I have to say that the only post you ever made that stands out in my mind is one comment on a Pet of the Day thread many, many months ago. This forum was never meant for that type of hateful commentary, especially in a section that was to "celebrate" the Pet of the Day. I have never forgotten that. It indicated to me that maybe you weren't too much of an animal lover if you could make such a comment, whether it was true or not. I hope I was wrong. I'm not even going to repeat it here, hoping that it was missed by most of our readers at the time. Today's situation and the way it was originally worded made me wonder about your true feelings about animals again.

I think your mother and your sister are lovely people. I'm sure you are too, but you haven't posted as often, nor as compassionately as they have (not that I have seen, anyway). I'm just surprised that you say your feelings have been hurt today, when it was obvious that others were hurt by your comments too. It's a shame that such a good discussion got so far off track and that so many people were hurt or angered by it. It's just not what Pet Talk has ever been about, at least not for me.

I really, really need to stay out of the Dog House.

Makes me sad.