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Originally Posted by Obie  I have taken quality many of times in my breeding program and it doesn't work that way April Love. Sorry. No, you need to be a breeder when discussing a new breed as the Biewer. And, a good breeder needs to be backed up by a good mentor. Don't ever think you can wing it without knowledge. A moment in time is just that - a moment in time, but back that up with knowledge is something else. I'm not saying your unknowledgable, however, I am saying your unknowledgable in breeding. That is a big difference. |
OK.. this I don't understand either. Do you mean to say that because a person is not a breeder, they can have no opinion on this breed? Because she isn't a breeder she has no knowledge of how these dogs are developing or what they do or need?
I know you learn alot by breeding and by doing.. but MaryKay and many of our "non" breeders are an integral part of our Biewers development. Just because they don't physically hold a dog while they're mating or pull a pup out of the sac, doesn't mean they couldn't do it if they needed too.
MK lives very close to me, she can be with the puppies from hours old .. she has graciously agreed to adopt 2 of my Biewers .. I would trust her in a New York minute with the lives of my dogs or the health of the puppies. She watches as puppies are born. Our breeders are always mentoring the "non" breeders, we talk with them equally about problems with the dogs, ask, give and recieve advice. There is no hierarchy .. I'd venture to guess she knows more about her dogs then 1/2 of the breeders out there, know and understand about theirs .. for many, these dogs are in intrigal part of their lives and treated and thought of as members of their family. You can not discount that devotion as trivial or the knowledge of the breed as nonexsistant or meaningless.
-Diana
