Are we s’posed to automatically know what standards are or why they’re important? If you agree that we’re not born with that knowledge, then when’s the right time to ask? Is it when you have the interest or when you’re capable of getting the things you’d need, like a car to get to shows, but no desire left to learn because every question you’ve asked on the subject has been somehow worded wrong?
Teenagers do things in a very bullheaded manor. I’m to the point where I know this, know it’s bad, but I still do things at a very fast pace when it comes to learning things of interest. If I want to be a breeder ten years from now, should I wait till then to ask questions or go ahead and learn what I can? I dun even know if I’ll go that far because I don’t beleive in objectifying a living thing the way many show dogs are, and where upholding the standard is important, being a champion isn’t in my eyes. If temperment is good and standards are at least met, why need to be BOB?
People say breeding for money is bad, and breeding simply to show your kids the miracle of birth is, though a nice thought, not a good idea.
But no ones said anything about how a puppy can light up the eyes of most people of any age and just being with that puppy makes a person happy, and then as the dog grows, assuming it’s been raised right, that puppy can become a companion more than a pet or dog you show for the glory of it.
I dunno how to put it and not sound like I’m for BYB, but I’m not and I want to make that very clear. But really, when I think happiness one of the top things on my mind is the thought of puppies in play and making some kid/teen/adult/senior happy.
Is bringing the joy of a puppy into the lives of people that may "need" it a bad reason to breed?
And yes, I know puppies become dogs, which need training that can be an awesome learning experience for, maybe, a soon to be single teenage mother?
Yeah… joining a club is not going to happen for the breed I’m interested in. At least not a local one. I’m in Florida. Lake Butler. The three major cities I think of is lake Butler *the old people’s city* Lake City *the city run by irrisponsible/poor adults it seems* and the Gainesville *a college town. need i say more?*
I don’t have a car, nor would I have permission to drive all that far even if I did. I haven’t heard of anything even bordering on being related to a dog show.
Before you say "Jacksonville’s not far off" consider that *I* cannot get a trip into town, a 30min round trip, letalone a 2+hour trip to Jacksonville. My 12 year old sister can, but that’s because she hasn’t become a screwup like me yet *in other words, she doesn’t have the probs with depression that I do*
This is not the place to learn EVERYTHING, I agree, but it’s easier to read a comment saying "You too young therefore you’re an idiot for even thinking you will ever be capible of this" than to hear it from a breeder over the phone or in person. I’m nearing 18, but when nervouse my voice can sound like a 12year old’s, and the younger you sound the less respect you will earn from a breeder, normally. I gather that from my experience in an attempt to get a puppy from a breeder as a companion that’d prolly get spayed once I grasp the concept of "heat". Just the way that I’ve been treated over the phone…. I don’t like it, and I feel that if I go into it better prepared with more knowledge to start with I’ll not only get the diserved respect, but I’ll prove to them that you don’t gotta be fifty to have an idea what you’re talking about.
Isn’t the best time to ask questions BEFORE you do it? I haven’t bred the mutt I wanted to because I’ve been told of it’s evils, not because I can’t find a female dog. That one would be easy, I just found out my friend has two oops litters a year *from four females, so it’s not one dog allways pregnant or nursing* because they can’t afford to fix their dogs. I don’t want to hear about how horrible that is, i want to prove a point that if asking a question means that you will never know the answer, then why do we ask if we don’t understand how you get the square root of whatever? Asking questions is a huge part of the learning process, even if all that you learn is that there’s a lock of humanity in the world.
I’M GUESSING NOT A DAMNED ONE OF YOU HAS A REASING LEVEL ABOVE THAT OF MY THREE YEAR OLD SISTER. YOU SEE THE WORDS, KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE THEM, YET HAVE NO EFFING IDEA WHAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY MEAN. IF YOU CAN’T ASK QUESTIONS IN THE ONLY PLACE OFFERED FOR THE SUBJECT, WHERE ARE YOU SPOSED TO ASK? HAVE YOU SEEN BREEDERS LISTED IN THE PHONE BOOK? I WAS ONCE UNNAWARE THAT YOU COULD FIND THEM THROUGH THE ACK. SINCE WHEN WAS ASKING IF BREEDERS WERE BORN WITH THEIR KNOWLEDGE THE SAME AS SAYING "I KNOW EVERYTHING ALREADY" WHEN I’M HERE ASKING QUESTIONS.
FORGET TELLING PEOPLE THAT THEY SHOULD NOT OWN DOGS, YOU PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED THE RESPONSOBILITY OF TREATING A MOUSE IN A HUMANE WAY.
I NEVER SAID I KNEW IT ALL, QUITE THE CONTRARRY. I KNOW THAT I DON’T KNOW IF ALL DOGS ARE PREGERS FOR 9WKS ORIF IT VARIES BREED TO BREED.
TO THE ONE THAT SAID A CAR IS TRIVIAL. LET’S PUT YOU WHERE NOT EVEN YOUR NEIGHBOR IS IN WALKING DISTANCE AND SEE HOW TRIVIAL A CAR REALLY IS.
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