Truley
Posted : 6/9/2010 4:05:42 PM
kle1986
Thanks everyone that didn't bash me.
Shame on you Kim.
This forum, and many of the people here in this very thread, stood by you through all the thick and thin of the past year. Offered advice, listened and shared in the both the joy of your dogs and then the absolute despair of two of them dying.
You have gone over and beyond and fostered many a pup and kitten. Kudos for that, because I know I can't do it.
I cannot answer for anyone here but myself. So I will go one further than some of the rest.
Out of all the dogs and people that passed away last year, all the way up until my own mother's death, Jokers broke my heart the most.
Look at it from my point of view.
Lillie, show prospect, did not like showing.........
Joker, another show prospect, how many shows did he do?
Flynn, breeder, mentored show prospect, how many shows did you actually go to with him?
I remember a rabbit.
I remember the death of Lillie and Joker, 2 dogs, in the prime of their lives, gone. No I do not blame you for their deaths.
Then little Zeeva, you kept her when Susan wanted her, I don't know who was promised what, or what all went on there, and I don't want to know, but I was dismayed to hear that you gave her to someone else, because she snapped at kids? My dog snaps too, but I did not give him away. I did not send him back to his breeder. For someone who has raised litters of unwanted puppies, that is raising a red flag. I can understand being concerned for your child, but I have to be honest. I think there was a little more there than you said.
Keeper. Something does not add up. No breeder, no self respecting breeder, is going to sell you a dog, find out it has a problem, an expensive, if fixable problem, take it back and then ask you to pay a pet price.
And now we have Rueben. He looks just like Joker. When I saw that you had him, I cried.
I cried Kim, because your looking to fill some kind of void in your life, and you keep filling it with precious puppies, kittens and other creatures. I cried because I actually wondered to myself how long it would take for that dog to not want to do what you planned and for you to go get another. I cried because your fooling yourself into believing that what your missing, or what you think is missing, is going to magically be fixed by another living breathing creature. I cried because your trying to get us (general) to keep accepting what your doing and not question it.
There was a thread where someone let loose on you, accusing you of abusing your dogs and saying that we should get tough with you, while I will fight for anyones right to free speech, I did not agree with her method or her choice of words nor how she delivered it. I stood up for your rights that day.
Today I am standing up for my rights. The right to say:
He is a handsome boy. But I am afraid for him.