Why was my thread deleted from the dog adoption subforum?
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Thanks for the reply!
I'm just waiting for this thread to come back!
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I'm just waiting for this thread to come back!
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Matthew Fox4 said:Whoa, wiredharbor4, someone’s a little impatient! 🙂 Just two messages in two hours the other day, and now we’re almost at the point of an official complaint here.
Usually, you just wait 24 hours for a reply before you start poking around again. So, just a heads-up for next time, in case we have a bit of a misunderstanding regarding the rules.
So, why was your thread deleted?
It was taken down because it doesn't actually fit the guidelines in the Blue Paw PDF:
Blue Paw :Blue Paw is a subforum dedicated EXCLUSIVELY to dog adoption and various initiatives aimed at HELPING abandoned animals.
The dog you have isn't "abandoned." Based on what I gathered from your original post, the dog was purchased from a breeder and sent over to Canada. After five years, it was returned to the breeder—with that brief explanation about how the owners' life circumstances changed back in Canada. We’re assuming the breeder had some kind of agreement or contract to take the dog back, especially since a similar thing happened back in 2013 with an eight-year-old Tibetan Terrier.
At no point was this dog considered "abandoned" under the specific definitions laid out in the Blue Paw rules. You can tell by looking at all those intense threads where people talk about dogs or cats found wandering the streets or sitting in a field... basically, cases where nobody knows who the owner is or where they went, and the animal is just surviving on its own or getting scraps from neighbors until a shelter or a volunteer steps in to provide medical care and help them find a home.
The only exception to this would be extreme neglect or life-threatening situations caused by the owners themselves (like being kept on a tiny chain with no food, or physical abuse, etc.).
Threads like yours, where people try to find homes for pets that were bought but somehow didn't work out for the owners, have always been closed. They weren't very common. Occasionally, one might slip "under the radar" if the moderators miss it, but pointing out those rare exceptions won't change the current moderator decision.
But hey, the Blue Paw moderators aren't heartless. There’s actually a discussion happening right now in the moderator meeting about whether we should update the rules to include situations just like yours. That’s why the response is taking a little longer than usual. Basically, the rules will be updated soon, and once they are, you’ll be able to ask to have your thread reopened.