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Originally Posted by amanda350  Thank you! Your right, we can't all be show dogs....And I would never look down on someone as if they were below me.... |
from what I've seen it's much like those little human girl beauty pageants. All they have to go through to look beautiful, all the hours of practice, work, etc., is not my cup of tea.
Another thing is like a friend of mine says, "opinions are like (bleep), everybody has one." To some people, Yorkies, even purebreds are second class citizens.
When I was looking into adopting a Biewer, I joined a site that catered to those furbaby-parents to learn about breeders, etc. Now, in my book, Biewers are Yorkies, but most people in that site do not think so. It's like a sin to breed a Yorkie and a Biewer and they look down at Yorkie mixes, period.
What I got from that site and the reasons I haven't gone back, was that I didn't feel the love for the furkids was real, it felt more like a status symbol. Sort of like when young women buy a pair of new expensive shoes and want to go out that weekend to show them off to her little girl-friends. Not all the parents, mind you, but enough to make me sick.
Another thing was, the in-fighting and slandering of each other. I had made contact with a few breeders from Germany (one was a member of that site), was ready to fly a baby here from that breeder and another member sent me a private message saying how terrible this breeder was and how the baby's were sick and some died in transport.
Long story short, I researched this person and found that not only were she doing what other members condemn (breeding 'designer dogs' in secret), but was she herself condemning it in the forum
. Plus, she herself bought her pups from this breeder she was bashing
.
The moral of my story...do what is right in your heart and never mind the opinions of others
There will always be someone who for whatever reason, is out of touch with reality.