When
Doggyspace was shut down a determined group of Mom’s came together to create a
group on Facebook to replace Doggyspace.
This group was led by Chipper, Romeo and Angel Cooper’s Mom Karen;
Pokey, Maggie and Toby’s Mom Laura, Molly and Angel Daisy’s Mom Cindy; and
Roscoe, Jessie and Angel Willie’s Mom Sandy.
It seemed like a simple project but quickly turned into a time consuming
nightmare.
When the
Tanner Brigade accepted many refugees the transition went very smoothly. But every member of Tanner is a well-known
dog, and you can only join by invite, while Facebook is filled with entitled
morons, psychopaths and mental detectives
Plus there
must be a crazy person test on Facebook.
If you pass the test you are given a secret list of every site that is
created on Facebook and the people who belong to that site. Next you ask for the friendship of every
member of the site. Some people (looking
crossways at Mom) accept every friend request that comes their way. Our friends who created this Doggyspace
refugee camp on Facebook looked at the friends of the people who were
requesting membership and seeing that many of their friends were Doggyspace
members (looking crossways at Mommy again) allowed them in the group.
And then the
crazy people peeled away their normal person face and let out the crazies. These people had answers for everything: Erectile dysfunction, deflated balls,
erectile dysfunction, dirty movies, erectile dysfunction. Humans seem very concerned with
dysfunctioning erectiles.
So there
were members on Doggyspace 2015 who weren’t Doggyspace people and some refugees
took back to the ocean to find a safe island.
Tommy Tunes sniffed around for a while, decided it wasn’t for him,
lifted his leg and peed to mark that Tommy was there and then left. Leo and his Mom didn’t stick around too
long either.
But our
group of committed Moms were determined to give the refugees a safe home. Luckily Slater and Chase’s Mom Gretchen
stepped up with a list of DS dogs and parents from her secret paws group
(albeit not alphabetized but we let it go because we love her.) Soon our determined Moms who were now close
to being committed were able to eliminate the folks who were not refugees from
Doggyspace but were refugees from the crazy house.
There were
some further problems. There was the
girl who was a member and then created another account in a different name and
invited herself. After much discussion
both of her were gone. There were also
some DS members who seemed to enjoy setting the old place on fire and watching members
scramble for their lives and they were whittled away too. And there were members who were eventually allowed
in, but the process took a long time, because there were so many fake members,
and the Moms had to be sure. In time
these devoted Moms are going to look for new pup owners because if they don’t a
generation of dog parents will not have the love and support that our parents
have had
Also DS did
send blogs and pictures to members who requested them but they were difficult
to open. Cappy and Kokomo’s Mom Jackie
did a great job helping people recapture their memories.
And so with
a determined and hopefully not soon to be committed Moms we move forward as a group,
still lost, still searching for a home, like on Battlestar Galactica after
being destroyed by the Pet360 cylons.
And while there is still a lot of work to do we should recognize the
Moms who have done so much to keep us together.
So a sincere
tip of the tail to you all, for all of us, from me, one Judge Foley Monster.
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