I have done quite a bit of investigation into the matter regarding TheBlob24, DogLover9501, and all the hullabaloo from this weekend.


Regarding the unfortunate incident earlier this week, if you don't know what I am talking about, you can skip this thread, as the thread and account that initially caused the trouble have been deleted, so I cannot point you to them.

I know believe the following occurred:

Someone got or guessed DogLover9501's Pet Talk password, and/or the password to her hotmail email account. Then that person, who shall remain nameless, used that information to both impersonate her and caused trouble on Pet Talk.

I now believe that DogLover9501 was not at fault.

The lesson we should all take from this is to be aware that this can happen. Change your account password from time to time, just in case.

The person whom I suspect of causing this trouble has not been back to Pet Talk since, and will be carefully monitored if s/he chooses to return. As I have no absolutely definitive proof, I will not publicly post a name.

The further lesson is that, if you ever have a problem with a Pet Talk member, which "TheBlob" purported to. Do not register a new name just to criticize and think you will be taken seriously. The right thing to do in that situation is to contact Paul or myself. Let us moderate the situation.