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Originally Posted by feminvstr  IMHO the breeders section is flooded with controversy often times, non breeders posting their opinions (everyone has an opinion) but what one needs to think about is the advice you are giving is not by experience but from what youve read...I would hate to see a non breeder give the wrong advice and a novice to follow it! that kind of reckless post could compromise the health of the bitch or her offspring.
Many experienced breeder post less and less because of the constant bitch fest ... 9 times out of 10 the novice will do as they wish not listening to the experienced breeder. Often time you will read the nonbreeder chastising the experienced breeder because of posting in a blantant tone or posting in a unkind manner, then the advice to the OP falls on deaf ears and the breeder appears to be the bad guy....
Please walk in our shoes and feel the frustration and pain breeders go though reading posts like "my girl is 3 lbs and want to have a litter" or "I have a pregnant mom do anytime WHAT DO I DO" or "should I breed my chi to my yorkie" or the best "I want to have one litter because my puppy is so cute" sometimes there is no other way to post but from the heart and FROM EXPERIENCE! I think most try to be kind but the frustration mounts when the nonexperienced breeders involve themself. |
You always says things with tact!!! I wish I could do that. I dont post much in the breeder section for the reasons you have stated and also I am not a vet or a vet tech and I dont feel appropriate giving out veterinary advice even though I have been breeding Yorkies for 25 years. I still dont know all and probably never will. I love this section and have learned alot, but mostly from the experienced breeders. I cringe every time I read about "my Yorkie is PG, what do I do?, or when will she deliver, or I want to breed my t-cup!!, or I am studding out by boy, etc. I know I am way to blunt and to the point in alot of my posts. It seems like the in-experienced breeders on here dont really want advice and ,Heaven forbid,if its not what they want to hear. I dont feel that breeding should be sugar coated and I refuse to always have to beat around the bush just to make someone happy about their un-educated decision.Sometimes I think it is also a ploy for attention or to start up trouble or are using this section as a venue to sell puppies. I have gotten to the point that I dont feel sorry for these posters, only the dogs which, unfortunately, have fallen into the wrong homes. I always wonder why these "breeders" dont just go to the vet. Isnt that these most logical thing to do? I know all breeders started somewhere. But wouldnt you want to educate yourself before you took the plunge?