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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  Sorry to make it sound so black and white, but ... I do not believe in this “featured breeders” advertising that YorkieTalk has. I think it gives Yorkietalk members a false sense of confidence in these breeders, and why would a person have to reach THAT many people? How many dogs are they breeding? Bottom line is I don't think dog breeding should be a "business". I think it's impossible to do what's right for the dogs if it's profit motivated. Too many people refuse to take a dog out of their breeding program that they suspect has a genetic defect and I believe this goes back to the "business" element. This is just my opinion and I realize not everyone shares it. |
Gee, there are only 2 featured breeders on YT. I'm Susan Dodge and the other is Deb Sillers. As far as I know we're both very hard working and reputable. Deb has been at this longer than I have and has many champions to her credit, several of which appear regularly in the "Showing" forum. Natalie was a featured breeder until she failed to satisfactorily resolve some complaints. We do go out on the proverbial limb asking for this featured breeder status since we surely will be publicly slammed if we don't live up to the expectations. I only had one litter this year, and one of the three puppies from that litter was purchased by a wonderful person who found me on YT. She was able to check me out by making the acquaintance of other YT members who have my dogs. We were able to work out the geographical distance since I don't sell sight unseen to people I've never met. The other two puppies in the litter went to word-of-mouth referrals. I love my YT advertising as the inquiries I get from it are top notch.
