BRAVA, Julie,
You have managed to put all of my own feelings in your two terrific
posts.........I am of your opinion exactly. As you put it so well; what
more can I say? <G>
Suze
Julie Sturman wrote:
>
> Brigitte
> There is nothing wrong with strings attached and many people do
> business that way. It has been my experience though that the people who I
> consider genuinely interested in getting a good start will seek my advice
> if and when they want to breed without being hit over the head. They
> welcome all the help they can get.
> I know that no matter how good the dog - I wouldn't want to be
> forced to go along with someone else's wishes and it's interesting you use
> a phrase like if it isn't to my advantage, why would I do it. I try to
> breed good dogs because improving on what I have is a challenge. I breed
> because I love having a litter in the whelping box where I sit for hours at
> a time lowering my blood pressure and handling the little things while
> fantasizing about all their future bests in shows (you notice I said
> "fantasizing") and it gives me great pleasure to be able to place a well
> bred healthy happy little puppy into the arms of a wonderful family who
> will love it no matter how it turns out. I want to make the experience as
> easy and as pleasant for them as I can. I sell all my pups for the same
> price because in spite of all the health checks and the educated guesses as
> to which one will be "the one", I can be wrong. a show prospect can turn
> out to be a pet and visa versa. I would hope all my buyers fall in love
> with their dog and the dog becomes more important than the ribbons it mayor
> may not win and in 37+ years of breeding, very few buyers have disappointed
> me. The ones that wanted to show and breed for the first time have always
> wanted my advice and my help. The ones that were experienced didn't need my
> advice and help but we stayed close and compared notes anyway. As for
> getting a puppy back - after I've sold a puppy (for regular price) I am not
> unaware of what it costs to get that pup a CH and all the health checks and
> grooming equipment and general upkeep. Those owners have spent a lot of
> money by the time they are ready to breed their puppy. Then they have one
> of these litters with only one show prospect if that and they have to give
> it up? It's a situation designed to produce bad feelings. By the way, the
> AKC does not encourage co-ownerships and if you happen to co-own with a
> judge, even if it is another breed, and that judge is judging somewhere -
> you can't show your own dogs at the same show or even the same weekend. It
> can get pretty complicated if you co-own with someone who co-owns with
> someone whose sister is judging......it can be very confusing, limiting,
> and difficult. I just feel differently about it than you do but there is no
> right and wrong. As the saying goes, that's why there's chocolate and vanilla.
> Julie
>
> At 09:51 PM 9/27/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >Julie Sturman wrote:
> >
> > > Hi List
> > > This is a response to the letter from Mel & Hilary re: the
> > rescue puppy
> > > for $1500..........
> > > First, let me say I have nothing whatsoever to gain from this
> > as my two
> > > Champion cavaliers are 9 & 13. I am neither breeding, selling, nor showing
> > > at present. However, I have observed that it is now and always has been
> > > practically impossible to buy a good cavalier puppy from a reliable breeder
> > > with full registration and no strings attached and certainly not for $1500.
> > > In my Pennsylvania neighborhood, there is a good breeder charging $2000 for
> > > pets.
> > >
> > > Just my own controversial opinion......
> > > Julie Sturman
> > >
> >
>
>
Suze at Llawen Cavaliers
"...I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man
to depend simply upon himself." -Isna Ia-wica
"Thought comes before speech" Luther Standing Bear
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