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Originally Posted by eboughey  I'm getting a new puppy and Sharon has been going through her breeding records because we're trying to match Nicky's disposition. The dam is retired and we think since dad and grandad have that disposition she will look for calm mom. hmmmm, I still trust her. Yes this is a lifestyle for them as it is for hobby breeders and showdog breeders but I don't see you bashing them. They all sell dogs and if they truly cared they would only have you pay for the shots/spay-neuter/ and health tests right?
I never side-stepped anything. I told you all I knew he had was DNA testing. I didn't find out anything more from his original papers from when I got him. Why are you so up and in my face about this anyway? |
I am correcting mis-information or misleading. NO1. DNA testing is NOT a health test, but a means of proving parentage.
So you are buying from a breeder who does not health test their dogs. WEll I don't make my business from breeding dogs, it is my love and my passion. Far from making money at dog breeding, I make money by working, and being lucky enough to have made some smart investments in my younger years, between both it fuels my passion for my breeds, and allows me to do the most correct breeding decision, every single time!
I breed to at least maintain the breed standard, and my goal is to improve the breed standard.
Posting a picture of man with dogs all around him, and asking us if this looks like a pet miller? Please that is so inane. A picture of man, with ill groomed dogs around him is supposed to sway me into believing he is not a puppy mill?
Take a look at some of my posts, some of my videos of how my breeding dogs live their life, both on and off the ring.
And then I read this breeder has 100 dogs on his site? Oh my. No way he is doing the correct socializing, training, and vetting with only one other person to help.
Each dog needs a minimum of 30 minutes of exercise a day, that is not loving on some-ones lap, but walking, running, fetching, swimming, rally-o or other very active activities. And yes they need that loving too, but not that just alone.
Dogs are not meant to live in crates 22 hours a day!. They are meant to be part of household. Familiarized from puppyhood with the sounds of a home. Telephone ringing, vaccum going, washing and drying machines, CO2 going off, fans on the stove, or in the room. Television, stereo.
The very loverly smells of the oven and the fridge. Laughter, touch, different surfaces. The doorbell ringing. Cars going and going.
Being bathed, having nails clipped, the blow-dryer.