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Originally Posted by 107barney  leaving the tail...leaving the dewclaws...promoting funky colors...what next? mixing a yorkie with a sewer rat to make them tinier teacups. All breeders that deviate from the standard should spend a day with those of us buyers that pay for your genetic garbage when we have to drain our bank accounts and suffer emotional turmoil when our dogs are deathly ill.
And this is why, as a buyer who "didnt really care" initially about going to a YTCA breeder, is really glad she stumbled on that road. I guess we all differ in our view of "ethics." And I'm glad I had the resources to take care of this dog so another one did not end up as a throwaway in rescue. |
What do tails and dew claws have to do with genetics? I think all dogs get them. Some of us believe cutting off the tail is unnecessary mutilation, which practice originated from exhibitors' inability to agree on correct carriage of the full tail. How ethical is it to just cut it off, thus simplifying the judging? I refuse to judge others for producing parti colors since I cannot find evidence that such practice produces unhealthy dogs. When a real scientist explains the perils I will listen and reassess my position. The reference to breeding to sewer rats goes beyond offensive.
Bottom line is not many people would spend what I did on these dogs with no chance of ever recovering the financial investment. My dogs have superb pedigrees to stand on, pedigrees anyone with a computer can easily research.
There is no excuse for blindly accepting that because a breeder is a YTCA member they must be good.