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Originally Posted by Mardelin  I'll answer one question, the one about turning down a dog if they have the opportunity to purchase it through the back door. Mary Ann obtained CJ from me....This Time and Pastoral pedigree 10 generations of Champions on the Sire and Dam Side including Sire & Dam....she actually went to my breeder and spoke to her, making it was ok with her and to insure my breeder that her lines would remain protected. This is integrity |
Yes that is integrity, no doubt about it. Let me ask you this, does that mean I have less integrity because I didnt go back several generations and ask permission of a breeder to buy a dog that the rightful owner of that dog was selling to me? A dog that may have been acquired through "the back door", as you call it but acquired legally none the less?" Is the dog not as valuable because it was acquired through the "back door"? Would it be more valuable if a show breeder owned it as opposed to someone who doesnt show and in a show breeders eyes "not worthy" of owning that dog? I see where you are coming from Mardelin, I truely do, but do you see what I am saying too?