@jengosmonkey
LOL this is a really important convo to be having! I'm honored that it takes place on my thread 😆 and yes, I absolutely agree with the points y'all are making.
People do need to know where their pups are coming from and whether they were responsibly bred. To think of it coldly, I wouldn't buy a house without looking into its history and possible problems, or I might face ridiculous stress, expense, and emotional trauma from subsequent issues that come up later. As a consumer, one should do their homework not only on the breed but on the breeder.
A breeder who produces puppies carelessly is basically a horrible human being in my book. It was a huge, thoroughly thought out moral decision for me not to adopt but to buy a purebred puppy, as I've worked with rescues before. I took this step with the possible goal of being a custodian. If a breeder is irresponsible in all the aforementioned ways, not only are they producing dogs with a higher possibility of suffering, muddying this ancient breed, and swindling people, they are needlessly taking potential homes away from dogs that need one AND frequently causing dogs to be abandoned! If there weren't any PMs or BYBs, imagine how many people would get schooled by rescue folk and responsible breeders into taking dog-parenting seriously before they ever took one home!
Sorry for the rant; I COMPLETELY understand the internal screaming that happens within some of you when you find out a pup is from a mill or crap breeder. If people like you and I keep yelling about it, we will change a few minds, which make all the difference to a few dogs which is better than no dogs 🙂
Hello from Holland!
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I'm really chuffed you have gone with Buburu, I have told his dad!!:D
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That's great! how did he react? :p
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Welcome to the forum & keep the pictures of the little one coming!
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Ok.. we decided to go for Buburu from Asthenia!
I was wrong about the fanconi test results: Fedora and Jenson are both probably carrier.
But we actually already decided on the looks..
I believe that those who just gave a reaction.. were more charmed by him as well.Now we have to wait untill April…. The pup can leave his mom at the end of February, but we are moving to a new home around that time..
How exciting!!! Now the long wait, oh that must be torture. Thats to bad that Jenson and Fedora are both carriers. I wonder why they did the breeding then? They should have had plenty of time for the tests before the breeding
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Well.. I know that Fedora was tested prob. carrier before the breeding. Jenson's testresults came back when the pups were already born.
I'm really excited about the pup!! If I have new photo's, I'll post them!
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I can't understand why they didn't test before the mating took place
Just aswell you did your homework;)
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Welcome to the forum and keep us informed about which pup you end up with!
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Welcome Janneke! Cute pups!
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I can't understand why they didn't test before the mating took place
Just aswell you did your homework;)
so you are not getting a pup from the litter with a breeding of Carrier to Carrier?
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so you are not getting a pup from the litter with a breeding of Carrier to Carrier?
No Janneke has decided to go for the other pup where the sire is clear (my male Kwame) and the dam is a carrier.
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Yup, that's correct. I do feel sorry for the breeder, because I first contacted him in December, when the testresults of Jenson weren't known yet. Now he still hasn't sold one of his pups..
I haven't heard from the other breeder since I told her that we would like to have her pup. (this was on monday)
I hope she contacts me very soon!
