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How to tell a good breeder from a bad one...

Posted : 7/3/2006 9:26:55 AM

One of my co-workers explained this to me last week and I just didn't have a clue how dumb I really was.

Her husband works at a major sporting goods place where it is not uncommon for many bybs to take their litters of various sporting dogs on the weekends to sucker people in. Oh, I mean find the dogs wonderful, loving homes. My co-worker periodically goes over to see all the pups - she wants a dog, but doesn't really.

Anyway, she was kind enough to impart her vast knowledge about good breeders and bad ones on me after her latest visit. Apparently the difference between the good and the bad is that the good ones keep their dogs on the grassy area of the parking lot, while the bad ones do not.

So there you go...

I would have tried to tell her the real truth and refer her here, but some people are just too dumb and not worth the wasted breath. (This was the same co-worker who said she thought I should re-enlist in the Navy. When I said I have others to worry about - my son, Shari (this was before she went to the Bridge), and the cats, my co-worker responded "well, Shari's about done anyway." Thanks, genius...)

Xerxes

Posted : 7/3/2006 10:10:34 AM

Sharismom,

It's good to hear that you work with such a sensitive and perceptive lady. After all a GOOD breeder wouldn't want their pups on pavement.

keedokes

Posted : 7/3/2006 10:15:34 AM

Shouldn't it be the other way around? What if the poor dears get it into their head to eat grass and then throw up? That is much more uncomfortable than hot paws. I wouldn't even pay attention to a breeder that allowed them to upset their little tummies like that! How cruel...

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shaylan putney

Posted : 7/3/2006 10:20:53 AM

MAN O MAN WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO

i tihnk i would have slapped her if she said that to me.(im just kidding)

glenmar

Posted : 7/3/2006 10:48:29 AM

Ummmm, but didn't ya know that pups can't POSSIBLY get worms of any kind if they are kept on cement?

ron2

Posted : 7/3/2006 6:00:33 PM

Apparently the difference between the good and the bad is that the good ones keep their dogs on the grassy area of the parking lot, while the bad ones do not.

So there you go...

I wished I had known that before I went through this steep learning curve about proper animal husbandry. I could have saved a lot of time and effort.

Benedict

Posted : 7/3/2006 6:07:56 PM

Damn. Ben was playing on the grass the first time I went to see him. I wish I had known that after seeing that I didn't need to ask any questions.

Kate

Margaret Tyler

Posted : 7/3/2006 6:34:25 PM

An old co-worker of mine wanted to breed her American Bulldog to her mother in law's duchsand. And she even worked for a vet at one time. Needless to say, I never asked her for advice.

dasher

Posted : 7/3/2006 6:59:26 PM

Whew...you will have to thank your co-worker for me for that tidbit. Dasher was on grass during his puppy hood, so that confirms his breeder was a good one [

], do you think your co-worker would be up to teaching some dog classes as well, she seems to have a knack for these things. [

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sharismom

Posted : 7/4/2006 1:01:10 PM

ORIGINAL: glenmar

Ummmm, but didn't ya know that pups can't POSSIBLY get worms of any kind if they are kept on cement?

Silly me...I forgot about the worms. I'm surprised my co-worker didn't tell me.

do you think your co-worker would be up to teaching some dog classes as well, she seems to have a knack for these things. []

Yep, Dasher. And right after dog classes, sensitivity training for the humans.