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Originally Posted by MishyMish  Yes, I sure did.  I don't sweat the small stuff. However, I defend myself as necessary. Ha! I am getting valuable information despite the nay-sayers interceptions.  |
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Great Attitude! We are all passionate about these babies, and frequently, there are specific things that can "set us off", as individuals and as breeders.....please, read all the posts, and take away from each one, what pertains to you and your circumstance. Over the years, I have had my head handed to me on a platter because I said something, or asked about something that was either way off base and completely out of the realm of reality....(like thinking when I first got into breeding, that my females would all alternate and come into season every 6 months, and that way, I could breed a different female every 4 months, giving me no more than 3 litters per year from 3 different females!) or just plain stupid or potentially dangerous to both my dogs and myself...(like allowing visitors that just wanted to "see puppies", come into my home, willy nilly, whenever they called and asked....police had to be called to get a crazy man out of my house, and I had a visitor that had been God only knows where, looking at all kinds of puppies, bring parvo into my home, and give it to my precious little UNVACCINATED, 4 WEEK OLD babies...). I was chastised unmercifully by some pretty important, very knowledgable, long time breeders and show people, for being "just plain stupid", "you dumb-azz", "idiot", "hahahahahaha, you cant be serious??!!", etc......You learn from the harshest critics as well as the more gentle ones.....pull on your big girl panties...read every post you get, and use what you can use....but be open minded about the critical ones....usually, it is the voice of years of experience that is chastising you.....you can REALLY benefit from those also....maybe gives you a whole different view you never thought of!!!! BUT DONT GET PITZED OFF, TAKE YOUR TOYS AND LEAVE, AND SLAM THE DOOR ON THE BEST SOURCE OF LEARNING YOU CAN POSSIBLY FIND!!! You handled this first test very well!! Welcome to YT!! (You can tell when a person is just being hateful and mean...chit-can those responses if you get any!)