I think that the better wording would have been: wait a year or two to get a puppy from a BIG breeder rather than a GOOD breeder. We consider ourselves 'good' breeders. Our dogs are nice, well cared for, do well in the show ring, have good pedigrees, and are fully health tested. We are 'good' breeders. We are also small, unimportant breeders who are not well known. We don't even have a waiting list, much less a two year wait for a puppy. We've only sold three pups to show homes and two of them have won Best Puppy in Breed, and Best Puppy in Show multiple times, so I know we're on the right track, but a one or two year wait just doesn't seem feasible. I don't know about the big, name breeders. Myra
>From: Susan Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Advice to Parents seeking pups for their children >Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 19:08:57 +0000 > >Patti wrote: >> >>The thing is that I know adults who think this is the way it works >>too. They aren't bad people, they just don't understand why you have >>to wait for a year or two to get a nice dog from a good breeder. > >A year or two? If I had to wait that long for a Cavalier puppy I probably >would have found another breed, or gotten another boxer. I've been in >boxers >for 20 years and when I lost my home-bred 7 year old Ch to cancer I and my >10 year old Ch bitch were devastated. Several weeks later I started >looking >for a Cavalier as I had wanted one for years. I found the perfect puppy (in >my eyes) in the first litter I looked at. He's now 14 months old and has >gone a long way to filling the hole in my heart left by Archie's death. >He's >a very nice representative of the breed with super temperament and I very >happy with him. IMHO asking someone to wait 1-2 years, especially for a >pet, >is just telling them to go to pet shops or internet sellers who are >breeding >for the pet market. Or to buy another breed that is more readily available. > >Susan Jackson >Reward's Boxers & Cavalier >Sylmar, CA > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > >========================================================= >"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. Myra Savant Gardengate Cavaliers _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ========================================================= "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.
