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Originally Posted by magicgenie  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.  |
There have been many "Featured breeders" over the years. I'm not speaking specifically about individual breeders; I just think the idea of a featured breeder’s section give new member a false feeling of security. Featured breeders must have a one year health guarantee, but many genetic problems aren't seen in the first year. Featured breeders must also have 1 year of "experience" and have whelped or help whelp two litters. This too seems too little. As I said before, this is my opinion; I just wish that Yorkietalk didn’t have the “featured breeders” section.