Dog Lovers Chat

Welcome dog lover! Feel free to join us in our Dog Lovers Chat. You don't need to sign up to chat but to get more features you can. If you have any questions, tips, ideas or comments, please let us know. Enjoy your stay here!

Watch this short funny dog video ;) IT ROCKS!

• Anything you type in a chat room can be seen by everyone who is using that chat room so be careful what you type. In cyberspace the walls don't so much have ears as eyes.
• Choose an non identifiable, non gender specific screen name (and keep it clean!)
• Never give out any personal information whilst chatting online. That means your real name, telephone or cell phone number[s], mailing address, passwords, banking details etc. Ignore requests for personal information like A/S/L and be vague with responses to questions like WITW.
• Never accept files or downloads from people you don't know or from people you do know, if you weren‘t expecting them. This includes URLs.
• Never arrange to meet someone offline that you only know through chat room conversations.
• Make sure you know how to save copies of your chat room conversations.
• Make sure you now how to report problems to the chat room moderator.
• Remember your Netiquette and be nice! Don’t send mean chat messages, get involved in chat room arguments (flaming) or incite others to do so.
  
  

It is easy to remain anonymous on the web and this can encourage some people to make up things about themselves, even passing off someone else's face as their own.

Sometimes people will give a false impression of themselves, either by exaggerating the truth or lying. A lot of the time you will instinctively know what another person is saying is odd or not quite right. This is your instinct, which acts as a self-defence, telling you something is wrong. It is important to trust these instincts and let your parent or carer know when you think something is wrong.

This instinct works best when you can see or hear a person, but obviously when talking to someone on the web it is not possible to do this so it is important to be even more alert.

The Chat Safe video shows how easy it is to be lulled into a false sense of security with someone you meet in a chatroom. But the following six points should help you to prevent this happening.

Chat Danger is a site all about the potential dangers on interactive services online like chat, IM, online games, email and on mobiles. You can read there what happened to one family... or what makes a good chat room.