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any one heard of dog island?
« on: September 05, 2006, 09:34:57 am »
www.dogisland. com    this is a weird site... if i am correct, it is instead of putting your dog in a shelter, it is free for the dog to stay there, there are humdreds of dogs running wild on the islands... look at it... at first i thought it was great, although they have no human contact at all, so they are running free and becoming undomesticated .
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Re: any one heard of dog island?
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2006, 09:49:45 am »
Lauren, Jazmine (great dane)
Jazmine's pets:
Calvin (ferret)
Willy (ferret)
Samantha (ferret)
Baxter (ferret)
Ferrets friends:
Shirly and baldamore (geckos)
Gecko's friend:
Big D (fish)

Oh yeah.. my pet.. Matt (hubby)
Our pets are all above

dohertyswissy

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Re: any one heard of dog island?
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2006, 10:01:52 am »
Are you kidding me??  This sounds like it is run by a group who thinks that having a dog as a pet is a crime!! If someone truly loved and cared about their dog, why would they ship them off to an island and tear them away from the pack that they have grown to know and love??!??  I think we can all attest to the connections between dogs and humans.  Also, it states very clearly that it will not take "problem" dogs.  Only well behaved dogs are allowed on dog island.....so this definitely doesn't solve any shelter problems.  Don't even click on the part about visits... it will make you sick about how they refer to the "rich people" can visit.

dohertyswissy

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Re: any one heard of dog island?
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2006, 10:11:47 am »
I'm obviously just looking to get pissed off today.... Just stamp DUH on my forehead.  I wonder what would happen if you emailed one of those links.... 

Kirsti

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Re: any one heard of dog island?
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2006, 10:20:12 am »
I would hope no one would actually think about doing that to there dogs!?! that would be sad!

Nicole

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Re: any one heard of dog island?
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2006, 10:32:11 am »
Yeah...this has GOT to be satire. There are so many things about the site that indicate that. The wording, the mountains, etc.

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Nicole

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Re: any one heard of dog island?
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2006, 10:37:44 am »
YAAAAAAAAAAY! Thanks for that. I had totally forgotten about snopes!

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Re: any one heard of dog island?
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2006, 03:05:06 pm »
Dude, did you guys read the directions of how to get to it? Cracks me up!  :D  :o  :D I laughed so much when I saw this site. I'm glad it's fake. But click on directions at the top of the page and get ready to laugh!  ;D
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Re: any one heard of dog island?
« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2006, 02:07:58 am »
I did email that sight to see if it was or not. And it is not a satire, it is the truth. If i can find the response in my mailbox i will post it here
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Calvin (ferret)
Willy (ferret)
Samantha (ferret)
Baxter (ferret)
Ferrets friends:
Shirly and baldamore (geckos)
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Offline lshelley21

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Re: any one heard of dog island?
« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2006, 02:11:05 am »
If you actually read the whole snopes website it says it does exist, just by  conservation people.
Lauren, Jazmine (great dane)
Jazmine's pets:
Calvin (ferret)
Willy (ferret)
Samantha (ferret)
Baxter (ferret)
Ferrets friends:
Shirly and baldamore (geckos)
Gecko's friend:
Big D (fish)

Oh yeah.. my pet.. Matt (hubby)
Our pets are all above

Nicole

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Re: any one heard of dog island?
« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2006, 02:12:50 am »
It says that the island named Dog Island does exist...but its not actually full of dogs. That is just the name.

Here is the quote from Snopes:

"The real Dog Island is accessible by ferry from the Florida mainland or by small aircraft, and most of the island is owned by the Nature Conservancy, which works with the Barrier Island Trust to preserve the island in its natural state. Some portions of Dog Island are also privately-owned residential property."
« Last Edit: September 06, 2006, 02:16:25 am by Nicole »

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Re: any one heard of dog island?
« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2006, 02:20:39 am »
 ;D   LOL... ok i do understand that alhtough i guess i am being gulable here...
Lauren, Jazmine (great dane)
Jazmine's pets:
Calvin (ferret)
Willy (ferret)
Samantha (ferret)
Baxter (ferret)
Ferrets friends:
Shirly and baldamore (geckos)
Gecko's friend:
Big D (fish)

Oh yeah.. my pet.. Matt (hubby)
Our pets are all above