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Originally Posted by JeanieK  I take it personally when it is said that anyone who breeds outside of the standard is unethical, a BYB, disreputable, ruining the breed, in it for the money, the list goes on.
They put all parti breeders in the same category. If you read the second post, it is very clear that she is saying that anyone who breeds partis is not reputable. In fact it indicates that anyone not a member of the YTCA is not reputable.
I have been in these discussions with show breeders who believe that they should breed to standard, but they do not believe that those who do not breed to standard are unethical.
The fact that I was pointing out is that NOT ALL show breeders or YTCA members are ethical either.
Some believe that the parti color should not be bred, I believe it should not be left out. |
I just want to clarify for me of course, while I'm a YTCA member I have quite a few GREAT reputable breeder friends that are NOT members of the YTCA
And yes of course I believe you shouldn't breed the Parti because it is what I've stated many times deviating from the standard. Have I ever said any one that breeds Parti's unethical or BYB's? NO I have not! I don't agree with it because I will always stand behind the breed standard because I AM involved in showing and I will always follow the standard as closely as possible. Do I think those that are purposely breeding Parti's are breeding wrong of course or I wouldn't be standing behind my principals. I know you respect my principals as you posted before. But in no way am I going to say anyone is unethical unless I know for sure and first hand that one is not breeding for the right reasons and not breeding for health and not for the money and not knowing what they are doing.
Do I have some that I would stir someone away from if asked of course I would but not on a public forum or in writing.
I don't get defensive regarding my breeding practices because I am confident in what I'm doing
I will never defend what I do because again I have nothing to hide
I hope this clarifies my standings regarding this issue. I won't change my mind until the standard changes
Donna