Villette and Irene:
I couldn't agree with you two more. I am very new to breeding on my own. I try to help people when I can if it is something I feel I know the answer to, but I don't feel like I ever present the attitude of "I know more than you" and so you should believe everything I say and ignore anything else you've been told. At least when it comes to BREEDING. (I am not the top-advice-giver here, I don't think, but I ask AGAIN, when have I EVER given someone "bad" advice here?) I am so thankful for the "veteran" breeders here as I like to call them. I have learned so much that I never knew I never knew, despite having worked one on one with breeders prior to coming here. It stinks to see the "newbies are being picked on" mentality around here...newbie meaning to the site and to breeding. I think it is hard to give others completely efficient information on something unless you've been at it to experience the same situation. Most of the time, these are things that I have not been around long enough to see, but others, like Sylvan, Kathy and others have. WHY would anyone new, myself or otherwise, be po'd for getting an honest, upfront answer with them. IMO, answers here should be respectful, but not sugar-coated. Afterall, there won't be anyone around to sugar-coat the loss of a pup, litter, or bitch when you didn't get the information you needed because too many were forced to carefully word or not respond at all for fear of "offending" or "hurting feelings." IMO, if you don't have thick enough skin to heed advice that may not be what you want to hear, I honestly don't see how you could last 2 seconds as a breeder.
What you deal with there is far more real than anything you'll ever read or be told here. When you have a dying 3 pound bitch because you refused to even consider the advice of others tha have already been there, you can't log off and walk away.
