a pic of your dog wearing an e.collar, someone will comment on it, if you post a pic of a dog that looks starved someone will comment on it, if you post nice pics of your dogs having fun, some one will comment on it.

So would you be happy to allow the e.collar pics to receive the same fluffy response to the nice happy pics!

Yet it has not stopped you posting more pics of your dogs has it, so why would it now?

But that's different! That's cruel, a welfare issue.

Ok so there should be a rule that it's only for REAL welfare issues. Not soap box dramatics.

I couldnt care less, like I said previously if I post pictures of my lot & some-one has to make a CONSTRUCTIVE criticism about either what the dogs are doing or not doing or something they are eating which could be a health threat that I didnt know about then I think I'd be pleased to be informed about it.

I cant see the change making alot of difference in all honesty, there are only a couple of posters on Dogsey that are wind up merchants anyway, & if people do not respond to these particular posters then theyll get bored & move on..

No it isn't, if the argument is that picture threads should only have nice replies, then it should stand, for ALL replies.

the point being, rules get broken all the time if someone has something to say they will say it rule or no rule, so removing the rule is going to make not one jot of difference,

Picture threads will receive the same response they do now, if they go to far, then a mod can step in, after all its their job to moderate, which they do now , if a reply to a picture thread is not warranted.

I don't think anyone will notice a difference ,Just keep posting pics and report offending comments in posts ...

Doesn't it come down to common sense though when either posting a pic of your dogs or commenting on someone elses pics?

I always make sure I take Bruce's e-collar off before I post pics of him!

Someone in the last couple of days posted a lovely pic of their dog, unfortunately I didn't like the comments they posted along side the photo! As tempting as it was for me to make a negative comment, I didn't, I just didn't comment at all.

By the way I am only joking about Bruce and an e-collar!!!

If as you say there will not be an issue, why was the ban on discussions/debates on picture threads introduced in the first place?
It was introduced because discussions/debates were taking place on picture threads and that was upsetting people.