Community InformationBelow is information about the "The Dog Lovers" community on LiveJournal. To join this community, click here. You may leave the community at any time.
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| User: | dog_lovers (136404)
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| Name: | The Dog Lovers |
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Welcome to Dog_Lovers Community Journal!
We are a large community of people from all over the globe who share one thing in common: a love of canines. All responsible owners and dog lovers are welcome here, from professional trainers, to novice dog owners, or even those who are still considering their leap into life with a canine companion.
Many discussions are undertaken in this community, including: training queries/advice, dog-related articles, health tips, grooming matters, personal anecdotes, legislative concerns, and of course, bragging about your canine charges!
Feel free to post photographs of your dog, whilst ensuring you adhere to the image guidelines in the rules section below.
In addition to the above, we hold two monthly competitions. These are the Caption Competition and the Photograph Competition. You don't have to be a master of witticisms or a professional photographer to enter, it's all done in the name of fun. However, please ensure that you familiarise yourself with the simple rules of the competitions as specified in the relevant sections below.
Likewise, all potential members are kindly asked to familiarise themselves with the general community rules prior to applying.
If there is anything you are unsure about or if you have any concerns/suggestions please feel free to contact your friendly community moderators: ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) rhapsodical78 and/or snmnstrz21 at ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) dog_lovers_mods.
Enjoy your stay! |
Themed Photograph Competition
Each fortnight a photograph theme will be presented and members may post a picture of their dog (in a comment) representing the theme. At the end of the month the entrants will be compiled into a poll and a winner selected through membership vote. The winner will be displayed on the community info page.
Photo Competition Rules
Please ensure you follow the rules below or your photograph may not be entered in the competition.
- All entries must be submitted as comments here
- Please clearly state the name of your subject in the heading of your comment.
- Place your photograph in the body of the comment.
- Post picture directly rather than via link.
- Only one photograph per member may be entered in each competition. Additional photographs must be posted separately.
- Entries submitted following collation/poll creation will not be considered.
- Entrants must not vote for their own entries. This will be policed.
The current photograph theme is Angry Dogs.
Congratulations starfish2thesea and Friday and George on winning the photograph competition themed "Canine Friendship"!
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Caption Competition
A photo will be posted each month for captioning. Each caption will be screened for the sake of anonymity. Come voting time, quotes will be reproduced on the voting page anonymously and members will vote via a poll. Once the winner is announced, all the quotes will be attributed to their entrants.
Caption Competition Rules
- Only one caption is permitted per member.
- Captions must be under 25 words.
- Entrants must not vote for their own captions. This will be policed.
- Once the voting poll is posted, further captions will not be accepted.
- The winner will be displayed on this info page.
- To submit photos for captioning please go here.
- To participate in the current competition please go here.
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Basic Rules:
1. Feel free to ask anything, but please keep in mind that no medical advice you receive here should ever replace that of a veterinary professional. If you suspect that your dog is sick, please contact your vet immediately.
2. Harassment is not permitted, and will result in being banned. Debate is encouraged, however personal attacks and name-calling are not. Occasionally, someone may post something with which you disagree. Please reply with constructive criticism/advice as this community is geared toward education; hostility will only result in alienation. By the same token, if the same constructive criticism/advice has already been dispensed a number of times, mindless reiteration will likely result in OP defensiveness and is therefore discouraged.
3. Always use an LJ-CUT when posting multiple and/or large images. You may post one (1) small or medium sized image without a cut. Likewise, text-heavy posts will also require a cut.
4. Advertisement of communities is permitted only if they are dog related.
5. Please respect that this is a family oriented community, therefore any images posted should be family friendly. This includes your user icon(s).
Members who do not follow the above rules will receive one warning. A repeat offense will result in a ban.
Rules are enforced at the discretion of the moderators who reserve he right to moderate the community as they see fit. |
To search posts in this community please select
'My Journal' from the drop down box, below right. Type a key
word into the box provided to access past posts of interest.
Some other communities of interest:
animal_training - New community for animal training enthusiasts, focusing on everything from dogs to chickens!
workingdogs - For discussion of working breeds.
animal_studies - Studying animals: for the more scientifically minded.
petcare - For general discussion of pet care.
dogs_australia - For Australian dog enthusiasts.
uk_dogs - For UK dog appreciators.
Again, I must remind you that no medical advice you receive anywhere online should ever replace that of a veterinary professional. If you think your dog is sick, call your vet immediately. |
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| Maintainers: | 2: rhapsodical78, snmnstrz21 |
| Members: | 1645: View Members. |
| Account type: | Basic Account |
