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Originally Posted by YorkieRose I am probably going to get suspended for this but it is time to stand up..
Suddenly Yorkie Talk has become THE place to sell puppies. Breeder come here and are not up front about who they are, they are using "User Namers" so as to not be known as a "pet site puppy seller."
Once these pups are sold we never see them again...
I am sick of it..
Yorkie Talk is becoming another Yorkies Direct..except the owner of the site is not hawking his pups..he is allowing anyone and everyone to hawk theirs.
I do not advertize my pups here, but I feel it should be for contributing, regular posting members only...and you should have to give your full name in the ad. YT is one of the few who allow puppy selling and now I see why.
I have stated my opinion, no name calling, just the truth as I see it. |
Pat~
I have to side with wnalegria on this issue.
Of course I agree that no misleading advertising should be allowed, but...
I am confused as to why show breeders would be ashamed to have it known that they sold their pet quality puppies on a "pet site" as you refer to Yorkie Talk? Especially a "pet site" with as many compassionate and caring yorkie fanciers as we have.
The comparison of YT to Yorkies Direct is particularly offensive to me because I heard from members that YD turned out to be a "puppymill". I have no personally knowledge of whether this is true or not.
I feel that admin has done a commendable job with the guidelines for sales. I feel that the sales area of the forum is a benefit to our membership. We are always advising newbies about the guidelines for buying a puppy and what to look for in the puppy and the breeder. In the end they make the decision, hopefully after gathering the different opinions on here and educating themselves to a point where they feel comfortable with all the aspects they have to consider including price.
I am not offended if a breeder, broker or private party comes on here and advertises whatever they have to sell (yorkie related) that might interest our members. At some point we have to realize that people will make their own decisions and we cannot control them completely.
There are some members on here who feel you should only buy from YTCA breeders. To my knowledge, and I have asked in the breeder section. there are no YTCA members here. The reason I found out is that the YTCA does not approve of it's members being members of these co-called "pet forums" and they can be asked to resign if they are discovered.
As a lover of the breed, this disturbs me greatly. How can we expect our members to buy from reputable show breeders if they are not even allowed to post on our forum? I understand ethics, but just think about WHY the YTCA would be so opposed to pet breeders?
These new members who advertised their litter here today sound like people I would like to welcome with open arms. It sounds like they care enough to spend the money to acquire top lines, they have tired showing and sound like they could add a lot to our discussions. I also think they will learn from some of the other members here which can only benefit the breed itself.