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Originally Posted by betterthanlife  Thank you Nancy for the excellent post. I am in agreement with everything you said. Everything is a balance. I gear my conversation more to the individuals personality and go from there.....It has been shocking to me, from a buyers perspective, that "show" breeders are "built up" and "revered" so much by the average dog-lover, as many of them (not all) are not very intelligent. They may know about dogs, but that knowledge does not always translate into doing the right thing. I will not go into details, but one lady told me she fed her dog some very unhealthy things. Since most people are very overweight, and very unhealthy, I am always concerned how they view caring for the dog in regard to diet and exercise. If they do not care for their own body, how can you expect them to care much about the dogs well-being. I have run in to this many times.....kind of off-topic, yet very relevant, as I see as many overweight dogs as overweight children. |
I would think learning about nutrition would be part of the education a breeder should get, there is controversial stuff out there, but by and large, we know of many safe diets. I think most of us are aware of health risks associated with being overweight, but sometimes there are emotional problems and people think food is the only way to show love. I would imagine that show breeders are as different from each other, as we are all different from each other. They just share the same hobby.