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Originally Posted by Ares55  Who are you to judge what is ethical or unethical and if I have acted in any unethical way at all? Just because YOU don't agree with buying small yorkies doesn't mean that WE can't, YOU don't control other people.
I came on this forum looking for suggestions on breeders that some of you could recommend so that we didn't have to buy from Korea or another foreign place, and guess what, only two people were actually helpful, the other comments were like yours and entirely unnecessary. Then, I wrote that I want to fly to Korea myself and fly home with her to make sure she's safe, but you judge me to be unethical? Your opinion of me can go where the sun doesn't shine.
Here's a bit of stinging truth for you: This forum runs on donations, do you think new members are going to want to join and donate when people like you go about writing rude comments about other peoples actions? Do you think the owners of this forum are going to want to keep people like you around when you're so off-putting to other members? I doubt it.
Here's some more stinging truth: People want these dogs and they will go to great lengths to get them and spend great amounts of money on them. Instead of sitting around berating people searching for them on here, why not actually send them helpful information to a breeder you know that sometimes has small pups so that they don't go find a dog on Craigslist or a random website or some hoarding breeder out in Iowa or someplace. These dogs are born, it happens, there's nothing you can do to stop it and there's absolutely nothing you can do to stop people from buying them.
You are part of the problem, not the breeders in Korea. |
There was a different way to respond than to say that.
Y'know, I'm really sad about the decisions you and your boyfriend have made. This is an online community and most everyone tries to give good advice and be helpful. And the points people are making, they are valid. And if your boyfriend has his heart set on a smaller sized yorkie, if you're willing to maybe wait awhile, you can get that from good solid reputable breeders. There's many in the country, heck I even know one close to you in San Francisco. As you know, breeders who breed for standard size do end up with smaller ones on occasion, as well as larger ones too. That can happen every once in awhile. I just can't wrap my head around the crazy price. You are really overpaying for a pet yorkie. 5800 if I'm not mistaken is up in the price range that's something you'd maybe expect for a show dog. It's definitely way up there for a pet. And the breeder doesn't even know the date of birth. I actually thought that was a joke.
I don't know what type of responses you were expecting from people when you made your post, but I'm just really sad that size has taken priority over far more important factors. There's a science to breeding, and that science needs to be put towards those more important factors (health, for example). That's what most people care the most about. They want a breeder who is known to produce healthy dogs. I just don't understand why you wouldn't wait and find a good breeder who will, cause they all do, have a smaller dog on occasion. The whole Korean tiny puppy craze, it's just so unfortunate. Those breeders are not bettering the breed. And I couldn't imagine anybody supporting that. But I guess if you just want a puppy right now and all you care about is size, then I guess there you go.