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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  The thing of it is, there are no easy answers. |
That's what I want to help fix. I want to make it easier for the average person to get in touch with reputable breeders/sellers. And I guess I should have mentioned this from the start, but I am referring to people who are looking for pets. If someone is looking for a breeding dog, then it probably does make sense to do a lot of research, go out and meet many breeders, go to shows, etc.
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Originally Posted by Nancy1999 How did your breeder handle this? I believe a great breeder would have given you a full money refund. |
I did not buy from a breeder. I did some research on the Internet and thought I was buying from a good person. Perhaps he was a good person. He did refund my money. And as you can probably guess, it's not the money I really cared about. I can go out and make more money, but I will never have my friend back.
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Originally Posted by Nancy1999 but there are breeders on YT who I think are really trying to do the best by the breed and do stand behind their dogs |
Agreed. Unfortunately, there are not enough of these great people here to meet the demand.
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Originally Posted by Nancy1999 I'm willing to have an imperfect dog as my pet, but if you go to a really good breeder that imperfect dog will still be a beautiful example of the breed. |
Agreed. And the imperfect puppies that you speak of probably look very cute to the untrained eye of the average person. The same untrained eye cannot tell a sick dog from a healthy dog, nor can they often differentiate between a puppy mill that came from a puppy mill and a puppy raised in a good home by a reputable breeder.