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Originally Posted by Rhetts_mama  Sigh.
For the life of me, I will never understand why anyone thinks that reading a few books or articles and asking questions online constitutes preparing to breed. For some reason, this seems to be an acceptable substitute for spending time with a responsible breeder as an apprentice before you even think about trying it on your own.
At the risk of being chastised again by the polite police, I think it's really pathetic that we always seem to have a cheering squad on her for irresponsible breeding practices who use the line "you have to start somewhere" to defend breeding a dog and then coming online to look for a mentor. Or the line "if we don't tell them the right way to do it here, where else are they going to learn it?" Ummm, how about referring them to people who actually DO know what they are doing? I think it's incredibly selfish to use a dog as a guinea pig. If it's being "mean" to say that, well then so be it. I'd rather be mean than particpate in the abuse of an animal.
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I don't think anyone of us were defending being irresponsible about breeding. I think most of us on here do agree with at least some of what you say. Yes, people should do lots of research. Yes, breeding is not something that should be taken lightly. Having said that, we do love this breed to and I personally am willing to help if it means I save one baby or momma. And we also don't really know the OP. Sometimes people come on here and we have just a little bit of the story. Maybe she does have tons of research to back her up, we really have no way of knowing. I do hate it when I hear that phrase "everyone has to start somewhere" because while it is true, I think some people use it as an excuse and take things lightly because "after all everyone has to start somewhere." But the OP did come on here looking for help even if it is a little late, it's not the day before her dog is do or worse yet, in the middle of a difficult whelp and she is reaching out to us for help. I would hate the day that will come when people are afraid to come on here and ask for help because we have been so mean and puppies or momma dogs lives are lost because of it. If I can help, I'm always going to try. I love this breed, everyone one of them. And I know you do too but I guess we both go about it a different way. I think that you can get further with people by working and teaching them gently than by jumping all over them and saying they are abusing their animals....