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Originally Posted by Miracle Yorkies

Hello everyone. Thanks to everyone for your interest in the new club: YTCEHB. I haven't read all of the threads, but have read many of them. I became a member here at YT because of the interest in the club. I probably won't participate often as I find the site difficult to navigate and I happen to be one of those "thin skinned" people who choose to stay away from as much negativity as possible. And that is my right and my choice. And the sad part is that the majority of the folks here are good and caring folks. It sometimes just takes one bad apple to spoil it for me. So, I choose to stand on my own and with that, have created YTCEHB. This is a BRAND NEW club, it is GROWING and any new club will have its bugs to work out and its mountains to climb. It will take members to help it grow. It will take participation. It will take discussions. We have our own discussion group in place as well for the group members only. Right now, yes, it is slow. But with perseverance and growth, it will happen. For me, in a perfect world, we would all get along, help one another in the growth of what we do and respect the differences of opinions on some issues. YTCEHB is here for those of you who want to breed within a set of guidelines that promote ethical caring breeders, but also have the freedom to make certain choices without being judged by others or looked down upon. It is here for mature non judgmental caring breeders who love and care about the breed to help one another, learn from one another, learn from shows, learn from online groups, books, magazines, and learn in any positive ways that are available. I think most ethical caring breeders know the difference between right and wrong. We are not here to label anyone as a show breeder, hobby breed or back yard breeder. Labels are just that: "labels". And to try to agree on what that label means is just everyones' personal opinion. As far as the members listed with listings of their breeding programs on our website, I don't understand the problem with that. We are all proud to be members and want to get the word out about who we are and what we stand for. For me, yes, I LOVE breeding. I love the whole process. I LOVE having six litters a year. I love watching the puppies I produce look better and better as my breeding program grows. I LOVE making puppy buyers happy and giving them quality beautiful healthy puppies with beautiful ears, coats and faces. I don't see anything wrong with that. I have a great passion for what I do. We all have our own goals in life. Some want to show and produce the best show dog. Some want to produce beautiful healthy puppies to make people happy. And to be looked upon as breeders who do not care about the breed, to me, is just plain sour grapes. I respect those who show and am happy they are following their passions. In turn, I demand respect for those of us who are working hard to do our best to produce good quality puppies and love doing it. We all learn in different ways. Just as people who learn to be doctors or lawyers learn in different ways. We can learn in different ways. I learned to be a barber by going to school and getting my license. The gals who worked for me, learned by hands on training in my shop. Some people go to college to learn, some people go to trade school to learn, some people learn with on the job training, some people learn by reading, some learn by researching online. So, the same goes for breeding. And if your heart is truly in it, you will shine. If you are indeed an uncaring breeder, that will be known as well. Thanks and I look forward to more of you becoming members of our small but growing club.

Yorkshire Terrier Club of Ethical Hobby Breeders

Marsha Pressley

Marsha, you said that very well. Thank you for your thoughtfulness in starting the club, and determination to perservere as it grows and blooms.
All best, Susan