Thread: How honest should a breeder be?

Of course they should.The only reason to loosely veil the aims of their breeding as you put it is if they care more about the coin than where the dogs go.The uninformed public can stay in the dark at the end of the day they wont be getting one will they.I didnt see anything wrong with the add in question even if I may not have worded it exactly the same I try to put the idiots off when I do advertise.Problem is the classifieds police read something else into it as if you are encouraging the neanderthal mentality of the overly aggressive dog.Why care what they think.Its about what you think and what you do and who you sell to that counts.Sell to the right people and they are a walking advertisement for your dogs and sell to the wrong people and well.....

Hmm..

Firstly when advertising anything, only the seller opinion will matter to the individual puppy buyer. It is the Integrity of the seller that matters IMO. I believe anybody selling should advertise positively what they wish to. Clearly outlining to the best of their ability what they believe they are producing.

They are the owners, handlers, breeders etc, it is individual. People using terminology they themselves do not understand serves the dog community no benefit either, anyone can read a book, what about non english speaking people(or english speaking) who work dogs and understand canine body language but do not read the latest training articles etc they only learn from "reading the dogs"....

It would be a very long advertisement indeed, to fit the cornerstones of canine psychology into an ad, so perhaps a quick explanation on character traits expected in puppies is enough and for all serious Inquiries.... the ph no.

Genuine people who are genuine about dogs are easily detected from the BS artists who call up.....

Looking at it from both perspectives this is the best i can come up with at almost midnight!

Edited to ad, Character traits easily understood (generally) confident, social, strong etc...

Ladies, I personally think your posts are excellent, and you sum up the situation well.