@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 Again
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Shame on me, I once introduced myself and littele forgot to post here..
A new introducion, from me here:
I'm Kim, almost 24 years old, married and linving on a ship!
We sail across the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium to bring material like rolls of steel and food for farm animals.On the ship, we have our own zoo
- Basenji Buana Bizi, he is almost 3years old
- Basenji Chafuko Amani he is almost 1 year old
- Podenco Ibiceno Hailey (her real name is Hello I Love You:D ) she is 1,5 year
- Cat Spaiky, 4years old
- Rat Sadie she is 5 weeks old :rolleyes:
- Little Parrots Happy(8 years) and Kip (3 years)
We don't own them, they own us… hahaha
With the basenji's we like to show, Buana is Netherlands youth champion and Netherlands Champion. Almost Belgium and international champion. It's a hobby nothing more..
Chafuko just started and won't be nice to the judges.. so he gets a really good raport but the comments to be nicer.. (yes we train a lot now)Hailey is here since six weeks, and replaced because a unsteady home.
She gained weight now and is such a lovely little girl.. not so little, she thinks she is little...Well, i think you know a lot now, otherwise feel free to ask!
You can also look at our website, www.buanabizi.com to look at pictures and lots more! -
I remember you - I find it really interesting that the animals and you live on a ship. What do they do when you run into bad weather?
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I am also very interested in what your daily routine is like with your zoo on a ship! They all must be very steady footed. You posted pictures already, yes? Way back? I remember….I think you posted to the forum when you were about to get Chafuko and now he's almost a year! Time flies! I remember the Ibizan/Podenco too
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I remember you - I find it really interesting that the animals and you live on a ship. What do they do when you run into bad weather?
Oh we're never in bad weather actually
, We don't sail at sea, so we don't have trouble with storm etc.
But if it's cold… They don't want to play outside hahaha -
I am also very interested in what your daily routine is like with your zoo on a ship! They all must be very steady footed. You posted pictures already, yes? Way back? I remember….I think you posted to the forum when you were about to get Chafuko and now he's almost a year! Time flies! I remember the Ibizan/Podenco too
Yes that's right!!
Chafuko is almost one year now! :p
Like i said above, gladly (is this a right english word? hihi) we don't have to be steady footed.. I'm really sea sick (weird combination huh :rolleyes: ) and never was sick before ( hope it continues this way hahaha)The Ibizian you remeber is the sister of our Hailey, Pentah. She was staying for 4 months at our place, before she went to Australia!
If it's a miracle, our dream came true and we've got one for our selves now!
Only the bad time Hailey got before she got here was not fine…
To the forum:)