| Jade1523 |
| Posted 4/11/2008 2:25:57 AM |
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I like this site, and it has some good information, but some of the ads are sickening. People who are "retiring" their "breeders" for "adoption" at hundreds of dollars.
This really annoys me. pets are family members, or should be if you're a responsible owner. You don't just put them up for sale because you think they've outlived your definition of "usefulness" or can't make you money. pets are lifelong companions and friends, not something to generate income.
Sorry to be on a soapbox. Like I said, this just makes me really angry. None of my pets could be traded for ANY amount of money.
Blah. Thanks for listening :) |
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| beaglebrat |
| Posted 4/11/2008 9:20:41 AM |
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A lot of breeders don't keep every single Dog that does not work out in their breeding program for one reason or another.
I just placed a 3 year old Champion female. She had one litter of Puppies and was a WONDERFUL dog-- but I was not going to breed her again, and why should she be one of 12 dogs competing for attention?
The woman I purchased my yorkie from said it best. She has been raising Yorkies for over 40 years, and has had many Champions, but she still did not keep every single one of them.
"Why have them be one of the Chorus Line, when they can leave and be the star of the show"?
Would it be better if people never retired their dogs? Or just kept them in a kennel situation until the end of their days?
Some dogs we keep after retiring, others we don't. You have to make hard decisions sometimes to have a breeding program. Some young dogs may develop an issue, that you never breed them. They are young dogs, why not find them a pet home?
If you kept every single Dog that didn't work out in a breeding program or retired, then you couldn't keep other 'better' Puppies from your litters to improve your breeding program, or if you just kept adding and never subtracting every breeder would end up with 100 dogs.
I KNOW that all of the families that have ended up with my retired dogs are VERY HAPPY, almost all stay in contact and many WAIT for another one of my adults to retire because they don't care to deal with the puppy phase. |
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| CannonFarms |
| Posted 4/11/2008 11:06:09 AM |
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Quote Jade1523: I like this site, and it has some good information, but some of the ads are sickening. People who are "retiring" their "breeders" for "adoption" at hundreds of dollars.
This really annoys me. pets are... |
I rescue allot of retired breeders, and Im very happy that they chose to rehome or turn them over rather than kill them or take them to a shelter.
Lets get real about the majority of people, if they have money into something they are normally going to take better care of it. pets are disposable enough in out society without putting no value on them, every site I know you can post dogs on has a warning not to give a Dog away, class b dealers will pay up to $50 for a Dog to sell as research or other not so good things. www.ibuypets.com i believe is some one that will sicken you if you see that site.
There are a few people that will treasure a free dog, but most wont as much when things are not so great.
These dogs are also not really pets most of the time and are hard to housebreak and have anxiety issues, some are just really happy to be loved.
Theres the other side of things from my point of view, it sucks with the miller factor since they just buy more dogs but those old dogs have to go some where and its all utamilty about profit. |
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| NoSkiveez |
| Posted 4/11/2008 1:08:04 PM |
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I am going to agree with BB on this one.
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| 5dogmom |
| Posted 4/12/2008 12:10:32 AM |
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I agree If you choose to breed your Dog that is your choice but you must keep your Dog wether or not it can breed. You made a commitment to that dog. you should stick with it. |
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| PerfectPom |
| Posted 4/12/2008 12:44:59 AM |
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| Quote 5dogmom: I agree If you choose to breed your Dog that is your choice but you must keep your Dog wether or not it can breed. You made a commitment to that dog. you should stick with it. |
Some of them just make a commitment to get out of the Dog what they can, in other words, the dogs are pretty disposable. They have a different mentality than a pet owner, one much less emotional. The ads you see on this site will be much more of that variety.
Truly great breeders are few and far between, but even they may have to rehome retired breeders when time, space and resources are at issue. These dogs are usually spay/neutered before they go to their new home and offered at a reasonable price. |
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| lakid1 |
| Posted 4/14/2008 3:45:33 PM |
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| Quote PerfectPom: Some of them just make a commitment to get out of the Dog what they can, in other words, the dogs are pretty disposable. They have a different mentality than a pet owner, one much less emotional. The ads... |
PerfectPom, I have to say that you have an excellent response and that I agree with you. |
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| 4theloveofmycocker |
| Posted 4/16/2008 2:18:36 PM |
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I actually adopted a former show Dog from a show breeder. So she's "retired" so to speak. The breeder I got her from is very loving and is an excellent breeder and pet owner.
My Dog Breeze, didn't like the show ring and even though the breeder was so very hesitant to place her in another home, she thought it best for her to be a situation where she wasn't 1 of 10 dogs. Breeze now is only 1 of 2 dogs and gets spoiled rotten each day. I still keep in contact with the breeder and when I lived in Michigan she would come by to see Breeze when she was in the area.
I wouldn't put breeders down for rehoming dogs that would fare better in a smaller situation. It's apart of showing, breeding, etc. |
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