Most of my thoughts have already been mentioned ..
I've always felt that the stickies are kind of haphazard and not clear enough so that people notice them - and many don't even know what a "sticky" is. If only important things were stickied and clearly labeled, more people may be apt to go to them when looking for info.
When some of the forum sections have numerous stickies that are of limited interest, people learn to just scroll past them, too. And that habit carries across to other sections.
And I also think that many people are inherently lazy .. they want the exact advice for their dog and don't want to spend the time looking.
I have to give credit to those who give the same training advice over and over and over. It gets really old and I don't blame anyone for giving up after awhile. It's one of the reasons I've put several "articles" on my website and just link to them when people want to know something. It's just easier. And I'm a member of several forums, and I'm hit and miss on all of them because you tend to see the same stuff (different name is all) over and over. Every dog forum has its own "feel" but when it comes right down to it, the questions are almost all the same.
I'd like to see stickies in the training session all clearly marked. i.e. "Housebreaking", "Walking on a Loose Leash", "Stays", etc. Just having the basic subject and nothing else would help a lot, I think.
Melanie and the gang in Alaska
