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Yorkiemom1 · 07-28-2012, 10:21 AM

I think there is a MAJOR difference between "less than helpful support" and constructive criticism.....If you want to gain as much knowledge as possible, from people that are true professionals (and most have very respected reputations in their particular areas of expertise), you are going to have to accept constructive criticism and not take offense with what is given to you, free of charge and based on YEARS of study and experience. Just because you were not coddled and treated like a small child that is learning to stay within the lines as you color a picture, does NOT mean you have been harrassed or abused or insulted. THERE WAS NOTHING SHARED WITH YOU THAT WOULD HAVE DESERVED A SLAP FROM THE ADMINISTRATORS. Please put your "Big Girl Panties" on and realize you have jumped into a forum, with very little or no experience, and asked for assistance from some people that have been "paying their dues in breeding and showing", for 30+ years. Dont be offended if you are addressed by people who have spent many thousands of dollars, and hundreds of thousands of hours, researching and studying and taping pedigrees together on the living room floor for 12-18 hours a day, weeks on end, so they can see back 35 generations, who was bred to whom, when, then correlating that time line to any genetic issues that may have cropped up....You have jumped into the ring with professionals that have devoted the majority f their adult lives to keeping this wonderful breed ON TRACK AND TRUE TO THE BREED STANDARD!!!! WE DO NOT TAKE THIS LIGHTLY!!! Additionally, I would like to suggest you add several DOG PSYCHOLOGY books to your research, so you will understand that what you consider "opinion" is in FACT proven, EVIDENCED BASED results....dogs do NOT have a desire to have babies!!! If they have NEVER seen a puppy, or they have never been bred, they DO NOT KNOW THAT EXPERIENCE AND DO NOT "LONG" FOR IT. THEY ARE DRIVEN BY INSTINCT...INSTINCTS THAT ARE INITIATED AND SUPPORTED BY HORMONAL CHANGES......HORMONAL CHANGES STIMULATED BY ESTRUS, WHICH ARE THEN PUT INTO PLAY AS THEY BECOME PREGNANT AND HAVE THE BABIES. FOR EXAMPLE, EATING THE PLACENTAS PROVIDES THEM HORMONES THAT STIMULATE A BONDING FOR THE PUPPIES......THIS IS NOT OPINION, IT IS FACT. Anyone that is going to be successful doing this, even once, has to understand the difference between "opinion" and "fact" or they are lost and will stumble blindly through this endeavor. Learn to take supportive criticism, constructive criticism, and LEARN from it...dont throw up a "talk to the hand" attitude. Take information that is given to you, even critism, analyze what is given to you so you can actually see if YOU can utilize that information, and go from there. YOU CAN EVEN BENEFIT FROM INFORMATION YOU MAY FEEL IS JUST OPINION....IT MAY BE JUST OPINION, BUT IT COMES FROM EXPERIENCE AND RESEARCH AND STUDY, NOT JUST "BS" THAT WAS DREAMED UP TO CONFUSE OR DEMEAN THE TOPIC.

07-28-2012, 10:21 AM	#22
Yorkiemom1 Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 9,462	I think there is a MAJOR difference between "less than helpful support" and constructive criticism.....If you want to gain as much knowledge as possible, from people that are true professionals (and most have very respected reputations in their particular areas of expertise), you are going to have to accept constructive criticism and not take offense with what is given to you, free of charge and based on YEARS of study and experience. Just because you were not coddled and treated like a small child that is learning to stay within the lines as you color a picture, does NOT mean you have been harrassed or abused or insulted. THERE WAS NOTHING SHARED WITH YOU THAT WOULD HAVE DESERVED A SLAP FROM THE ADMINISTRATORS. Please put your "Big Girl Panties" on and realize you have jumped into a forum, with very little or no experience, and asked for assistance from some people that have been "paying their dues in breeding and showing", for 30+ years. Dont be offended if you are addressed by people who have spent many thousands of dollars, and hundreds of thousands of hours, researching and studying and taping pedigrees together on the living room floor for 12-18 hours a day, weeks on end, so they can see back 35 generations, who was bred to whom, when, then correlating that time line to any genetic issues that may have cropped up....You have jumped into the ring with professionals that have devoted the majority f their adult lives to keeping this wonderful breed ON TRACK AND TRUE TO THE BREED STANDARD!!!! WE DO NOT TAKE THIS LIGHTLY!!! Additionally, I would like to suggest you add several DOG PSYCHOLOGY books to your research, so you will understand that what you consider "opinion" is in FACT proven, EVIDENCED BASED results....dogs do NOT have a desire to have babies!!! If they have NEVER seen a puppy, or they have never been bred, they DO NOT KNOW THAT EXPERIENCE AND DO NOT "LONG" FOR IT. THEY ARE DRIVEN BY INSTINCT...INSTINCTS THAT ARE INITIATED AND SUPPORTED BY HORMONAL CHANGES......HORMONAL CHANGES STIMULATED BY ESTRUS, WHICH ARE THEN PUT INTO PLAY AS THEY BECOME PREGNANT AND HAVE THE BABIES. FOR EXAMPLE, EATING THE PLACENTAS PROVIDES THEM HORMONES THAT STIMULATE A BONDING FOR THE PUPPIES......THIS IS NOT OPINION, IT IS FACT. Anyone that is going to be successful doing this, even once, has to understand the difference between "opinion" and "fact" or they are lost and will stumble blindly through this endeavor. Learn to take supportive criticism, constructive criticism, and LEARN from it...dont throw up a "talk to the hand" attitude. Take information that is given to you, even critism, analyze what is given to you so you can actually see if YOU can utilize that information, and go from there. YOU CAN EVEN BENEFIT FROM INFORMATION YOU MAY FEEL IS JUST OPINION....IT MAY BE JUST OPINION, BUT IT COMES FROM EXPERIENCE AND RESEARCH AND STUDY, NOT JUST "BS" THAT WAS DREAMED UP TO CONFUSE OR DEMEAN THE TOPIC.