A couple of months ago my mother asked me for help on rehoming her little dog, for the simple reason she and dad were never in the country, their lives have changed so much since retiring and she felt it was so unfair on the dog being put in kennels or shunted around while they were away. At first glance, this sounds rather selfish, but the dog was infact my brothers, who now has a child with severe allergies and so mum has ended up with the dog.
I looked in the DogHouse section, then thought 'not bloody likely'. I just felt I would have been shouted down before I could have explained the situation and wasn't prepared for the hassle. Some will say that wouldn't have happened, but the fact that this was the impression I drew from a quick look round is the problem with that forum. I'm not an idiot and am not prepared to be spoken to like I'm one. I have been on the receiving end of some very rude tonguelashings on here and it never fails to shock me. I love the sweary, no holds barred ethos of mn, but agression for agressions sake really unsettles me, and I'm no delicate flower.
It baffles me that anyone can think this hostile, harranging approach actually works. I'm not familiar with DBF so can't comment, just talking about the dog's house section in general. With regard to TLES, a lot of whats been said on here may be true, I think it probably is, but from what I've seen, she rarely if ever resorts to outright aggression, and therefor has freedom to post. Seems fair.