Bashing breeders - Page 1

Can we all just knock it off?  Even the very best breeder can produced a poor quality unhealthy puppy.  It happens ( just look at your neighbors kids....one may be full of life and well his sib might look like he or she fell off a turnip truck).  It is how a breeder handles the situation that counts.  Do your homework when purchasing.  Don't come on here whining when you cheaped out and bought a pup off craigslist.  Rant over :)

Sorry to be so negative, but that's like asking for peace in the middle east. lol

Some breeders need to be bashed.

I agree that some breeders may not be the best but I also believe in personal accountability. I bought a GSD and at the time I thought I had asked questions and the breeder was recommended to me by someone I knew casually. If I'm being honest with MYSELF, I knew I didn't get warm fuzzies when I met her but I wanted another GSD puppy there and then. Do I honestly think she is trying to better the breed or place her pups in appropriate homes, no. She took over the business from her father and IMO it's all about money to her. IMO, I'm guilty as well because I gave her my money. Now having said that, I love my GSD like a fat kid loves cake, I just plan to make better choices in the future. Personal accountability

it pays to do your reserch and ask a lot of questions.
do i want a high drive,dog for sport? a family companion dog?
a personel protection or property and family protection dog?
a responsiable breeder will fit you to the dog you need. if he can't then he don't know his or her dogs.
i have hard dogs that i breed for police and security that no way would i place with familys. other breedings i do ,i would.
 take tour time shop around and  don't get on the wagon that some do as to large kennels.
 a lot of times a good kennel is in your backyard and you never thought about it because they were so close to home.
have a great and safe day.

Very well said Sable, alot of times people will look all over the world for a import puppy when he can walk across the street and buy a better one. The best way to weed out unethical breeders are to stop buying from them. and the best way to promote good breeders is tell people when you find one, no matter where the location. You don't hear much about all the good breeders, and there are alot of them, but you always hear about the bad.
Hank

LOL.  Funny stuff in the OP.  But yes some breeders deserve to be bashed and those are the ones that shouldnt even be thinking about breeding.  And I am sure that there are situations in which a good breeder makes a mistake.  They need to be given a break.

I was recommended to BYB least to say by a happy buyer. Not everybody's opinion really is countable when they think their toothless washed out GSD look alike is the representation of the breed... I stopped counting how many times people asked me if my dogs are PURE gsds.. I just politely say.. nope, they are not pure, but they sure have pedigree longer than you!

I agree with Sable, why import!  We have some incredible dogs here.  After my dobe importing disaster, where I got 5 duds in a row. ( The TOP kennels in Germany and Holland)Never did get a dobe with any teeth in its head.  I'm really not interested.  My pet peeve is the people that come on here whining about the poor quality dog they got from the kennel that produces oversized, undersized, non titled, non health checked, dogs raised in filth I paid 300 bucks for it dog.  And then they say "but i bought a breeding quality dog.... drives me bonkers.  The other is when they say but I bought a show dog, from a big name kennel when they purchased a pet. Do the people on this board not realize that some of us know these breeders well...It takes those of us in the know about three seconds to determine fact from fiction. I guess that was my point.  I realize that some people really do get screwed, but  it can be self induced......

Caveat Emptor...

While it is important that the seller is not defrauding the buyer by selling him a dog that is unfit for the intended or advertised use, it incumbent on the buyer to do their due dilligence (RESEARCH) on the dog being considered.  Particularly if it is not yet born.  You've got a little time unless it is out of two VA1 dogs.  If you buy a dog and it turns up "sick" and it is the only one of the litter with the issue, and assuming the breeder is being truthful, you may have exposed the pup, not the breeder.  Pups are like kids.  They get into stuff they shouldn't and can get sick over it.  IMPO, not all BYB are bad or ignorant.  They just don't have a pack of breeding animals and/or may be breeding towards an objective (keeping a particularly bred pup), so giving them the short shrift is unfair to some of them.  Once again, Caveat Emptor.   If you don't know about GSD's, find someone who does, but does ot own a kennel or have an interest in steering you towards a particular kennel.  It is to be your dog, so remember to get a dog that is consistent with your lifestyle.  It would be a bad thing for both dog and owner to get an over-the-top prey drive dynamo if you're not a high energy assertive person.

Part of the problem here is not that people seldom think things through, but that very often they don't think at all and buy on impulse.