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Originally Posted by tammy8833  sorry i dont see my self as greedy..or a greeder as u put..
if i stop breeding..it wouldnt make a dent in the market of puppies...and i take care in making sure i am available to take a pup back.
if my "mutts" are desirable..then i guess so..if they didnt want them they wouldnt buy them and i wouldnt have bred another litter..because i wouldn't have had a waiting list
really doesnt matter what i say..it wont be agreeable or acceptable by the standards on Yt
i understand the rescues not wanting the pups to go back in the system if not placed properly..and this is a discussion i have often with people i know in the rescue groups...if they lightened up on the qualifications just slightly and say that got 10 dogs adopted and 1 came back..thats a huge improvement..but denying all 10 and missing out on the 9 perfect homes is a failure..even if 2 came back its a huge improvement it made room for 8 more dogs to come in and get a home. |
I seriously have problems believing you even talk to your puppy buyers and ask them the kind of questions that NEED to be asked before placing a puppy if you can say that. I can tell you, based on 14 yrs as an Italian Greyhound Club of America rescue rep, that many people think they want a dog and truly aren't in a position to own one. Heck, if I let all the dogs I listed on petfinder go to the first person interested who could afford the adoption fee, I can tell you I would have gotten back a lot more than one dog. Furthermore, you act like of the 10 dogs, nine would actually get good homes. You can't tell that. You need the qualifications to insure that the dogs are placed in good homes, homes that will provide more than minimal care to insure the dog survives. Homes that really will return the dog to you rather than dump it in a shelter or in the backyard. I don't just want to get a dog adopted, I want the dogs I have fostered and come to love in the best homes possible. Homes that will love the dog, feed the dog good food, and see to it the dog gets good veterinary care. Homes where the dog is an actual member of the family. To insure that, the person needs to have more than the adoption fee to adopt a dog from me, and that is something a reputable breeder considers too. They would never sell a dog to just anyone, which from what you said above, sounds like you'd advocate.