That was because the offending account was deleted, and all the messages they sent went with the account.

It’s a bit of a cat and mouse game, but we will do everything we can to stop spam and spammers will always be removed from the site

We promise you 2010 will see k9friendsunited.com grow, and we will be adding new features and holding more competitions throughout the year.

Thanks to everyone who has come this far with us, and we can’t wait to get into 2010 which will be exciting for all of us.

See you then!

Congratulations maggiemakes, and a big thank you to everybody who took part by uploading their beautiful puppy photos, they really were all excellent.

The team at Guide Dogs UK were very impressed with all the photos entered and had a difficult time picking the winner. A big thank you to all the team there too, and don’t forget to visit the Sponsor a Puppy Appeal to help them train dogs that can change peoples’ lives.

A very famous book among people who build websites is “Don’t Make Me Think”, and describing members and profiles as showcases probably broke that golden rule.

So there you are, you are now a member and you have a profile. How do you feel about that?

To enter all you need to do is upload a photo of a puppy before Friday 11th December and tag it “puppycomp”.  The winning photo will be chosen by the Sponsor a Guide Dog Puppy at Guide Dogs UK, who we owe a big thanks to for doing it.

Another one seems easy – just beat the drums in time to the music.  Neil thought he had found his gaming niche but it turns out he has less rhythm than the tins that get tied behind a wedding car.

The third game is all about peripheral vision and mouse speed. The little targets disappear one by one and you have to click the spot where they were as fast as you can.

All good fun!

Yesterday you would have seen a big box with lots of words telling you what we think of ourselves, the latest photos, videos, blogs and forum posts. Now you get a poll, games info, articles and a shoutbox.  We will be adding more very soon, so hang around!

As always we really want to hear what you think of the changes we make, so please leave messages for Neil on his showcase, send him a k9 mail or use the shoutbox.

Oh, and by the way, the stuff about what we think of ourselves is tucked away down the bottom now and just has headlines.

She led the way for most of the month with a score of 184107 which looked unlikely to be surpassed. But then along came greengoddess who seemed to have snatched the prize from under caroline’s nose with a fantastic 224057. However, caroline’s response was an almost unbelievable 1335340.

So congratulations caroline, and congratulations to everybody who played Alchemy and made the competition so much fun!

They are called happytailsbooks and we came across them on twitter.  They have published a series of books containing stories of rescue dogs, and are looking for more.

Their website is happytailsbooks.com where you can submit a story (don’t forget to fill in the release form if you do), and you can follow them on twitter @happytailsbooks.

They are also interested in poems, photos and recipes – so you don’t need the comedic writing skills of ultravox_98 to make it in!