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Originally Posted by Nikki+2  I have learned so much from the responsible breeders here. I have nothing but respect and admiration for the YTCA in general after becoming a member of YT. When I got my first yorkie Gracie, there was no YT yet. I started reading yorkie books and tried to be an informed pet buyer. Of course I read that the best way to find your best pet was through the YTCA. I had my list of breeders within driving distance and prepared to begin calling. I was so nervous having read about the rigorous interview process combined with the fact that I had a child in the 3rd grade. I was terrified none of these repected breeders would allow one of their puppies to go to me.
The first I called did talk to me for some time. She had a 3 pound 8 month old female that she thought would be perfect for me. I told her over and over that I had never had a small dog and that was much too small. She spent the whole conversation trying to convince me that this little girl was right for me. Well, I was shocked, it wasn't what I expected at all.
The next one did not have any puppies or upcoming litters but spent the conversation badmouthing the first breeder. "Is she still trying to dump that 3 pounder on someone?". "You don't want to deal with her, trust me".
The 3rd was expecting puppies and offered to put me on her list. Then proceeded to bad mouth the first breeder.
No interviews just bad mouthing and I could have gotten the 3 pound girl and a puppy from the 3rd breeder.
All three of these breeders were on the YTCA member list. I came away from that thinking the YTCA was pretty awful to be honest. It was only after joining YT that I gained respect for YTCA and saw the passion and knowledge that the YTCA members on this forum had. I suppose YT and YTCA are like the real world. There is good and bad but now my impression is that the YTCA is way more good than bad and if I were looking for a puppy I would go right to the YTCA list.
I guess the point of my novella is that I learned this from Yorkie Talk. It is perfectly okay for anyone to not want to donate for whatever reason. There are people here that I don't think I would be friends with irl but I'm not starting a thread to point it out. It's hurtful and pointless. I think any thread on any forum would be locked if it was demeaning to the forum. We aren't in a democracy, this is a privately owned forum. I would hate for people who need information to be too intimidated to post for fear of being viewed as clueless and not capable of owning a dog.
I totally understand the frustration breeders feel and I think we are all fortunate for the knowledge they share. To me that thread had nothing to do with that. |
Well said....
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