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Originally Posted by yorkielady06  Ok now I am reading this and wondering if I personally fit on your spectrum of 3 classes. I did read it 3 times to get what I think you are saying.
Regardless of your breeding practices... if you show you are in number 1? Is this correct?
If you do not show you are in 2 or 3?
So I do not show, yet. I own parti colored dogs. So I am in 2 or 3...
I do all health testing prior to breeding... spend a fortune at my vets and have spayed or neutered prior to breeding on more than one occasion.
I have placed pups for free in loving homes (2 blue borns, 2 open fonts, one to an abused little girl who would only talk around animals, etc) or sold at very discounted rates to loving homes knowing it was a perfect fit.
I stand behind every one of my pups.
I take each litter in to the vet prior to placing them and have them microchipped and health certificates.
Maybe I am reading this wrong but I do not feel I fit in those catagories. I do not like labels and am not a soup can. I think that maybe for the most part yours works, however there will be exceptions. |
Are you health testing the pups before they go to their new home? I did not see that. Also a health cert. is not reallyl needed if the buyer is coming to your home to pick up the pup. Your vet can write on the paperwork - the receite that the pup is very healthy and what he did and what health tests were done when he examed on the pup.Then you also have the tests results.
As Nancy stated she is not saying that price determines the quality of the breeder. There have been a lot of people on here wanting the lowest price possible for a pup and anything above that they think is foolish, when in reality the lowest prices, as we know, for a pup (not a rescue) warrents a warning sign. Most often breeders that have the lowest prices have skipped important health practices and one is usually playing Russian Roulett when buying a pup this cheap. I have also seen some charge an arm and a leg for a pup that is not worth it and they still did not do the health tests. Anytime one is buying you need to be educated before making a purchase. My family is wanting to buy new cell phones - we are now researching the different phones and even the plans to make the best purchase. No one should just rush out and buy, especially with puppies. Puppy purchases are so emotional when you are there looking at this ball of fluff hopefully bouncing around. Yorkies are one breed too that changes so much from what they looked like as a puppy and one has to go further as to quality of the puppy and the breeder. Dogs will be an adult much longer than as a puppy. Why do you think there are so many cats at rescue? Just do your research when searching for that puppy. My a wise decision.
Nancy - I think she meant that she spayed a dog before she breed, due to reason it was not to quality for breeding?