[genesmasher]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

...I also hope this advice is posted on Vadzilla's website and they encourage buyers to check out kennel/breeding conditions. If your breeder doesn't want to meet with you, she isn't reputable.

http://www.vadzilla.com/articles/how-to-find-a-good-breeder-with-puppies-for-sale

Breeder Rating Instructions and Rules - Vadzilla

Originally Posted by impish

Nancy - every single new person that comes here and asks about breeders is asking for a "review" of some type! And we all give them. So of COURSE reviews are helpful. We just got lucky that they landed here. Why deprive the rest of the people who are going to buy a puppy one way or another access to reviews just because it isn't perfect?

People are going to be stupid people no matter what. Why not use the system to make it better??? What is the alternative?

You (and I don't mean you personally Nancy) say - "this is a bad site" but if you don't offer an alternative what do you think is going to happen with the general puppy buyer?

And I don't know if you've ever used YELP or Amazon but you can revise your review. Perhaps you can on this site. Maybe the owner will speak up? Perhaps this dialog will be food for thought and could actually be the start of helping fix the problem?
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Thanks for this, impish. All we ask is for people go to the site and start leaving reviews for breeders they had experience with. Leave it to us to make sure that the system is being used properly. We haven't implemented "amend review" option yet, but it will be done in the future. Then the original reviewer will be able to come back to the site several months (or years) later and amend their original review with new information, without modifying the original review. I believe this is the same system currently used by Amazon.com, and it works very well.

Vadzilla.com is still being actively developed, based on the feedback we receive from forums like this and other sources. For example, by the end of this year we are hoping to install links to most national and local breeder clubs and associations on respective breed pages - so that users are able to cross check any breeder listed on our site.

This is the time to make CONSTRUCTIVE feedback which will benefit ethical breeding in the end, instead of closed-minded bashing.