As stated by simonandhallie, the reason for the Breeder Talk section is to educate people on breeding and those that have breeder questions. While we do not like to see any hostility or problems, we have decided that having a section just for breeders or breeder discussion is better than not having one, since people will have questions regardless. Before we opened the breeder section, people still had breeding questions, they just ended up in General Yorkie Discussion mostly. No matter if there is a section just about breeding or not, the questions people have about breeding don't go away.
All members (and breeders) are free to participate in Breeder Talk, just as they are free to not participate. We appreciate all breeders, and since no one on the YorkieTalk team is a breeder or an expert on the subject, we appreciate all breeders that do help out in answering questions, supporting pregnant Yorkies with advice, and helping any novice breeders with their first Yorkie litter.
We would hope that breeders do not try to one-up one another and try to "show off" in Breeder Talk, as that is not the main purpose. Threads can get heated and controversial when it comes to breeding, but our goal here is to help the pregnant Yorkies deliver a healthy Yorkie litter. As of late, we see Breeder Talk as working, as members are getting their questions answered and there is not a lot of problem threads. We did see your Biewer thread, we don't think it caused any particular hostility, as that thread is currently open and did spur some good conversation about the topic.
Thank you for your feedback. As we have stated in the past, our goal here at YorkieTalk is to help Yorkies, Yorkie parents, pregnant Yorkies, and to be a resource for everything that has to do with our favorite breed, the Yorkshire Terrier. |