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Community Guidelines
Comments that are overly offensive, negative, disrespectful, or abusive will be deleted and the user may be blocked. Great and Small Animal Behavior and Training promotes the well-being and humane treatment of all animals, and comments that contradict that mentality will be deleted and the user may be blocked.
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The following are more specific guidelines regarding user comments:
- Privacy: Whenever possible, comments containing email, phone numbers, or other personal information will be edited or deleted as soon as possible to protect the affected party. To protect your privacy and prevent deletion, never share private, personal information within the website comments or social media forums. Refer to the Privacy Policy for more information.
- Relevance and Repetition: Please read over all comments before asking a question to ensure we have not already answered a similar question. Only post comments that are relevant to the conversation or article. Any link posted containing inappropriate, irrelevant, or overly self-promotional links will be removed and the user may be blocked.
- Blocking Users: We reserve the right to delete comments, block users, and end subscriptions for breaking the Comments Policy or Terms and Conditions, at our discretion. Comment deemed as spam will be blocked and the responsible party may be blocked.
- Respect: Comments which include inappropriate or offensive language, or are otherwise deemed disrespectful or abusive will be deleted at our discretion. Creators of such comments may be blocked. When appropriate, commenters may dispute this decision, retract, or rephrase in a constructive manner. Restated comments are subject to website approval.
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