Post by trinitydobes on Aug 12, 2011 12:33:37 GMT -5
Welcome To The Dobermann Station!
Membership here is your Ticket to ride on the Friendliest Dobermann Community on the Web with the most experienced founding members to provide help and support. The Dobermann Station is an international forum created to celebrate the magnificent Dobermann breed and to help educate anyone who wants to learn more about them. Our goal in creating this forum is to provide a friendly, social online community where members are encouraged to ask questions, share their experiences and opinions on all issues related to owning, training, showing and breeding the Dobermann.
The Dobermann Station does not condone the breeding of WZ factored nor white Dobermanns. We expect responsible breeders to follow the Code of Ethics, Breed Standards and Breeding Guidelines as published by the AKC/DPCA in the USA, FCI/DV in Europe and all other foreign breed organizations.
This forum requires that you register to participate. Registration is quick and easy. Requiring registration helps us to eliminate spam.
Any online social community is only as good as the members who support it through their participation. We would like to encourage you to look around and read the forums, feel free to start a new thread, or comment on an existing discussion. It is your participation that will make this forum a success. We can’t wait to meet you, so first thing you need to do is to post an introduction so we can get to know you.
This forum is moderated by members with many years experience in the Dobermann community. Please report any inappropriate or rude posts. We will try to address these issues as soon as possible. Our intent is to encourage thoughtful, spirited and constructive conversations. Please remember to be courteous and respectful in all posts. All opinions and points of view are welcomed and encouraged, however we do insist that the delivery of those opinions ALWAYS be polite and respectful.
We want to make this forum the best it can be and appreciate any and all suggestions on how we can make this forum better.
Terms of Service (TOS) The Dobermann Station (DS) www.thedobermannstation.com is a privately owned and operated website. Use of this site is at the user's sole risk and discretion.
Although The Dobermann Station has rules governing objectionable content, this site is intended to be an adult community, adult atmosphere and for adult discussion. Some parents or guardians may consider its context or content inappropriate for children, and parental discretion is therefore advised. Children under the age of 18 are ineligible to hold member accounts on the The Dobermann Station forums, so COPPA terms and parameters cannot apply.
Unless otherwise explicitly stated in writing, and to the full extent permissible by law, The Dobermann Station and the respective sponsors and contributors to this website, disclaim any warranties or guarantees of any kind regarding anything stated, offered, or inferred on this website by any third party, and cannot be held responsible for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive or consequential damages, express or implied, resulting from the use of this website.
The owners, administrators and moderators of The Dobermann Station make every effort to comply with local, state, federal, and international law regarding the dissemination of content via this website. Users of this site agree to address any content infringement concerns directly to the site administration while granting reasonable grounds and timeframe for discussion and rectification of possible content infringement violations prior to pursuing any formal legal recourse.
Images of people, animals, or places displayed on the Site are either the property of, or used with permission by, The Dobermann Station. The use of these images or screen shots by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions or specific permission provided elsewhere on the Site. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity and communications regulations and statutes. You are also advised that The Dobermann Station will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including the seeking of criminal prosecution.
The Dobermann Station has not reviewed all the sites linked to this Site and is not responsible for the content of any other sites linked to this Site. Members linking to any other off-site pages or other sites is done at their own risk.
Although The Dobermann Station monitors or reviews discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards, and the like on the Site, The Dobermann Station is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such locations nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger or inaccuracy contained in any information within such locations on the Site. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law. The Dobermann Station will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing The Dobermann Station to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.
The Dobermann Station may from time to time contain information relating to various medical, health and fitness conditions of pets and their treatment. This is for informational and andectdotal purposes only and is not meant to be inferred as a substitute for the advice provided by a veterinarian or other medical professional. Members should not use the information contained herein for diagnosing a pet's health or fitness problem or disease. Members should always consult their own veterinarian and medical advisors.
The Dobermann Station may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting. Members are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the then current Terms and Conditions to which you are bound.
Using this website in any fashion or for any purpose automatically constitutes having read, understood and accepted these terms and conditions.
Policies & Procedures:
Foremost, The Dobermann Station (DS), its services, content, features and forums are intended as places where Dobermann fanciers can exchange and post information pertaining to the breed. We have owners from all over the world working together to better educate and help fellow owners. This site is a mix of experienced and inexperienced owners. Our goal is to help every owner take the best possible care of their dog(s) and understand the breed’s standard, its inherent natural protection characteristics and behaviors.
This section of The Dobermann Station has been specifically created to grant all site visitors and forum participants a clear idea of what is expected of them as members. These sections explain the rules, guidelines, and regulations that are to be followed when using or participating on this forum. Every user that registers is held accountable for their own knowledge of the following sections. Using The Dobermann Station in any fashion requires that all registered users have familiarized themselves with the Terms of Service i.e. the rules, guidelines, and legalities that members agree to abide by.
The Dobermann Station administrative agents reserve the right to modify these rules at any time deemed necessary without any prior written notice. A Forum notice will be posted immediately following any changes to the Terms of Service. It is your responsibility to keep up with any changes that are made to ensure that you abide by these terms at all times.
Rules and Regulations
On behalf of the Administrators, Moderators, and members of www.thedobermannstation.com , welcome to our forum. Please be aware of the following rules and regulations regarding usage and membership to this forum. The Dobermann Station prides itself on being one of the premier doberman forums on the Internet. As such, it’s important that we keep the site as friendly and on-topic as possible. The following rules outline how we try to keep this a place where everyone feels welcome and comfortable to participate. Enjoy your stay!
User Conduct
1. Attacks on moderators will not be tolerated, and may result in an immediate permanent ban. Moderators sometimes have to make difficult judgment calls, but remember we *are* human (well at least try very hard to act human and not dobermann!) Hopefully we'll make decisions that are considered "correct" by the majority of the community. Do not post complaints, criticisms, or moderation questions on the forum. These posts will be deleted and no explanation will be given. If you have a concern about a particular moderator, or posted content please send a private message to an Administrator or use the Report Post button (looks like a YIELD sign with an !) located at the Upper Right corner of the post in question. And if you have constructive suggestions on improvements that can be help the forum, please post them in the Ask the Admins area.
2. Keep in mind that this forum is not a democracy. We have the right to refuse service to anyone. If you make yourself too big of a pain in the butt to the moderating community or otherwise act in a fashion that will reflect negatively on the forum or on the breed, your membership may be revoked.
3. This is not a site where bashing or trashing of other forums, gossip, or rude behavior will be tolerated, so please do not engage in such. . If you want to talk about something that happened on another forum (drama)- take it to PM. No distinction will be made between the instigator and those who merely participate helping to fan the flames
4. Personal attacks against any person, whether they are a forum member or not, will not be tolerated. Nor will any type of "trolling" posting to start drama or instigate a fight be allowed. This includes political attacks, slurs, or sneering at any viewpoint or political party.
5. No racist, homophobic, or misogynistic remarks, including derogatory slang, be it overt or covert, will be tolerated.
6. Do not make posts about anything which can be defined or deemed to be statutorily illegal. This includes, but is not limited to: death threats, terroristic threats, threats of harm to another individual, multi-level marketing schemes, "ponzi schemes", invasion of privacy, credit card fraud, racketeering, defamation, slander, libel and other common illegal activities.
7. Members are guaranteed free speech under our constitution. However, that does not entitle you to be rude or disrespectful. All member posts must be respectful. You are certainly encouraged to state your opinion, but it must be done respectfully. Politeness is a bit of a broad term, but all posts will be moderated to ensure that they are polite and respectful.
An example would be disrespecting dobermann owners who choose to crop over those that prefer natural dobes or vice versa. Members will not be allowed to be condecending or judgmental for their choice of organization/activity/showing/trialing/training endeavor. This forum will not tolerate an elitist intolerant attitude. If a moderator believes you are being purposefully disrespectful to a fellow member, you will be sent a WARNING.
8. Don't make libelous accusations. If you have a problem with another member/ kennel/ or person, and cannot provide documentation of proof, don’t bring it into the forum. It could be treated as grounds for a lawsuit if you do. Posts with accusations but no proof will be deleted, and the poster will be WARNED.
9. The forum strives to maintain a friendly, adult atmosphere for its members. No sexually explicit material, nudity, or graphic violence will be posted on The Dobermann Station. The forum standard is that if it's something you wouldn't see on network TV, don't post it. If you have to ask yourself if it might be offensive to some members – don’t post it. Do not use vulgarity in the title of the thread. Inside a thread, profanity will only be allowed if used in a controlled manner, and not directed at a particular forum member. Again, just try and be respectful and considerate of other forum members.
10. Attacks on members new to the breed will not be tolerated. Remember we were all new to the breed at one time – the goal is to welcome everyone – and to look at each new member as an opportunity to be a Dobermann Educational Ambassador.
11. Do not post a thread solely aimed at getting the attention of another forum member (i.e. posting ATTENTION FRED SMITH!) The forum provides a private messaging system for contacting individual forum members.
12. Posts soliciting for multilevel marketing schemes (e.g. Free Ipod or similar) are not allowed.
13. Multiple posts about the same thing across many forums are considered "spamming" the site and will result in the poster being WARNED.
14. Please include a descriptive subject for your thread. People shouldn't have to open the thread to find out what the topic is!
15. Do not deliberately inflate your post count, aka "post-whoring" by responding to a thread with multiple responses when one would do, or "contributing" to threads with a constant string of "me to" or "yeah!" type comments. Deliberately inflating one's post count does nothing but waste server space and turn otherwise useful threads into impossible to navigate pages of junk.
16. Controversial subjects which are likely to start heated debates i.e Religious or political related posts may be posted in the forum labled “Steam Engine” (you must opt-in to this forum, **coming soon**). These topics are prohibited anywhere else on the forum. Experience with the forum has proven that political or religious discussions inevitably become flame fests, which are prohibited (see the rules above).
17. Items may be posted for sale in the “Classifieds” forum.
18. Litter announcements and photo updates are allowed by breeders who have been contributing members participating in The Doberman Station community for six months. Litter announcements will not contain any links or contact information nor any wording that could be construed as solicitation for puppy buyers.
19. There are many doberman related communities on the internet – there is room for all of us, but we do ask that you do not link other doberman forums in your posts. We have worked hard to create a repository of eduational information on this site and prefer you not refer people to another doberman forum for educational or resource material. Links to informational and educational sites are of course welcome. The Staff at The Dobermann Station welcomes your request for any information that we may not have yet provided.
20. The Dobermann Station has a very useful search feature. Many questions that new members might have will already have been answered - we recommend that you do a search first to see if someone has already provided an answer to your question.
21. It is expressly forbidden for any content contained on The Dobermann Station to be copied and posted or shared outside the forum to cause drama or pot stirring. HOWEVER you are allowed to use the share link to FaceBook and other social networking sites via the links provided on this forum.
How We Handle User Violations
1. Failure to comply with ANY of the Forum rules may result in disciplinary actions being taken against you, to include WARNINGS and eventual BANNING. Any member who receives 2 or more warnings may be banned from The Dobermann Station. With receipt of a second WARNING the member will be “dog housed” and placed on 30 days probation. Receipt of a 3rd WARNING may cause immediate Banning.
2. Warnings will be given out by Admins or Moderators when forum rules are violated. If you receive a warning, you will get a PM explaining the rule you violated, and will typically include a copy of the post that caused the problem. This system allows the recipient as well as forum staff members a future reference when determining a pattern of repeat behaviors. All warnings are shared with other moderators and with forum administration to insure our use of this system is fair and impartial.
3. If you're banned, do not register with another ID -- we *will* find out eventually, ban you again, and we may take further action, including the possibility of contacting your ISP to report the violation of our Terms of Service. Violations could possibly constitute violation of federal charges.
4. The forum Administrators and Moderators retain the right to modify, edit, move, or delete any posts made on the forum by virtue of their position and in compliance with the aforementioned standards. Further, if you continually or repeatedly violate the rules of the forum, your account will be banned.
5. Before we un-ban someone who wants back, we may require they provide a verifiable real name, age, address, and phone number. Only when we verify this info will we consider them returning to The Doberman Station. The reasoning for this removes the anonymity of the Internet and may lead to people who have been banned thinking twice before they start becoming a forum trouble maker again.
6. Finally, please don't "start a crusade" to get a banned member reinstated - they did it to themselves, and crusading to get them returned in open forum or group may do more harm than good and could cause you to earn a WARNING too. If you have an issue with a member being banned, take it up privately with the forum Administration, don't start threads about it. Remember, this is not a democracy, and forming a posse will NOT help you or the banned member. We want all of our members to enjoy their time here. Those who refuse to abide by these policies are asked to find a venue that suits them better, rather than create problems for our members and staff.
Site Settings
A. Personal Options
Signatures are a privilege and should not be used in any abusive manner and must conform to the site rules. You will only be warned once for inappropriate content contained within your signature and may loose the privilege of using a signature at any time seen fit by the administration. All signatures must also comply with the following guidelines.
1. May not contain more than 4 lines of text.
2. May not contain text with a font size larger than 3.
3. If an image is used, it must be no larger than 100 pixels high
4. The width of a signature image may not be more than 500 pixels.
5. The height of a signature image may not be more than 100 pixels.
Avatars are small images placed next to your username in your posts and profile. Your avatar should ideally reflect your personality because it is the first thing people will see when they read your posts. Your avatar can be changed in your user control panel. You can use a stock avatar from your profile page or you can use a 'direct link" to a photo online. If you wish to use a custom avatar, they may be no larger than 100X100 pixels and must comply with the site rules.
B. Security and Privacy
Passwords should be kept secure at all times and never shared with anyone else. It is recommended that you use a password that is at least 6 characters containing upper and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols (!, @, #, $, etc.). You should not use your name, or the name of a relative, friend, pet, or anything that some one else would be able to easily guess. It is also a good habit to change your password occasionally.
Email addresses are required for communication and verification purposes. You should maintain a valid email address that allows email from dobermannstation.com. Email addresses are considered confidential information and will never be provided to a third party. It is recommended that you consider it confidential as well and only provide it in private when necessary.
Private Messaging system
PMs are provided as a convenient method for members to contact one another and receive updates or other communitcations (warnings) from the staff. Its use is subject to our rules governing spam and solicitation, and it is the member's responsibility to maintain their inbox and other PM folders. The PM system is not intended for legal correspondence between members, and The Dobermann Station can not be held responsible for any content contained within PMs nor any inconvenience caused by data lost in the PM system.
Ownership of Intellectual Property and Copyrights
All copyrights and other intellectual property including but not limited to artwork, graphics, buttons, textual content, video and audio files, trademarks, official logos and other content available to the user of this site ('Content') is owned by The Dobermann Station, or used with permission from another source or a participating member.
You must not copy, modify, reproduce, transmit, upload, distribute, reverse-manipulate, disassemble or otherwise convert the content of this website to another form. Notices of copyright, trademarks or other marks and logos must not be changed that accompany the content of this website.
You may make a simple hyperlink to our site from any part of your website. Deep hyper linking is forbidden (a link beyond our home page). You may not target our website hyperlink to any frame that displays your logos or identifies your website as being part of our website.
You may not use our content on your website or any other website without our written permission from the Owners of this forum.
Unless otherwise specified, all trademarks and logos used on this site are the property of The Dobermann Station or its official agents.
Copyright and Disclaimers
Disclaimer - Endorsements or Advertising
This website may refer to commercial and other products and/or services either directly, indirectly or by hyperlinks. The Dobermann Station does not endorse or make any warranties or representations about such references. Any such hyperlinks are made for your convenience only and we rely upon you to make your own judgments and decisions regarding third party products or services and external websites. The Dobermann Station, nor any of its agents, are bound by or support any of the links to external businesses, websites or ideas promoted on our forum.
Use of this Site:
Limitation of Liability and Disclaimer
Forum Administration, staff and moderators do not vouch for or warrant the credibility and truthfulness of any messages that are posted here. The opinion of the author is not necessarily the opinion, attitude or stance of The Dobermann Station or its staff.
The Dobermann Station does not and can not review all of the messages posted on this forum and will not be responsible for the content of said messages. We reserve the right to delete any post or thread for any reason, or no reason. You remain solely responsible for the content of your own messages and agree to indemnify and hold us harmless with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s).
This is a public forum for people to express their opinions within the bounds of the forum rules and guidelines. Any abuse of the guidelines should be reported to the administration and/or staff for review. Dependent on the availability of staff and the varied time zones across the world, any such report of abuse will be dealt with at the earliest opportunity.
The Dobermann Station also reserves the right to reveal your identity or whatever information we know about you, in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you.
Neither The Dobermann Station, or anyone who helped develop, create, produce or deliver the content on this site is liable for any damages related to your use of or inability to use the site, even if advised of the possibility of such damages, unless they acted willfully or with gross negligence or that liability may not otherwise be lawfully excluded.
This includes, but is not limited to damages intended to compensate you directly for any loss or injury or damages that do not flow directly from an action, but only from some of the consequences or results of such action (consequential damages); and other miscellaneous damages and expenses, such as incidental, special or punitive damages.
There is no warranty against interference with your enjoyment of the information on this website. There is no warranty that this website, the information contained in it or our efforts will fulfill any of your particular purposes or needs.
While we reserve the right to remove any postings or any other information that we may feel is offensive or otherwise objectionable, we are not responsible for any material posted by any user or for any information whatsoever contained in any linked sites. You agree that The Dobermann Station and its affiliates are not responsible or liable for any defamatory, offensive, infringing or illegal conduct of any other visitor to this site or any other third party.
All content, once posted to The Doberman Station, becomes content authorized by you for retention and disply by The Dobermann Station for the express use and enjoyment of the membership. Members may not demand content be deleted once a member is no longer active.
Privacy Settings
Your privacy is important to us. The Dobermann Station maintains the site and is responsible for maintaining User privacy. The Dobermann Station information gathering and dissemination policy is disclosed below:
Unless expressly required by law or as stated below, The Dobermann Station will never sell or divulge Contact or Database information, nor will it sell or trade any personal information for purposes of telemarketing, list brokering, bulk ground mail or email listing ("spam").
Contact Information:
Some services offered by The Dobermann Station require certain information (such as a User's name and email address). Supplying this information is at the User's voluntary and adult discretion.
Third Party Privacy: Some services included on this website are provided by third parties who have their own Privacy Policies. Although we review these policies to ensure they meet with our approval and standards, the User is solely responsible for determining the acceptability of these policies as they apply to the User.
Communication:
The Dobermann Station may use Contact Information to contact Users when necessary regarding their forum participation or signup, submission information or other service issues, advise of new company and website features, and advise of particular User benefits and information. Use of this site constitutes consent by users to receive communication from The Dobermann Station. Although messages sent to and from persons on the site by email or private message are to be considered private, if there is abuse reported by any system, public or private, on the site, certain monitoring procedures may occur if deemed necessary.
Removal of User Contact Information: With the exception of information considered public record, Users wishing to remove any of their personal information from The Dobermann Station databases may contact the site administration and state their wishes. However, we will not remove your user account or your posts.
Linking Policy - Reciprical webite linking by permission only.
Membership here is your Ticket to ride on the Friendliest Dobermann Community on the Web with the most experienced founding members to provide help and support. The Dobermann Station is an international forum created to celebrate the magnificent Dobermann breed and to help educate anyone who wants to learn more about them. Our goal in creating this forum is to provide a friendly, social online community where members are encouraged to ask questions, share their experiences and opinions on all issues related to owning, training, showing and breeding the Dobermann.
The Dobermann Station does not condone the breeding of WZ factored nor white Dobermanns. We expect responsible breeders to follow the Code of Ethics, Breed Standards and Breeding Guidelines as published by the AKC/DPCA in the USA, FCI/DV in Europe and all other foreign breed organizations.
This forum requires that you register to participate. Registration is quick and easy. Requiring registration helps us to eliminate spam.
Any online social community is only as good as the members who support it through their participation. We would like to encourage you to look around and read the forums, feel free to start a new thread, or comment on an existing discussion. It is your participation that will make this forum a success. We can’t wait to meet you, so first thing you need to do is to post an introduction so we can get to know you.
This forum is moderated by members with many years experience in the Dobermann community. Please report any inappropriate or rude posts. We will try to address these issues as soon as possible. Our intent is to encourage thoughtful, spirited and constructive conversations. Please remember to be courteous and respectful in all posts. All opinions and points of view are welcomed and encouraged, however we do insist that the delivery of those opinions ALWAYS be polite and respectful.
We want to make this forum the best it can be and appreciate any and all suggestions on how we can make this forum better.
Terms of Service (TOS) The Dobermann Station (DS) www.thedobermannstation.com is a privately owned and operated website. Use of this site is at the user's sole risk and discretion.
Although The Dobermann Station has rules governing objectionable content, this site is intended to be an adult community, adult atmosphere and for adult discussion. Some parents or guardians may consider its context or content inappropriate for children, and parental discretion is therefore advised. Children under the age of 18 are ineligible to hold member accounts on the The Dobermann Station forums, so COPPA terms and parameters cannot apply.
Unless otherwise explicitly stated in writing, and to the full extent permissible by law, The Dobermann Station and the respective sponsors and contributors to this website, disclaim any warranties or guarantees of any kind regarding anything stated, offered, or inferred on this website by any third party, and cannot be held responsible for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive or consequential damages, express or implied, resulting from the use of this website.
The owners, administrators and moderators of The Dobermann Station make every effort to comply with local, state, federal, and international law regarding the dissemination of content via this website. Users of this site agree to address any content infringement concerns directly to the site administration while granting reasonable grounds and timeframe for discussion and rectification of possible content infringement violations prior to pursuing any formal legal recourse.
Images of people, animals, or places displayed on the Site are either the property of, or used with permission by, The Dobermann Station. The use of these images or screen shots by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions or specific permission provided elsewhere on the Site. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity and communications regulations and statutes. You are also advised that The Dobermann Station will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including the seeking of criminal prosecution.
The Dobermann Station has not reviewed all the sites linked to this Site and is not responsible for the content of any other sites linked to this Site. Members linking to any other off-site pages or other sites is done at their own risk.
Although The Dobermann Station monitors or reviews discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards, and the like on the Site, The Dobermann Station is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such locations nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger or inaccuracy contained in any information within such locations on the Site. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law. The Dobermann Station will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing The Dobermann Station to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.
The Dobermann Station may from time to time contain information relating to various medical, health and fitness conditions of pets and their treatment. This is for informational and andectdotal purposes only and is not meant to be inferred as a substitute for the advice provided by a veterinarian or other medical professional. Members should not use the information contained herein for diagnosing a pet's health or fitness problem or disease. Members should always consult their own veterinarian and medical advisors.
The Dobermann Station may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting. Members are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the then current Terms and Conditions to which you are bound.
Using this website in any fashion or for any purpose automatically constitutes having read, understood and accepted these terms and conditions.
Policies & Procedures:
Foremost, The Dobermann Station (DS), its services, content, features and forums are intended as places where Dobermann fanciers can exchange and post information pertaining to the breed. We have owners from all over the world working together to better educate and help fellow owners. This site is a mix of experienced and inexperienced owners. Our goal is to help every owner take the best possible care of their dog(s) and understand the breed’s standard, its inherent natural protection characteristics and behaviors.
This section of The Dobermann Station has been specifically created to grant all site visitors and forum participants a clear idea of what is expected of them as members. These sections explain the rules, guidelines, and regulations that are to be followed when using or participating on this forum. Every user that registers is held accountable for their own knowledge of the following sections. Using The Dobermann Station in any fashion requires that all registered users have familiarized themselves with the Terms of Service i.e. the rules, guidelines, and legalities that members agree to abide by.
The Dobermann Station administrative agents reserve the right to modify these rules at any time deemed necessary without any prior written notice. A Forum notice will be posted immediately following any changes to the Terms of Service. It is your responsibility to keep up with any changes that are made to ensure that you abide by these terms at all times.
Rules and Regulations
On behalf of the Administrators, Moderators, and members of www.thedobermannstation.com , welcome to our forum. Please be aware of the following rules and regulations regarding usage and membership to this forum. The Dobermann Station prides itself on being one of the premier doberman forums on the Internet. As such, it’s important that we keep the site as friendly and on-topic as possible. The following rules outline how we try to keep this a place where everyone feels welcome and comfortable to participate. Enjoy your stay!
User Conduct
1. Attacks on moderators will not be tolerated, and may result in an immediate permanent ban. Moderators sometimes have to make difficult judgment calls, but remember we *are* human (well at least try very hard to act human and not dobermann!) Hopefully we'll make decisions that are considered "correct" by the majority of the community. Do not post complaints, criticisms, or moderation questions on the forum. These posts will be deleted and no explanation will be given. If you have a concern about a particular moderator, or posted content please send a private message to an Administrator or use the Report Post button (looks like a YIELD sign with an !) located at the Upper Right corner of the post in question. And if you have constructive suggestions on improvements that can be help the forum, please post them in the Ask the Admins area.
2. Keep in mind that this forum is not a democracy. We have the right to refuse service to anyone. If you make yourself too big of a pain in the butt to the moderating community or otherwise act in a fashion that will reflect negatively on the forum or on the breed, your membership may be revoked.
3. This is not a site where bashing or trashing of other forums, gossip, or rude behavior will be tolerated, so please do not engage in such. . If you want to talk about something that happened on another forum (drama)- take it to PM. No distinction will be made between the instigator and those who merely participate helping to fan the flames
4. Personal attacks against any person, whether they are a forum member or not, will not be tolerated. Nor will any type of "trolling" posting to start drama or instigate a fight be allowed. This includes political attacks, slurs, or sneering at any viewpoint or political party.
5. No racist, homophobic, or misogynistic remarks, including derogatory slang, be it overt or covert, will be tolerated.
6. Do not make posts about anything which can be defined or deemed to be statutorily illegal. This includes, but is not limited to: death threats, terroristic threats, threats of harm to another individual, multi-level marketing schemes, "ponzi schemes", invasion of privacy, credit card fraud, racketeering, defamation, slander, libel and other common illegal activities.
7. Members are guaranteed free speech under our constitution. However, that does not entitle you to be rude or disrespectful. All member posts must be respectful. You are certainly encouraged to state your opinion, but it must be done respectfully. Politeness is a bit of a broad term, but all posts will be moderated to ensure that they are polite and respectful.
An example would be disrespecting dobermann owners who choose to crop over those that prefer natural dobes or vice versa. Members will not be allowed to be condecending or judgmental for their choice of organization/activity/showing/trialing/training endeavor. This forum will not tolerate an elitist intolerant attitude. If a moderator believes you are being purposefully disrespectful to a fellow member, you will be sent a WARNING.
8. Don't make libelous accusations. If you have a problem with another member/ kennel/ or person, and cannot provide documentation of proof, don’t bring it into the forum. It could be treated as grounds for a lawsuit if you do. Posts with accusations but no proof will be deleted, and the poster will be WARNED.
9. The forum strives to maintain a friendly, adult atmosphere for its members. No sexually explicit material, nudity, or graphic violence will be posted on The Dobermann Station. The forum standard is that if it's something you wouldn't see on network TV, don't post it. If you have to ask yourself if it might be offensive to some members – don’t post it. Do not use vulgarity in the title of the thread. Inside a thread, profanity will only be allowed if used in a controlled manner, and not directed at a particular forum member. Again, just try and be respectful and considerate of other forum members.
10. Attacks on members new to the breed will not be tolerated. Remember we were all new to the breed at one time – the goal is to welcome everyone – and to look at each new member as an opportunity to be a Dobermann Educational Ambassador.
11. Do not post a thread solely aimed at getting the attention of another forum member (i.e. posting ATTENTION FRED SMITH!) The forum provides a private messaging system for contacting individual forum members.
12. Posts soliciting for multilevel marketing schemes (e.g. Free Ipod or similar) are not allowed.
13. Multiple posts about the same thing across many forums are considered "spamming" the site and will result in the poster being WARNED.
14. Please include a descriptive subject for your thread. People shouldn't have to open the thread to find out what the topic is!
15. Do not deliberately inflate your post count, aka "post-whoring" by responding to a thread with multiple responses when one would do, or "contributing" to threads with a constant string of "me to" or "yeah!" type comments. Deliberately inflating one's post count does nothing but waste server space and turn otherwise useful threads into impossible to navigate pages of junk.
16. Controversial subjects which are likely to start heated debates i.e Religious or political related posts may be posted in the forum labled “Steam Engine” (you must opt-in to this forum, **coming soon**). These topics are prohibited anywhere else on the forum. Experience with the forum has proven that political or religious discussions inevitably become flame fests, which are prohibited (see the rules above).
17. Items may be posted for sale in the “Classifieds” forum.
18. Litter announcements and photo updates are allowed by breeders who have been contributing members participating in The Doberman Station community for six months. Litter announcements will not contain any links or contact information nor any wording that could be construed as solicitation for puppy buyers.
19. There are many doberman related communities on the internet – there is room for all of us, but we do ask that you do not link other doberman forums in your posts. We have worked hard to create a repository of eduational information on this site and prefer you not refer people to another doberman forum for educational or resource material. Links to informational and educational sites are of course welcome. The Staff at The Dobermann Station welcomes your request for any information that we may not have yet provided.
20. The Dobermann Station has a very useful search feature. Many questions that new members might have will already have been answered - we recommend that you do a search first to see if someone has already provided an answer to your question.
21. It is expressly forbidden for any content contained on The Dobermann Station to be copied and posted or shared outside the forum to cause drama or pot stirring. HOWEVER you are allowed to use the share link to FaceBook and other social networking sites via the links provided on this forum.
How We Handle User Violations
1. Failure to comply with ANY of the Forum rules may result in disciplinary actions being taken against you, to include WARNINGS and eventual BANNING. Any member who receives 2 or more warnings may be banned from The Dobermann Station. With receipt of a second WARNING the member will be “dog housed” and placed on 30 days probation. Receipt of a 3rd WARNING may cause immediate Banning.
2. Warnings will be given out by Admins or Moderators when forum rules are violated. If you receive a warning, you will get a PM explaining the rule you violated, and will typically include a copy of the post that caused the problem. This system allows the recipient as well as forum staff members a future reference when determining a pattern of repeat behaviors. All warnings are shared with other moderators and with forum administration to insure our use of this system is fair and impartial.
3. If you're banned, do not register with another ID -- we *will* find out eventually, ban you again, and we may take further action, including the possibility of contacting your ISP to report the violation of our Terms of Service. Violations could possibly constitute violation of federal charges.
4. The forum Administrators and Moderators retain the right to modify, edit, move, or delete any posts made on the forum by virtue of their position and in compliance with the aforementioned standards. Further, if you continually or repeatedly violate the rules of the forum, your account will be banned.
5. Before we un-ban someone who wants back, we may require they provide a verifiable real name, age, address, and phone number. Only when we verify this info will we consider them returning to The Doberman Station. The reasoning for this removes the anonymity of the Internet and may lead to people who have been banned thinking twice before they start becoming a forum trouble maker again.
6. Finally, please don't "start a crusade" to get a banned member reinstated - they did it to themselves, and crusading to get them returned in open forum or group may do more harm than good and could cause you to earn a WARNING too. If you have an issue with a member being banned, take it up privately with the forum Administration, don't start threads about it. Remember, this is not a democracy, and forming a posse will NOT help you or the banned member. We want all of our members to enjoy their time here. Those who refuse to abide by these policies are asked to find a venue that suits them better, rather than create problems for our members and staff.
Site Settings
A. Personal Options
Signatures are a privilege and should not be used in any abusive manner and must conform to the site rules. You will only be warned once for inappropriate content contained within your signature and may loose the privilege of using a signature at any time seen fit by the administration. All signatures must also comply with the following guidelines.
1. May not contain more than 4 lines of text.
2. May not contain text with a font size larger than 3.
3. If an image is used, it must be no larger than 100 pixels high
4. The width of a signature image may not be more than 500 pixels.
5. The height of a signature image may not be more than 100 pixels.
Avatars are small images placed next to your username in your posts and profile. Your avatar should ideally reflect your personality because it is the first thing people will see when they read your posts. Your avatar can be changed in your user control panel. You can use a stock avatar from your profile page or you can use a 'direct link" to a photo online. If you wish to use a custom avatar, they may be no larger than 100X100 pixels and must comply with the site rules.
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Passwords should be kept secure at all times and never shared with anyone else. It is recommended that you use a password that is at least 6 characters containing upper and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols (!, @, #, $, etc.). You should not use your name, or the name of a relative, friend, pet, or anything that some one else would be able to easily guess. It is also a good habit to change your password occasionally.
Email addresses are required for communication and verification purposes. You should maintain a valid email address that allows email from dobermannstation.com. Email addresses are considered confidential information and will never be provided to a third party. It is recommended that you consider it confidential as well and only provide it in private when necessary.
Private Messaging system
PMs are provided as a convenient method for members to contact one another and receive updates or other communitcations (warnings) from the staff. Its use is subject to our rules governing spam and solicitation, and it is the member's responsibility to maintain their inbox and other PM folders. The PM system is not intended for legal correspondence between members, and The Dobermann Station can not be held responsible for any content contained within PMs nor any inconvenience caused by data lost in the PM system.
Ownership of Intellectual Property and Copyrights
All copyrights and other intellectual property including but not limited to artwork, graphics, buttons, textual content, video and audio files, trademarks, official logos and other content available to the user of this site ('Content') is owned by The Dobermann Station, or used with permission from another source or a participating member.
You must not copy, modify, reproduce, transmit, upload, distribute, reverse-manipulate, disassemble or otherwise convert the content of this website to another form. Notices of copyright, trademarks or other marks and logos must not be changed that accompany the content of this website.
You may make a simple hyperlink to our site from any part of your website. Deep hyper linking is forbidden (a link beyond our home page). You may not target our website hyperlink to any frame that displays your logos or identifies your website as being part of our website.
You may not use our content on your website or any other website without our written permission from the Owners of this forum.
Unless otherwise specified, all trademarks and logos used on this site are the property of The Dobermann Station or its official agents.
Copyright and Disclaimers
Disclaimer - Endorsements or Advertising
This website may refer to commercial and other products and/or services either directly, indirectly or by hyperlinks. The Dobermann Station does not endorse or make any warranties or representations about such references. Any such hyperlinks are made for your convenience only and we rely upon you to make your own judgments and decisions regarding third party products or services and external websites. The Dobermann Station, nor any of its agents, are bound by or support any of the links to external businesses, websites or ideas promoted on our forum.
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Limitation of Liability and Disclaimer
Forum Administration, staff and moderators do not vouch for or warrant the credibility and truthfulness of any messages that are posted here. The opinion of the author is not necessarily the opinion, attitude or stance of The Dobermann Station or its staff.
The Dobermann Station does not and can not review all of the messages posted on this forum and will not be responsible for the content of said messages. We reserve the right to delete any post or thread for any reason, or no reason. You remain solely responsible for the content of your own messages and agree to indemnify and hold us harmless with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s).
This is a public forum for people to express their opinions within the bounds of the forum rules and guidelines. Any abuse of the guidelines should be reported to the administration and/or staff for review. Dependent on the availability of staff and the varied time zones across the world, any such report of abuse will be dealt with at the earliest opportunity.
The Dobermann Station also reserves the right to reveal your identity or whatever information we know about you, in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you.
Neither The Dobermann Station, or anyone who helped develop, create, produce or deliver the content on this site is liable for any damages related to your use of or inability to use the site, even if advised of the possibility of such damages, unless they acted willfully or with gross negligence or that liability may not otherwise be lawfully excluded.
This includes, but is not limited to damages intended to compensate you directly for any loss or injury or damages that do not flow directly from an action, but only from some of the consequences or results of such action (consequential damages); and other miscellaneous damages and expenses, such as incidental, special or punitive damages.
There is no warranty against interference with your enjoyment of the information on this website. There is no warranty that this website, the information contained in it or our efforts will fulfill any of your particular purposes or needs.
While we reserve the right to remove any postings or any other information that we may feel is offensive or otherwise objectionable, we are not responsible for any material posted by any user or for any information whatsoever contained in any linked sites. You agree that The Dobermann Station and its affiliates are not responsible or liable for any defamatory, offensive, infringing or illegal conduct of any other visitor to this site or any other third party.
All content, once posted to The Doberman Station, becomes content authorized by you for retention and disply by The Dobermann Station for the express use and enjoyment of the membership. Members may not demand content be deleted once a member is no longer active.
Privacy Settings
Your privacy is important to us. The Dobermann Station maintains the site and is responsible for maintaining User privacy. The Dobermann Station information gathering and dissemination policy is disclosed below:
Unless expressly required by law or as stated below, The Dobermann Station will never sell or divulge Contact or Database information, nor will it sell or trade any personal information for purposes of telemarketing, list brokering, bulk ground mail or email listing ("spam").
Contact Information:
Some services offered by The Dobermann Station require certain information (such as a User's name and email address). Supplying this information is at the User's voluntary and adult discretion.
Third Party Privacy: Some services included on this website are provided by third parties who have their own Privacy Policies. Although we review these policies to ensure they meet with our approval and standards, the User is solely responsible for determining the acceptability of these policies as they apply to the User.
Communication:
The Dobermann Station may use Contact Information to contact Users when necessary regarding their forum participation or signup, submission information or other service issues, advise of new company and website features, and advise of particular User benefits and information. Use of this site constitutes consent by users to receive communication from The Dobermann Station. Although messages sent to and from persons on the site by email or private message are to be considered private, if there is abuse reported by any system, public or private, on the site, certain monitoring procedures may occur if deemed necessary.
Removal of User Contact Information: With the exception of information considered public record, Users wishing to remove any of their personal information from The Dobermann Station databases may contact the site administration and state their wishes. However, we will not remove your user account or your posts.
Linking Policy - Reciprical webite linking by permission only.
