Your post puzzled me as I have gotten the opposite impression during my first month here. I see so many people so willing to share their knowledge and experience, I am grateful, interested, and just a little addicted already. I have seen friendly, sharing, and compassionate members ready to help with whatever questions we may have.
I was so puzzled that I went ahead and read all of your posts -- 20 of them since the first one Nov 6th. I saw your welcome post and 3 threads that you started to share pics and your pet intros -- they were full of welcomes and compliments for your cute babies. I saw a few where you posted to other's threads and I never saw anything mean.
I think any problem you are feeling is coming from the thread you started about studding your 9 month old male. I saw the responses as people trying to help you and maybe save you some time and heartache.
To offer our Yorkies as stud, they should meet breed standards. A cute, wonderful personality, faithful companion pet is not always a good candidate for a stud. Those who are serious about preserving the breed standards and improving upon them....are going to dissuade a person from breeding a dog that is out of standards. That does not in any way take away from the wonderful qualities of the dog -- just that it might not be the best dog to perpetuate the lines. My first Yorkie was the love of my life but she was not in standards and we had her spayed when it became clear her coat was wavy and she started tipping the scale over 7 pounds. I want to eventually get two Yorkies that I can breed. I have picked a couple of "likely suspects" and now will just have to wait and see what the next year and a half holds for them -- then I will know if it is something that I will be able to do. Even if they do not turn out to be breedable, I will love them just as they are!
Just as I did, you received a very warm welcome and high praise for your little ones. Is that something mean people would do? You had your questions answered promptly -- again, mean? I do not think so.
I took a very long time getting to the point -- that is .... just because you get a response different than you would like, or a different opinion than your own, you should not take it as anyone being mean or rude to you. Someone cared enough to share their thoughts, experience, knowledge, and opinions with you. That in itself is an act of kindness. I hope this gives you another way to look at things and maybe make a more favorable evaluation of the forum. I hope you start liking it as much as I do. Best wishes to you and those beautiful puppies of yours. |