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Originally Posted by BamaFan121s  I just couldn't support anyone breeding a dog knowing that they didn't have a clue what they were doing and that they were putting the dog at risk. Sorry, but friend or no friend, I couldn't support that.
As far as being a "fairweather" friend...it's not so black and white or only wanting to be around someone when they do as you say. (None of us have friends that are going to agree with us 100% of the time.) The decision to distance yourself from a friend would depend on if the situation is something you feel like you can be around and deal with. For me, sorry, but I don't think I would be able to stomach being around it--being willing to pay the expenses and place the pups wouldn't mean JACK to me if the dog's best interests weren't coming first to begin with. Sorry, but for me, friend or no friend I could never suppor the type of breeding that has been described here, but that's just me.
I suppose it's something that everyone has to decide for themselves. I just didn't think that categorizing it as "only being friends with someone as long as they do what you say" was a fair description.  |
Perhaps it was a little harsh, but sometimes I think it's easy for outsiders to say thing like "I just couldn't be friends with someone like that" or something similar, when they forget that with a friendship, most times a relationship is established and it just isn't that easy. I do believe that there are a whole lot of reasons that I would not be friends with someone, but I try to find these things out about a person before I really get into a friendship with them. Sometimes though, I understand that unless you aren't faced with a situation, you may not know this about a friend until it comes up.
Bama I have to say that I like how you debate something intelligently. I don't agree with you sometimes, but I do respect you