Let's Share "BYB Says" Stories - Page 1

A lady came in to our grooming salon with an undocked Cocker Spaniel puppy, about 8 weeks old. She asked at what age the tail falls off. I had to stare at her for a minute to make sure she was serious. She was. The breeder told her that it should be falling off any time now, along with the dew claws.

Please feel free to share similar stories. I don't know whether to laugh or cry at stories like this.

Stacy

From the breeder of our first GSD:

"If you want him to be a good guard dog, NEVER let anyone pet him, ever. Lock him up when people come over so he doesn't see them and never take him out anywhere."


Not kidding.

13 years of knowledge later I'd like to go back in time and slap her upside the head.

Similar GSD story. First one I ever bought for a working dog (I was green as a gourd) the so called trainer that was helping me told me that I could only have contact with him when feeding or training and he was to have no contact with my family.  It important for him to remain in the kennel at all other times.  Followed the trainers instructions the dog was very high energy became maniacal.  Gave him away as a property guard dog - been sick about it ever since. Over 30 years ago.

Thank God I learned my lesson with just once such experience.

Tuff

The former owner of my male (now my Hearing Ear service dog) had similar beliefs about how a guard dog should be treated. Tie him to a chain,  don't let anyone pet him.

I guess I have to give my birth mom's husband credit for ignoring the owner's instructions when he went over to feed Ricnard's dogs when  Richard had to be away overnight. There has to be some reason this dog is as stable as he is!

"First one I ever bought for a working dog (I was green as a gourd) the so called trainer that was helping me told me that I could only have contact with him when feeding or training and he was to have no contact with my family. It important for him to remain in the kennel at all other times."

Sadly, there are still people who believe this even now.  I would submit that if it is necessary to go to such drastic measures to prove a dog's breed worthiness, the dog isn't breed worthy.

How gullible and down right stupid are the people who believe this stuff.

Blame the breeder all you like but anyone who thinks a dogs tail will just fall off is just asking for it.
A salesman's dream come true.

The Nine is real.

You say poor people, I say poor dogs.

Moons.

In high school I worked at a boarding kennel on the weekends - the manager only worked during the week.  I had one customer bring in her small dog (shizhu, maybe?) for a nail trim.  While I'm doing the trimming, I notice that the nails on the dew claws have grown around completely into the pad and there was no way for me to trim them.  I finish the trim and take the dog back out and show the owner the nails and let her know she probably would need to go to the vet to have them done because I did not want to hurt the dog.  The owner tells me that she always brings her dog in for a trim but the manager does it, so there shouldn't be anything wrong with the nails - she was staring at the ingrown nail while she said this.

I only worked there for about 3 months because I couldn't stand it.  About two years later the manager was indicted on animal neglect and cruelty charges for the conditions at her breeding kennel.  If she couldn't even clip nails, I'm afraid to think about what her own kennel looked like.

Opal

sad to say it's not only backyard breeders that think like that. I know people who have gotten their GSDs from big reputable breeders, who have similar stories about how dog should be raised. keeping them in their kennel  most of the times and away from other pets etc... always been shocked that they were that stupid.

This wasn't heard from a BYB, but I laughed when I heard a guy, about fifteen years ago, tell me that he spayed his very nice Collie bitch because she had a mixed breed litter of puppies by accident once.  I asked him why that mattered, and he told me that once a purebred bitch has had a litter of puppies that are mixed, she can't ever have a litter of purebred puppies...All future puppies she would have would be mixed breeds regardless of the male she was bred to.

I'm glad he spayed her, with that level of knowledge, but I still shake my head about the permanent contamination thing.

Crys