Now....Have you ever went back and looked at some of your answers? Is there something that you usually do when answering, or something specific that you've answered in the past that makes you laugh and shake your head???? (as in something absolutely ridiculous or embarrassing?)
I, for the life of me, cannot figure out why in the world I capitalize some words. LIKE this for EXAMPLE...wtf?
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I am always open to listen when someone knows something I do not.
When I trained horses and gave lessons, if I saw another trainer who was really good, I would sign up for a few lessons from them. Learned a lot of different approaches that way.
Yes, I am lots o dogs. I know I use a lot of ..........and I try to leave a lot of space to make it easier to read. I hate reading answers that are long and all stuck together. I tend to use too many commas....sometimes I just go back and remove commas.
I recognize Greek for his "hope I helped".
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More spinach for you.
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- I'm perfectly open to criticism of my training methods if said criticism is given from somebody who actually knows that they're talking about. If there's a better, more efficient, long-term solution then I'm open to it.
I go back and check my answers if the question was interesting, because I like to see how it develops and I'll often add comments to the additional details or even other answers. There have been times where I've answered something and then later thought "you know...that doesn't sound right now that I think of it" and will remove said answer because I'm not sure of it, or will amend it.
I don't really use a "signature". I use the sources for listing my sources. Often times my sources are myself, so I'll put for example "experienced with sled dogs/huskies" when I answer a husky-related question. Is it necessary? Probably not lol. But at least my own personal experience with the breed will put more weight to my lengthy answer than somebody who said "HUSKIES ARE CUTE YOU SHOULD TOTALLY GET ONE I'VE ALWAYS WANTED ONE!". - You have asked two questions in one.
1) dog training - of course , how can you learn if you don't accept criticism which is really advice underneath it all.
2) opinion poll question on our writing habits in responding to answers - time makes us wiser in everything if we become conscious of it so naturally one sees where you could have been clearer, or not so verbose or confusing or included thoughts that do not pertain to one's question. The feeling that you experience are varied and probably all natural and normal. - i do go back and look at answers and of course as i learn more about dogs some thing seem like i could have answered better.
Legit: i am open to criticism which i get weekly from my trainer. there is always way to improve and i make my fare share of mistakes when training. In theory i know things way better than i am sometimes able to perform in practice so its always a pleasure to have an unbiased observer give me feedback. - Open to criticism? Absolutely, those who aren't, aren't advancing. The problem in that should be clear (sadly it isn't to many people!).
All the time, everything comes into perspective when you re-read.
My signature move used to be "Hope I helped!" and "Feel free to e-mail me with questions/concerns"...since I've stopped doing that the # of emails I get a day have gone from about 10 or 15 to 0 lol. Maybe I'll start adding it again, I really do enjoy helping people who have a functional brain in their head. - Do i have a signature move? hahaha, i do tend to capitalise words that i want to emphasise. & when i look back at my answers, when a Border Collie question comes up i seem to talk and talk and talk and talk. LOL. I don't think i really put anything in my "source". I tend to use a lot of "-" and "...." and i paragraph.. a LOT!
As far as training goes as long as it's constructive criticism i'm always open to it! - Hmmmm . . . . well, I'm kind of an @ss about poor grammar - drives me up the wall - so I sometimes snidely throw a comment in my answer. Yes, it's not nice. I have never claimed to be nice. : )
My dog training abilities? Well, I'm full of great ideas . . . now putting them into practice is a horse of another color! It's hard (for most owners, anyways) to remain clinical and remove emotion from training so that a dog's disobedience doesn't send you into a rage. I generally know the appropriate response and correction for most behaviors - for me it's a matter of how often I get to put them into practice. - It makes me crazy when I click submit before spell checking. I regret being so short sometimes, with people asking legit questions (to them) when it's just such a stupid question. I don't use signatures, but sometimes I think I identify myself when I talk about training guide dogs.
Finally, when it comes to criticism, I usually don't mind. If I'm right, they don't matter. If I'm wrong, then I've learned something. We added clicker training to our regimen in the past 4 years, and we had a huge learning curve there - warm and fuzzy clicker trainers beating the crap out of each other about timing, cues, poisoning cues, yada yada. But as long as we're alive, we have to keep learning! - By whom, that is the question. There are about 10 people on the planet I will accept genuine criticism from, but, I am always open to hear what someone has to say...there have been many gems discovered this way.
You already mentioned my signature move, I think that everyone knows it in here. Aphrodite, when I said "I hope I helped", I did not specify in what way I helped, did I? - I feel like every single question I talk about myself or my dog! Haha, if I even SLIGHTLY relate to it.(i capitalize words alot for no reason like im shouting or something?) Someone will ask something like "Fox are killing dogs in my neighborhood." and i'll be like, "Oh yeah we have fox in our neighborhood, my dog got into a fight with one, and blah blah blah...then after like a couple paragraphs I realize I didnt even answer the question.
I also noticed I sound really childish, haha :( - i use no punctuation ... i edit reports as a job and fix and correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, so when i am doing something for fun i avoid all that stuff ... when i first joined i answered questions angrily and rudely as that is how i saw people answering ... after a few violations i finally got the point of the site, asking and answering questions ... this "question" is not a question and should be in polls and surveys because it does not contribute anything no matter how it might entertain a few ...
- I notice I do this - separate my sentences with a "-".
I notice I put words in quotations when I'm telling someone they are stupid in some way. Like so, Bells you're really "cool" and all, but you....ARE THE BEST! hahaha
I capitalize things I want to get across too I guess lol.
ADD: Greek puts Realist and he always ends it off with "Hope I helped!" even though he usually just finished making someone feel stupid lol. - I laugh at all my responses for the most part!!
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I don't think i have a signature- I should get one! - Uh, yes. Some of my answers should have been deleted. (By me). I have a habit of using *-----*.
I also use capitalizing when I am trying to get a point across.
I also use a lot of *for crying out loud* *gawd* *gosh durn* *hmmmm*
I could go on and on. It is very interesting when you go into the voting section I can pick out who's answer it is simply because we all have our *signatures*.
As far as criticism? No, I am not okay with it. Unless it is by someone I respect and then it would be done via email. - I use a lot of ...... ..... and capitalize too. I am usually too lazy to captalize anything else.
I've answered questions and then gone back and said "wtf was I talking about?"
Criticism? Always open to new ideas, never open to insults. - When I look at some answers waaayyyy back, I think that I used to be too harsh in my answers.
I also STILL talk like this SOMETIMES, just like the others said; only when I'm trying to get my point across. ;)
I don't have a signature. - Oh god.. yes.. so embarrassing lmao. I wish I could go thru & delete all of them.. they're horrible.. I was full of "prong collars are mean" BSI used to put "Mutt" in my "signature".. but then I changed to my actual name, Mariah, & stopped putting Mutt.. lol
- I always instead of one period add many... Like that... I think it's easier to read even tho it is'nt proper english but really whats proper in YA anyway...
- I use a lot of "...", and I tend to do a LOT of capitalizing on emphasized words, like you!
- Sometimes I go back and my answer seemed bitchy or like I was mad but, I was really typing it calmly/nicely. whooops.
- Well if you haven't noticed I always SCREAM........ VET!..lol
- For the most part, I don't care what anyone thinks of any of my abilities, dog related or not. I am what I am, as Popeye (sp) use to say.
I answered something really bad about a year ago, about the *color* when a b*tch was whelping. In other words I f....d up and deleted my answer, as not to give false information. The color pertained to *before a pup was whelped, or after.* (green, that is) Also, there is a question I WISH I never answered in another section about a month ago. I now have MY fan club because of it.
You capitalize words for the same reason I just capitalized WISH....to emphasize it, or to put emotion to words that people can't actually hear on a computer screen.
If a question has to do with a Bulldog or Dobe, I will usually, but not always, put "Use to show and breed Dobes for 25 years", just so people know that I've actually owned this breed. I usually put something in about owning a Bulldog when someone asks something about health issues with their Bulldog, particularly Hip Dysplasia.
@ms. manners........Thank you very much for correcting me. I will make spinach for dinner tonight. Hey at least I remember Popeye, since it's been about 50 years. - You need to get a life, and stop judging others for theirs. I'm looking at your questions and your answers, and all you do on Y!Answers is get on to rant and rave about this or that, and try to make people feel bad about themselves. That's really pathetic. Sounds like you are unhappy with yourself, and are trying to bring complete strangers down, to make yourself feel better about yourself. I hope I'm not the only one that's reported you for abuse on Y! Answers for not even attempting to answer the question asked, bc you shouldn't even be allowed usage of this site anymore... And to ensure I'm not violating Y!Answers, I'll attempt to answer your question: No, I'm not, and most people are NOT open to criticism of their dog training abilities, especially from a complete stranger such as yourself, bc what the hell do you know about anything?
- I capitalize certain words. I can hear myself talking in my head as I write and they are the words I would stress. LOL.
I also use a lot of quotation marks.
And I add on alot.
But to answer your "question", yes, I am open to criticism of my training abilities, as long the other person can legitimately back up what their argument is. Telling me I am cruel and I don't bond as well with my dogs because I use corrections is just BS. Backing it up with websites that are all the same BS, with no actual REAL information to back it up other than an opinion is it is mean is not a legit argument.
Or there was the guy who called me an idiot because I do not believe in the "wolf pack theory" and stated that I obviously didn't know what I was talking about because I do believe there is a hierarchy but don't believe my dogs or I are wolves.
I wasn't aware the wolves were the only species that had a hierarchy and that if I didn't believe in the wolf theory, I couldn't believe in hierarchy. - Oh, I'm sure there are several occasions where I thought one thing and then began to adapt my views because of the fact that, here, I was exposed to alternating viewpoints. If that makes sense, lol, I'm pretty tired right now :).
I remember switching sides on the "designer dog" issue -- I used to be one of the troubled few who believed that they were actually *constructive* "breeds". . . but that was long ago. Hope that some people can change, I suppose, and "see the light".
Signature move? I don't really have one *here*--I answer some PC-game questions and I always put "played/replayed all 22 games + SCK2" at the end of it -- MY personal credibility in that department, lol. Here I just tend to go "--" and " . . . " crazy.
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