[Yorkie3]

I’m really not quite sure how to put all my feelings into words. Right now all my emotions are so jumbled it’s hard to sort it out. Let me start by saying I have a beautiful little female who we lovingly call Fancy that I purchased from a wonderful breeder/friend. I had told the breeder that someday I might be interested in showing. I purchased Fancy in hopes of maybe showing her, but I purchased her at 12 weeks and we all know, or should know… that is too young to determine show quality. I fell in love with Fancy and bought her anyway…it didn’t really matter to be if she was showable.

Fancy has become quite the sweetheart and so pretty. I thought I would do what I thought everyone should do and have her evaluated. I took her to a show/breeder in a city close to mine. She was very nice and encouraging. Lots of information. Told me that Fancy was nice and had potential, that I needed to work with her and get her out of her shyness and use to other people and surroundings. You see, Fancy’s a mama’s girl.

While I was at this show/breeders home, another show/breeder called. The two must have talked about Fancy and me before as I don’t know what the one on the phone said, but my evaluator was saying,…”no, her ears are not too big and her nose is nice, could use a little longer neck and tail, the pictures just don’t do her justice.” That, to me tells me Fancy was discussed before. That’s okay…I don’t mind, nothing wrong with that at all.

When I got home, there was an email from my breeder apologizing that Fancy wasn’t what I wanted and offered my money back. There was no way I would let Fancy go, she’s one of our babies.

It seems this show/breeder (Not my evaluator) and my breeder were in contact and she told my breeder that she heard Fancy was too big and how could she sell me a show prospect at 12 weeks. I don’t know where this person got her information from, but my breeder never sold her to me as a show prospect. We had discussed that IF she happened to be show quality, I may give it a shot and see what would happen.

I am so disillusioned by all this that has taken place. There is more, but too much to write about. This show/breeder (not my evaluater) had no right to stick her nose into my and my breeder’s business. Why should it matter to her? From what I understand, she was quite rude and tried to humiliate her, made her cry. Why? What was the goal or purpose of this?

I honestly don’t know at this point if I want to show now or not. If it is more backstabbing, cut-throat, lying, deceiving then I want no part of it. I guess about the only thing that I was told that was true was I needed to be thick skinned. I’m going to have to toughen up a lot, considering I’ve already shed some tears and I haven’t even started yet. All I wanted was to get my Fancy evaluated, why did anyone else have to butt in and start crap for no reason.

This person even had the gall to call my breeder, before I even got home from my evaluation to tell her the good news about Fancy. I wanted to do that. Fancy is my baby; I wanted to brag to her breeder, I was so happy with the news and I didn’t even get a chance to tell her myself.

This person knows exactly whom I’m talking about. I feel so badly that this person is so sad and miserable in her life that she has to butt in to others, hurt us, make us cry. I will keep her in my prayers though, that's the kind of Christian I am, I think she needs it more than just about anyone else I’m praying for right now.

Administration, it’s okay if you want to close this thread, but please, please don’t delete it. I want others who might want to join the show circuit to know this kind of thing really happens and they too will have to be thick skinned. I hope they will be stronger than I and go after their dream of showing no matter what. I just don’t know if I will be able to.