I love being a breeder! I really do! HONEST!
BUT- I don't love having to deal with puppy people. I confess~ I am not a good PR person; I am not nearly patient enough!!
By the time my little fur-babies are 5 or 6 weeks old, I am just starting to think about which one(s) I may consider keeping in my breeding program. However, the pet people want to know for CERTAIN which one is THEIR puppy! They want pictures and daily updates and all the details of their puppies little lives!!
When I tell them I have absolutely NO IDEA yet- they get a little unhappy! They tell me that they like Puppy A because of her markings- and don't like Puppy B because her eye color~~
Well- you know what??? I don't CARE what they like or don't like!!
(GASP== I said it!!!- oh and it felt so good)
I don't do breedings to make pet people happy!! I don't breed to provide the pet buying John Q Public with companion dogs!! I breed to improve my breeding program! I breed to have something of quality to show! If I could figure out a way to put my order in for ONE- show quality- knock your socks of bitch- ONLY-- I would!! But since I can't do that-- I end up with having to deal with --
Puppy Pet People!
It's not like you can go to a puppy vending machine and just pick out what you want!!!!
Why can't they understand that???
I breed rats, and feel this SAME way! I'm not a people person, or people pleaser, and I don't breed to please anyone but myself.
ReplyDeleteI'm always grateful people are so interested in giving good homes to the animals I breed, but, most have this attitude that I run a business, and should act like a business women, and sell them the exact product THEY want, but it's not like that, doesn't work that way, and while I try, it's hard to keep the patience!
Being a breeder, can be so frustrating! (Yet, also so rewarding!)