Hi Peggy the Wicked ;-) et al I don't mean to single you out here but your post kind of struck a chord with me and I thought it would be a good topic for discussion. What steps to most of the breeders on this list take when selling to a novice show home? What are your determining factors before you do? How involved do you remain afterwards and for how long? Peggy, when you say you are turned off to selling to new show homes do you mean you are much more wary when considering it and make sure you have the time to be as involved with them before doing it or do you mean you just don't sell to new show homes anymore? After that kind of an experience I'd be disheartened as well. But the fact remains that unless we were born into the sport we all had to be someone's first show home. Not all novice show homes are created equal, some will take the time to learn all they can about the breed, the sport, pedigrees, read every book written on whelping and canine genetics, learn what makes a good stud dog owner if they plan to get a male, get to know the different breeders among the reputable and try to learn form everyone. Some will expect that everything be done for them and make no effort to learn a thing. I don't think it is fair to paint them with the same brush. The potential that a new show home may reach not only depends on their willingness and enthusiasm but also on the involvement of the breeder and the support of others in the breed which includes the pet owners especially the ones who go to the shows just to watch or to participate in a different venue. You'd be surprised how just the smallest gesture of positive support can impact a person. Heck I might not be sitting here writing this if it weren't for a few small gestures from others, I'd probably still have one dog who would have never become a champion and I might have never set foot in a ring again. Sorry to go off on a tangent LOL but I'd really like to know what makes some of you decide to sell to a new show home and what steps you take to help?
Terrie:) peggy mickelson wrote: > I'd rather have the fleas than risk it. We sold a bitch years ago to a novice > show home that came with the very best recommendations. When the bitch > finished, they bred her...and while she was in whelp, treated her for fleas. > Lost the whole litter... > my own vet was livid. The puppies all looked fine, but none of their breathing > equipment had developed........... Frankly, that experience is what turned me > off selling to new people to show. Those people weren't stupid, just believed > what their vet told them...and not that all vets are stupid, either, but a lot > of them truly don't believe that people should be breeding dogs. > ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
