[KTBleeding]

Sorry, I didn't mean to mislead you with my links. I am not saying that your site should be like the ones I listed. I was merely adding onto GFXHelps suggestion. You asked him for examples, and I answered it for him.

My links were merely pointing to the more popular sites for pets / pet enthusiasts to give ideas for your site style.

I don't want to sound rude, but the current state of your site is something that anyone with ~$200 can do. Purchase and install vB, install vBa, mess around slightly with the theme, and you're good to go.

Your site also assumes that most of the visitors are familiar with (the extremely non-friendly user interface of) vBadvanced, and vBulletin. It really narrows down your audience quite a bit. A ton of people don't understand confusing forums that are loaded with all the bells and whistles, and they get intimidated and scared off at first glance. User friendly design almost eliminates any worry in that field, in my opinion.