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Originally Posted by matilda99  Well, that was nasty and sarcastic in an otherwise pleasant thread. Breeding stock is an efficient, technical way to refer to animals that were selected for their particular suitability for breeding; it wasn't meant as a derogatory way to make them sound like mere commodities. One can have pets that are also good "breeding stock," don't you think? Since you disapprove of breeding, where do you propose we should get Yorkies? |
The term "stock" makes it sound like the yorkies you are planning to breed are just items, or supplies that you plan on selling. She wasn't being nasty or sarcastic IMO. You wouldn't call a breeder and say "do you have any yorkies in stock?" right? Maybe the term is more acceptable for farm animals (not that I would know), but yorkies are pets, not cows or chickens that you are going to get food from.