@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 Everyone!
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Welcome to the forum!
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Welcome, some of us are "related" by dogs we have…so do tell us who your breeder is.
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Welcome to the forum!
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Welcome to our pack! Tell us more about Lana (it's the basenji thing - we always ask about them first :))
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What a cute pack you have. Welcome.
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Hello & welcome from Canada. Nice to have you here. Good looking dogs.
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Hello there, beautiful dogs you have. I always liked the Akita's, and also the Shiba Inu's.
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Welcome here!!!
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Welcome to the Forum and greetings from Belgium !!:D
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The breeder I am getting the new puppy from is Carol Webb from Southern California. We are waiting on some tests to get done, so we can get our puppy girl. Can't wait!!!
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We are going to have quite a pack when our second basenji arrives. The dogs we already have run around the yard like a pack of wolves and they are SOOOOO happy to see us when we come outside or when they come in, as if they haven't seen us for months… even if it's only a few minutes. And yes, then I hear a BAROOOOOO from Lana.
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Great pictures! Welcome and we are excited to have new members!
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Oh Carol is great! I really enjoyed all the time we spent with So Cal breeders back in the day. I think we were at her place something like 3-4 hours. I remember her show pictures from way back that were in black and white….:eek:
Congrats on your pup!
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lucky lucky lucky lucky! I want a brindle puppy SO bad!
Welcome to the forum. Shango, my two-year old, R&W boy and I say hello!
