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Originally Posted by BamaFan121s  You are not mistaken. That is EXACTLY what I meant and how I feel. If people are going to breed irresponsibly and not listen or even consider advice being given, how on Earth could I help them? If someone is putting their dogs at risk, throwing your advice back at you, then I'll be darned if I'm going to continue to coach them through it and helping them risk the life of their dogs. You learn by listening to others and researching, not turning a deaf ear and doing what you please anyway. |
Not everyone is this way.
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Originally Posted by BamaFan121s Sadly, the only way many will learn is when something tragic happens and they have to deal with the consequences of their own actions.  So yeah, I'll say it again, I refuse to help anyone who breeds irresponsibly...it shocks me that anyone would do otherwise. |
I've been shocked many times from the very beginning. I was at a breeder's house and he had a dog in his basement with a completely broken in half leg. He told me he fell down the stairs with her and he didn't have the money to fix her leg. It had been like that for a year. I convinced him to turn the dog over to a rescue group. At least half of the breeders that I have met have been skuzbuckets. I was shocked to say the least but I don't look at it like I helped him...
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Originally Posted by BamaFan121s Yes, you are right, she got lots of good advice here and brought her dogs in--she got lots of good advice about alot of things. It was her choice as it is anyone else's if she is going to follow that or go her on way.
(Go back and research the situation...you'll see I offered to help her out...even drive to where she is to get the dogs and help rehome them if she felt she'd gotten in over her head and needed help.)
Yes, you are absolutely right...it's the dogs being hurt...that is the sad reality of the situation.
You are right, and like I said, you can't change the way things are, but I can choose whether or not to get involved in it. There are lots of aspects of the dog world (and outside of the dog world) that are not that way. That is where I think my time will be better spent.  |
The lady who sold me my first show dog once told me, in regard to dog show people "They'll eat you up and spit you out!" and I was like
uhm, somebody's being overly dramatic... but now I realize what she meant. You have to let things roll off you like a duck lets water roll off its back. What aspect of the dog world is not dog-eat-dog?
