| Mardelin | 12-12-2010 01:29 PM |
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Originally Posted by Nancy1999
(Post 3354351)
I'm not sure I said someone was a bad breeder for using those words, I usually advise puppy buyers to avoid such breeders though. I personally do not think you need to speak to a breeder, know them "personally" or see their puppies to believe that they are a bad breeder, perhaps you need to do all of this and more, to know if someone is a "good" breeder, but in my opinion, someone can qualify as a bad breeder if they only have one strike against them. For example, breeders who sell directly from the website, this is such a gross vialotion of what I believe is in the best interest of the pups, that nothing else they could do, would make me think they were a good breeder. A dog being sold, without intensive interviews of the puppy buyer, is never in the best interest of the dog. Again, not saying anyone here does this, my point is that it takes much more information to know if someone is a good breeder than it does to know that they are a bad breeder. To many bad breeders have learned to "talk the talk."
| I think the reverse is true. As a breeder I'd prefer to interview my potential new families face to face, know where my pup is going to go and how they'll be treated. I prefer to place my pups locally, since I offer free grooming for the rest of their lives, it affords me the ability to see them first hand. | 