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Originally Posted by love1yorkie  there is NO MIGHT.....It might rain..it might this or that.......she feels or worries. C'mon either it does or it doesn't....There is this thing called a contract and a requirement that a VET certify any problem a dog has.......IT might be silver or it might be blue is the only guess that dog had. To this day, this attacking lady walks right in the shop and gloats over her beautiful dog. She just wanted money and to feel good about SAVING a dog. She should have come to one of our rescue adoption b ut she didn't she wanted a free puppy. So back to USDA....did you know that if you sell even one puppy you must be inspected and lic by the USDA. So.every one of you who sell even one of your puppies without a lic. is doing so in a "SHADY" way. I personally have 6 breeding yorkie females , 2 brussle griffons females and 6 studs I share ownership with. Between my grandma, mom,sisters and aunties we hold 60 AKC blue ribbons and have the most precious Boutique kennel in California. We only sell our own dogs in the light of day and we pay taxes unlike all the backyard breeders in the nation. We best choose each dog for conformation and beauty. We unlike other breeders are proud and do everything we do in the light of day. In our community we get at least 10 dogs a yr dumped on our home because everyone knows that we are the BIG hearts and won't deny any dog love, shelter, medicine or spay and neuter and then re-home them at great losses. We get invited to the best events and have friends the world over.....Elise the lead in the S.F ballet the Nutcracker took the other "spastic pup". I had nothing to do with their life until i saved them and gave them the best care money can buy. I then re-homed them to the nicest most gracious folks. All I can say is I love and I am very proud of our station and hobby. But remember this... this pop culture use and overuse of the bad words people pin on each other should stop. There are many different recipes in life and not everyone is going to fit in your square peg. In all the years we have been involved in dogs I will tell you this...no good deed goes unpunished and It is the GOOD deals and the FREE dogs you gift to people that always come back to smack you in the face. FREE is ugly..people get trampled. My finer customers are much more refiner and reasonable.....just a matter of class I guess. |
You are writing in a most unprofessional manner, especially for someone who is dealing with the public and trying to address a negative review. If you really deny what this potential customer wrote describing her experience with you (go back to first post) then write calmly, rationally, and truthfully with details about the exact situations she outlines in her post. Save all of your bragging about being the best at everything and give facts and details.
You are also putting out
erroneous information! You wrote: "So back to USDA....did you know that if you sell even one puppy you must be inspected and lic by the USDA." This may be true for
you, but this is
not true for breeders unless they are running a wholesale business, brokering for someone else, or selling to pet shops/dealers/research, etc. If a breeder has 3 or less breeding females, she is exempt completely from USDA licensing or inspections. If a breeder is selling strictly to the pet owners and not going into any of these wholesale/commercial resell situations, they are not required to be licensed with USDA even with more than 3 breeding females.
Just being licensed with the USDA tells me the breeder is not the breeder I want. I look for breeders that refuse to sell to pet stores, brokers, or dealers. I only buy from breeders who sell direct to a potential puppy owner who they have thoroughly screened. I want a breeder who breeds only as many dogs as they can adequately care for. I want them home raised, not caged in some outbuilding with minimal human contact. I want to see that they are clean, well-groomed and well cared for. These breeders need no USDA licenses and are definately not doing anything shady!
There is a lot more to the law, you might want to read it. BTW do you have a Class A or B? Here is a rundown that might help you get started with understanding the licensing requirements:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_wel...quirements.pdf
I am still mulling over your last comment, "My finer customers are much more refiner and reasonable.....just a matter of class I guess." "Much more refiner?" Really? I guess
it is a matter of class, but I don't think the way you mean it.
I never would imagine trying to say richer clients were somehow better than others, if that is what you are getting at. But then I did not change the price of my pups by whim and give a different price to different customers. They all got a fair deal -- same price for everyone. Price was not the main topic -- how they would care for the pup was.