hahaha lol

Sometimes I shake my head in despair of the complete eediots that seem to migrate towards my beloved breed..... I try not to reply as I don't waste my breath any longer.....

> One has to think outside the web

Is that 'charlotte's web'  
Great reply by Margaret.
I don't always like the replies on here - sometimes I may feel bad - I always love being able to come here and get food for thought. Thanks

Heidi

Some of us have been members on Champdogs for a long time (some might say too long) and after four or five years' one begins to recognise the posters that come on and want validation for breeding pet dogs with absolutely no thought to health testing - after all, the vet has said that their dog is healthy! - some of us are involved in breed rescue and know how many adolescent dogs finish up in rescue because their owners have not appreciated what they are taking on - and when the old haggard members here pipe up and say our bit, it is not welcomed!

Often those who have bruised feelings will stay, will realise that they have been given good advice - and become crusaders themselves!

We do have to keep hammering the message home because Champdogs is one of the first websites that comes up when one googles "having puppies" - so it is important that we keep saying how important it is to health test, to breed only from dogs with good temperament etc etc etc .....

Margot

Well done Margot.  I tried to join and make a comment (I think I was banned before I even started!), it wasn't going to be rude or argumentative, simply to show the other people there that most of our replies had been sensible, caring about the dogs involved and constructive.
At the end of the day, this is MY chosen breed we're talking about here, and it saddens me to the core that they receive such abuse, and some people you just can't get through to.

Surely there is indiscriminate breeding in spiders I know there is in rats. Would they not react just the same as people here did ....or maybe not <sigh>

When I got mt well bred rats I had to sign a contract saying I wouldn't breed from them, would contact breeder if I couldn't kep them and had 6 monthly questionnaires on their health

They would only respond in the same way if they cared .....