Ok I know everyone is wanting me to post up on my views of the thread so I guess I better before it grows and it takes me another week to read all the posts. I have a very busy schecule and it is like a second job to keep up with the movement of the board. this one moves a LOT faster than my car message forum.
Anyway enoungh of that.
I think the response from this thread was well stated and logical. My main purpose of starting this thread was to find out exactly what the members of the board viewed as a mill. To me it seemed as if every time one would post that they were getting a new puppy, everyone would make the same post saying make sure it is not a mill. Most of the time it seemed to me that if they were getting it from a breeder. To me a breeder cannot be a mill just merely a good or bad breeder. A mill is something that contains a vast number of dogs of many breeds, relies on puppy sales as it's only source of income, and also has many employees working for it. A breeder is one who breeds a few breeds of dogs, can but not always depend on the sale of puppies as it's primary source of income, and is run by themselves or with their family.
I started this thread because I didn't like seeing everyone ask if someone was getting a new puppy from a mill. Kelly and I are thinking about getting a new puppy, and she is determined not to buy a mill puppy. I can understand her concerns, but everytime we would see an ad for a yorkie puppy the first thing I would hear "I want to check it out make sure it's not a mill." I plan on buying a dog from a small breeder who can take care of their puppies. I see no reason to want to find something wrong with whoever you are buying your puppy from. It's like the breeder instantly becomes a wounded duck in a lake full of alligators. I believe people should check the breeder out to make sure they treat the dogs to their satisifaction levels. Members of the board should post up what to look for in a puppy rather than "make sure it isn't a mill".
The deffinitions of mills explaned in this thread were great. My only request is to try to encourage the person to buy the right puppy by giving advice of what good qualities to look for in the breeder and the dog itself. It is so easy to focus on the negitive that it brings the moral of the board and the person buying the puppy down. The world has enough problems as it is we don't need people being upset because someone told them that something that would bring them joy is bad.
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Originally Posted by Kelz Haha actually!! when i got home yesterday and went to let bentley out of his crate..he came out wearing a polo shirt! Brett put it on him before he left. i was mad that he put it in the dryer b/c i didnt want it to shrink..He wanted to show me it didnt |
That was only to prove my point that I do know how to do laundry and that I was right about the shirt not shrinking. I did not like putting the shirt on him and I took it off later that night.
For those wondering....my sleeping arrangements didn't change. I was allowed to sleep in the bed. I'm glad I did considering it is MINE.