[TeddyandTiffy]

I've been here for 2 & 1/2 Years and I have to say I was once a new Breeder myself. I came to YT for help and I got help. More help then I could ever ask for.

I for one VALUE everything taught to me here on YT. I VALUE that I've been TOLD no Lee you shouldn't do it this way, it should be done this way. I VALUE the wisdom others here has taken the time to pass on to me as a "NEW BREEDER" and YES I consider myself a "NEW BREEDER" for I still have so much to learn in Breeding, Whelping and Raising a Litter of Yorkie Puppies.

Since being here on YT for 2.5 years and we've lost older Breeders with wisdom we so desperately need here, lost new comers here who desperately need the older Breeders wisdom to learn from.

Don't we all have to start somewhere? Our dogs of any breed are not just laid at our feet to breed and whelp. We all have to start some where.

When us "Breeders" try to help others, we get downed for it. Why cause we are telling the truth? Because we've been down that very path of Whelping a litter of Yorkshire Terriers or other Breeds (Didn't want to leave them out either) and don't want to see someone loose their bitch or their litter of puppies so we give our advise.

By Breeders I mean all of us here at YT that Breed, it doesn't matter if we have special whelping rooms, Yorkie/other Breeds rooms, bedrooms, if we live in a big beautiful house, on a farm or in a tiny one bedroom apartment, in the City, Town or Country. If we've had 15 litters of Yorkies or 1, if we dress our Yorkies up in whelping outfits with beautiful hair bows or if their coats are a mess, long or short. We are all BREEDERS..There shouldn't be no big YOUs and little MEs here in the Breeders Section...We should be here to help others for we've Bred, Whelped and Have/Are Raising A Litter Of Yorkies or other Breeds (Didn't want to leave them out either).

Instead of trying to help others we're setting here counting how many puppies are going to be whelped. I can understand trying to get ones mind off of whelping, to try to calm their nerves. That is fine but not here at the Breeders Section. Start a Group for this.

Yes we need kindness but sometimes when kind, serious advice is given to others they their selves or someone else come and say something hateful back to the one who is just concerned about their bitch or litter. And now we wonder why we're loosing Good Valuable YT Members. Why must we down others here on the breeders section?

Take a look at the "Breeder Group" and I know some of you go there and read the post and replies given...Not everyone there agrees but you know what they help each other, don't argue, down each other and when someone is in the wrong they don't care one bit to admit it and say I'm sorry I hurt your feelings. They hug, kiss and make up and MOVE on to help someone else in the group. There's up and downs and lessons to be learned there and some of the "Best Teachers" out there in this group.

So ask yourself why are you here in the Breeders Section? Is it to get honest help? To help someone else from your own personal Breeding, Whelping or Raising A Litter Of Puppies? Or is it to play games, to guess at dates, to down each other? What is your true reason for being here on the Breeders Section?

I give my honest help here in the Breeders Section or at least try to, if there's a question asked that I don't know the answer to or I've not ever experienced from Breeding, Whelping or Raising A Litter from I tell them: "Hopefully someone else more experienced will answer your question". I'm here to try to help. And yes my own post may seem hateful at times, due to my passon for the Yorkshire Terrier Breed and cause I'm trying to learn breeding/whelping/raising Yorkshire Terriers. This is why I'm here in the Breeders Section. Once again these are my OPO and I hope I've not hurt any feelings over my OPOs and if I have I'm sorry. Lee