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Originally Posted by GreenwoodBiewer  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  |
Being a newbie at breeding I was very fortunate to have been mentored by VERY EXPERIENCED breeders, all three well over 12 years of breeding experience. Let me tell you, there is absolutely no way that you can understand what goes into breeding until you have bred dogs yourself. The chosing of the correct dogs, the knowing of how to pair dogs up, the birthing etc, etc, etc.
You have to know what you are doing when you are making judgements on a new breed. So to have never bred and then to come on and insult those that are very experienced is irresponsible.
Without knowing the results of a controlled study it is best to listen and learn than to jump to conclusions and then later try and come up with damage control.