Sandy wrote: "Breeders don't PLAN on scamming their buyers"
Maybe not the breeders you've been hanging around with for the past 40 years... But sadly, YES, some breeders DO PLAN ON SCAMMING their buyers. As someone who is acutely aware of the ways that commercial breeders are marketing their pups, I am seeing intentionally misleading statements on a regular basis. They "jump out" at me because I know how to read between the lines... for example, I know that APRI does not honor AKC's limited registrations. I know that it is *ridiculous* that a pet owner has to pay for a supply of a specific supplement, otherwise the guarantee is null and void - not that it was a great deal in the first place (40% off another pup from the same diseased lines - what a bargain - NOT - this is just a chance to MAKE MORE MONEY off the poor buyer). Telling people that Hungarian Bernese don't get HD... Telling people that their dogs are "show quality" when they wouldn't know a show potential pup if it bit them in the behind... the list goes on and on. Obvious scams to me... but not so obvious to the uninitiated... And then there are the ones that label themselves "responsible breeder" and go on to not provide one iota of info that a ppo could use to determine what exactly is meant by "responsible". Sharon Montville - Firstrax - Colorado __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2
