Canine City:The Online Dog Community

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Forum Rules and Policies

To become a member of this fun forum is free and easy, however , by registering to become a member is your aknowledgement that you agree and will abide by our rules and regulations. If you do not agree with our rules, please do not register.

Posting RULES

1. Use the right forum: Post in the forum closest relating to your question. Moderators will move the thread if they deem appropriate.

2. If a thread on your desired topic already exists, please post to the old one. Repeat topics will be removed. If unsure, please use the search icon on desired topic.

3. Your subject line should be short and make your post unique.

4. No posting of advertisements, solicitations and promoting other boards! This will be edited/deleted or removed without prior notice.

5. NO SPAMMING thru email or PM of any sort of advertisements, other forum boards or solicitations!

6. OFF topic: We encourage everyone to participate in each discussions without posting too many off topic chit-chats so that momentum of discussions will not break. Chit-chats are encouraged in the Intros, rooms and personals.

7. Use of smilies: The use of smilies is not against the rules nor is it discouraged. When used sensibly in proper context, smilies add emotions to our discussions...hence the term emoticons (short for emotion icons).
However, when smilies are used for constant "spamming", it can be as irritating as that of too much off-topic discussions.

The same rule also applies to the use of "Greeting Cards." Occasional use of Greeting Cards are accepted (birthdays, holidays, welcome back, etc.). But when used just to pad-up post points, it takes aways from the intended message of the card and it can be really annoying. And as such, points earned through Greeting Card spamming will not be counted and will be deducted from the member's total points.

8. The MODERATOR's word is final.



PICTURES/SIGNATURES

a. Limit picture size to 640X480 pixels (either portrait or landscape)

b. Limit avatar size to 160x120 and signature size to 150X500 pixels, image AND text combined

c. File size is limited to 300kb

d. Please DO NOT quote pictures/images. If anyone wants to comment on a picture and is compelled to refer to the picture, use a link instead.

Posts NOT in compliance will be deleted!

ADULT/OBSCENE MATERIALS

No obscene, pornographic or adult materials are allowed here at Canine City.
Depictions of Minors/Children (even minimal sexual context is NOT allowed)

We hope you find these rules fair and that you respect them.

COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS:

Copyrighted materials remain the property of the original author or copyright owner. And as such, must be acknowledged and/or credited when posting such materials. Posting copyrighted materials without the expressed, implied, or written consent of the original author; or without giving proper credit to the original author and/or copyright owner is highly discouraged.

Additionally, no Online Materials may be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, or otherwise used for any purpose, without the prior written permission of their respective owners.


USER CONDUCT

1. Play nice. Respect all other users at all time. Tolerate all points of view even if you disagree. Absolutely no personal attack's or criticisms.

2. Post that antagonize other members( intentionally or not) will be removed. At times, sensitive topics may arise, be sensitive to the feelings of others. If you find yourself getting angry, separate yourself from the discussion for a while.

3. Please, no cussing in forum subject lines or messages

4. No newbie bashing: Be nice to new people. We all asked “old” questions when we first found this site. Give new users the info they are looking for and inform them of the search button.

5. Offensive posts: Please make an effort to limit potentially offensive posts. A word of advice: there is greater tolerance for potentially offensive posts (cussing, obscene jokes, ...) in the off-topic forum or to any forums . Posts deemed " too offensive will be: edited, or in extreme cases, deleted.

- We are an easy going group of people. Most of the time you will not even know we are here, since barely ever intererfere with users and their posts. Most infractions are overlooked, with no criticism to the user. Though we do not keep records, further infractions will prompt warnings from moderators, usually in a post, private message, or email. Beyond this, we deal with each case individually, attempting to best deal with the differences between the user and the rest of the board community, to come to a solution that is beneficial to everyone.

HOWEVER:
This forum is a privilege, not a right. Treat this forum as you would any social environment. As a user, you are expected to understand that the same rules of respect, understanding, and cause-consequence that apply to real life social environments apply here as well.

The staff reserves the right to take away member priveleges without advanced notice and that include (PM) private message, Email, use of My Controls and can even result to membership cancellation if any of the above guidelines are violated !
Registering and becoming a member to our site is your acknowledgement that you will agree and abide by our rules.

Thank you very much and have fun posting!