A friend of mine gave me a copy of Poser 4 stating that it was too difficult for him to learn and what a waste of his money it was.  I took the two CD's set down after work and taught myself as best I could.  I am still learning, collecting tutorials and studying them.  But I am sorry to say that not much is out there when it comes to the anamation part of the program.  
I truely put my creation on Renderosity for the feedback, it lets me know how much I have learned or if it is negitive, what I need to be working on.  The only thing that really puzzles me at times on Renderosity, is how 300 people can look at your work and only five of those poeple comment.    Since working with poser I have started and co-own the comic book "WARRIORBORN".  I do all the 3D work for the pages and write the stories.