TashasMom - I thought I'd better get back and apologize to you if I made you feel that your post wasn't a good one or an important one.
You mentioned that you are new, and I should first have welcomed you to YT. I didn't and I'm sorry about that.
I was getting ready for work, read your post hurriedly, and only meant to make two quick points - which were:
(1) The expenses you listed for your mother dog are much the same as we all have -- whether we breed or not. It was for this reason that I said I wouldn't include these as part of the expenses we incur when we breed.
2) And, I agreed with you totally about it costing a lot to raise a litter of healthy puppies.
With these two points being made - I was off to work knowing that others would be on sharing their experiences with you.
***** When we get on a forum like this - there are hundreds of people from all over with different opinions. Never take anyone's opinion personally. Most of us are responding to ideas and words -- not to people personally. If you don't like a post or a response, just think "Yuk!" and go on to the next one.
Re-reading your post and all the responses (mine may have been quick and "bong" - I was gone), I think you got a lot of great responses and interest in your post.
Please keep posting. I think I'm speaking for all of us when I say that we want to feel free to state our own opinions and occasionally disagree with one another. Each of us has a lot to offer. I have learned a lot from many people here who have disagreed me.
I'm sure we were all a more sensitive when we first started posting - but stick with it, and you'll get used to all sorts of opinions about almost everything. I think that this is what keeps YT lively, interesting, and fun.
Good luck - and please keep posting!!!
Carol Jean |