@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! Hoping to get a little insight here!
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Hello everyone, I am hoping that you good people can shed some light in my quite overwhelmed life right now!:o
I hope not to be too much of a pain, and I am not even sure if I am posting in the right place…
I will stop here and say Hello, looking forward to meeting you all, and maybe MAYBE some day, I can be of help to someone like me! LOL!:) -
Welcome! Post some pics of your dog!
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Welcome Sharon, tell us about your B.
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Welcome, what is your issue?
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Welcome. Are you overwhelmed concerning your Basenji?
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Thank you folks for the kind welcomes! Most of you have seen my plea for insight, lol, down below in Basenji talk, and have given me some great advise, keep it coming!
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Hi and welcome to the forum
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Welcome look forward to hearing about your boy.
Rita Jean
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Welcome and thank you for joining. I have enjoyed reading your posts and always learn something new from fellow members responses.
Love the name of your home town!! I suppose the locals get a lot of "There once was a man from Nantuckett….." jokes from the tourists:D
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Welcome and thank you for joining. I have enjoyed reading your posts and always learn something new from fellow members responses.
Love the name of your home town!! I suppose the locals get a lot of "There once was a man from Nantuckett….." jokes from the tourists:D
Well, I am the one giving thanks ! I am so happy to have found some folks who understand so much about this curious breed. (BTW, all of your dog babies are beautiful! I have really enjoyed looking at all the great pix! I posted one of my boy in my other post in Basenji talk, I will try to get more, but he knew I was holding a treat and wouldn't stand still long enough for me to get a standing shot!:rolleyes:)
