[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Puppy Mills..We help create em!

  • From: Susan Madlung <stormygsd@xxxxxxx>
  • To: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx, edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:34:08 -0700

I have been chatting with a local lady who wants more than anything to get a
nice GSD for her family - she is a stay at home mom with 2 youngish kids..
She wants to "do it right" and wrote to several breeders in her area - I was
one.. she mispelled "shepard" in her e-mail and wonders if that may be the
reason why NO ONE (other than I - and I don't even have any puppies) has
responded to her inquiries. I only wrote to her to tell her I didn't have
any puppies, but would help her find a good one. The people I recommended,
she had gotten no answer from.. even though she sent her e-mail out twice..
and we wonder why buyers turn to petshops??
A couple of those breeders are on this list.. shame on you, you could at
least have the common decency to respond to e-mails to say you don't have
anything..Think of the "professional" image put forth..If breeders want to
be ranked at a higher level that petshops or puppy mills, they better act
like it. I'll bet Hunte never ignores inquiries..
Sue Madlung - Shadowacre Reg'd German Shepherds
http://www.shadowacre.com

> In a message dated 10/10/2006 10:07:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Puppy  mills exist and  are thriving because there is a need for
> them.....yeah I  know, there are all types of advertisements that say buy
from a reputable
>  breeder...please define that term for me...as for buying from a so-called
> breeder how many screen their clients, make them fill out applications, do
> home visits, make them sign ten page contracts.. I don't do any of that,
and
> it's Okay if you do but many folks including me don't want your approval
of
> their life style, and it is your right to refuse to sell to them, but when
they
> go to Mr. Puppy Miller everyone gets all pushed out of  shape.
>
>
> You are right Ed.  I had a call last week from a lady looking  for a male
> puppy; the family consisted of her, herself and nine year old  daughter.
Mom and
> dad worked different shifts, so for most of the day and  adult would be
> around, BUT, the only fence they had was around their pool.   I have no
puppies,
> but still, I spent the better part of an hour telling her  what to look
for in a
> breeder, her rights as a puppy purchaser in PA, patiently  answering her
> questions (food, crate training) BUT also suggesting she  strongly
consider
> fencing a section of her ground.  Why?  Because in  her mind, nine year
old daughter
> (unsupervised) was going to walk the  doggy.  (The image of a nine year
old
> trying to hold onto one of my males  who had another idea flashed through
my
> mind, followed by the image of her  neighbors, nice neighborhood BTW, when
puppy
> then dog was allowed to defecate on  THEIR very manicured lawn).  So, we
> spent some time discussing a safe,  fenced in play area.  You know what
the lady
> learned?  To say "yes" re  the fence question.
>
> I'll still make sure, with very few exceptions, mine go to a home with a
> fence.  But there will be BYBs and millers who will gladly sell a puppy to
those
> I'd never consider.  And you know what?  So be it.
>
> Kathy
> member GSDCA, DVGSDC
> three  generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions live here!
>
> visit _Pine  Hill German Shepherd Dogs_
> (http://www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds/)
>
>
>
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