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Originally Posted by fl24019 I see where you're coming from, but I have had the opposite experience. Show dogs I have known are pampered and catered to and doted on. They get the best possible diet, exercise and training. While they have some restrictions while their coats are in wraps, when they are young and when their show careers are over, their coats are cut down and they live a normal dogs life. Showing is not something everyone wants to do, but it's hard to listen to an argument that show dogs are somehow abused. I'm sure some are, but so are some people's children. Generally speaking, they get the best care any dog ever gets. |
Maybe I've come across wrong here. I don't feel they are abused. And it does make me feel better to hear that they spend the majority of their life being a dog (after their show career is over). I'm not saying show dogs are kept in cages treated cruelly..i meant that any breeder whether they show or not that keeps their breeding dogs or any dogs in cages..does not sit right with me. I feel it is wrong. Now keep in mind it's how I feel. How I feel toyou or anyone else means nothing. It's just my opinion and my preference.
No I wouldn't show a dog. I don't have what it takes to show a dog. I enjoy being outdoors too much and want my dogs with me when I am. My dog would never achieve a show coat because I coudn't keep her inside. If you and your dog enjoy that then that's fine. I am happy that you get to do what you enjoy. I would like to think some are happy with what i'm doing. But if they aren't then that is fine too. I do what I do because it pleases me and my family. Just as I'm sure you do as you do for the same reason.
I know i got heated on the discussion of showing. I am sorry for that. I have seen your side and agree with some of it. I don't beleive you have to show a dog to breed quality yorkies. I beleive you have to be educated to breed quality anything. Showing to me in my eyes is a hobby nothing more. It to me doesn't prove that you have quality dogs. It proves to me that you have one dog that can win in a ring (if it has) that is all it says to me. I would have to see your breeding dogs, see your references, talk to your vet ect. ect. for me to say you have quality dogs. Just because one judge or 5 judges say you do doesn't mean anything to me. Its your knowledge of the breed and your quality of the breed that means something to me. Showing for you would be icing on the cake to me it woould me oh he or she enjoys showing..how nice..