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Originally Posted by gemy  As a Buddhist I understand that you adhere to the principal of do no Harm. Did you actually do NO Harm? Doing no Harm is not easy, but for certain it encompasses keeping safe an intact female dog.
Did you do that? Oh I suppose it is okay to risk and perhaps lose the life of your female, and any live puppies that just might be borne?
Does do no harm encompass passing onto future puppy owners debiliatiting genetic defects that could be present in this Mis-Match?
There is much to consider if indeed you are a Buddhist, including your total responsibility in this situation. |
Points very well made that people dont often consider.....especially the point about how new owners, who have bought their baby with such excitement and enthusiasm, perhaps at a significant expense, falling in complete and total love with this bright eyed, plaful ball of fur, energy, and devotion.......only to start loosing this darling, slowly and painfully, from some genetic malformation that COULD have possibly been prevented, if wiser decisions had been made by the breeder. Breeders are certainly NOT God or the Creator, and He will very often step into the mix just to let you know that regardless of how careful YOU are, or how much planning or education goes into the mix, He is STILL in charge ultimately......all breeders can actually do is hopefully try to increase the odds of producing happy, healthy puppies, in our favor, in this crap shoot. Thought, careful consideration and responsibility must be assumed by any breeder, but especially one that takes two unknowns, mixes them together, produces a mix of the unknowns.....as cute and adorable as they may be.....having a safe and uneventful whelping is only the beginning. You may avoid the next minefield when these babies are small and healthy and adorable......and then they are sold/placed and sent to new homes and THIS is where all the planning and education and seminars and study and pedigrees and all that boring stuff comes into play. The pain and agony suffered by this precious little soul,
as well as the heartache and sense of loss experienced by the new owner, as the pup outgrows what defective organs can handle.....no more fun and games and gleeful wild abandonment with the results of this crap shoot......and if the new owners can not financially assume the expense of trying to save this baby, motivated out of such love and compassion for this innocent little baby, what happens to this bundle of innocent love then???....something every breeder must give serious thought to. This disaster and heartache is YOUR doing, brought on by all the decisions YOU made regarding this litter, from conception to this point in that babys life. If you do not believe in terminating a breeding that could produce much heartache and suffering, then do NOT let your bitch get into that circumstance in the first place. Spay her before this harm is done.