Why I love Pet Talk ....

[Randi]

Originally posted by Edwina's Secretary
I love PT

- because it is fun and silly and there is never enough of that in life,

- I learn things....about animals, about people, about the world.

I couldn't have said it better.

Originally posted by Pam
Before coming to Pet Talk I was up to date on my e-mails with family and friends. Since finding this wonderful site with all of its caring people who have the same passion for animals that I have, I find myself responding to PMs and e-mails from other Pet Talkers much sooner than I do to family and friends, not to mention trying to keep us with all of the threads.

Pam, I can relate to this. Lately, I find I haven't been able to keep up, but I'll do my best.

I'll also like to say Thank you to Karen & Paul for this great board, we appreciate your hard work.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I love Pet Talk because it's filled with warm, caring, people who love their pets as much as I do. It's a place where I can share my cats every day antics and pictures without feeling stupid. It has also been a very informative place as well and I've learned a lot about cat health since I've been here.

I've also been able to meet some very wonderful people in person. So far I've met: AmberLee, Wolflady, Edwina's Secretary, Gini, NoahsMommy, Richard, LBaker and AntiPam. I hope to meet more Pet Talker's in the future. Thanks Karen and Paul for creating this site for animal lovers.

[Karen]

You're welcome - we created the websites, but all of you - and your animals - are what make it special!

[tomkatzid]

Originally posted by Airedalekisses
Hey, I met the man I love due to PT-he wooed me with dog of the day!!

Tell us more

[Barbara]

Hey I missed this thread:

I love PT
because any minute I can find pictures that make me smile

because people are as crazy about their pets as I am

because it's the only place where you can discuss seriously how your pet's feet smell

because Filou and Tigris get so many virtual scritchies

because I can meet friends from all over the world

because it is an oasis of warmth

because I can see kittens grow although I don't have one

because I get help with medical problems...........

[IttyBittyKitty]

nearly 1,000 posts since April 24 = serious addiction!

[bisi.cat]

...because you feel at home!!!

[All Creatures Great And Small]

Well, here's one reason:

Pictures and sigs like this that make me laugh and say "awwwwww" at the same time! It's one thing to look at pictures of beautiful animals, but it's especially heart-warming and encouraging to look at pictures and know how much the animals are loved by their people. I have only one other friend I can bore with cat stories on a daily basis, so coming here to share them is so much fun. I can't tell you how many times I've laughed until I had tears in my eyes at some of the threads and pictures!

There will always be people on Pet Talk I disagree with, and I am guilty of starting or contributing to some of the arguments on here, but I'm learning as I go, and trying to follow Karen's advice -take deep breaths, count to 100 (well, 10,000 sometimes), and think before posting whether it will be relevant for everybody or just one or two people. (However, if there's animal mistreatment involved, I can be pretty hair-trigger.) My daughter is guilty of being one of the "teenagers" we're all carping about lately, but she still enjoys coming here and sharing pictures and stories of her ratties, and we know she's still as welcome as anyone. (I think some of those generalizations were made because nobody wanted to name names.) I agree that this is a clean, friendly, safe site for young people to visit, and a lot of fun. The "old-timers" don't want to keep PT all to themselves, because it would get pretty stale - heck, we were ALL new once! So newbies, post away, and if somebody doesn't like your posts, there's always that handy "ignore" feature they can use.