[maggiesmom_2007]

Originally Posted by lisaly

I understand your frustration and fully agree with your post. You put your heart and soul into your breeding program and have brought great happiness into the lives of those you entrusted puppies with. I wish more breeders would do health testing, would strive to better the breed, and would have your ethics. You are making a difference and you are here educating. I believe that trying to educate is so important as well as treating others with kindness and respect, even when they are behaving irresponsibly. It's so sad that their pups and innocent babies are the ones to suffer due to their ignorance, irresponsible behaviors, or greed. It happens over and over again, and its so disheartening. Still, I know we make a difference with some people, and I never give up hope. Thank you, Lori, for what you add to the Yorkie breed.

Thank you Lisa, I have made some great friends because of doing this the way it's supposed to be done. Anytime anyone breeds whether they are ethical or not they are hurting not just their dogs but also the people that buy the pups by not making sure their dogs are healthy before ever breeding. A healthy breeding pair is so much more than basic vet checkups and shots. I had someone looking for a puppy that flat out told me they didn't see why they had to have the pup fixed if they were buying it. It would be theirs to breed or not. I told them they weren't getting a pup from me and they stated they would just get one from someone else and breed it if they wanted to. It's sad that there are alot of people that would sell pups on open registration and not care and there are those that would breed their dogs regardless if they could register them or not. I agree that you should try and help out after the fact but sometimes when we try to help even if it is posted in a non rude way , it is still perceived as being rude or bashing. Sometimes the advice given is not what they want to hear.