| NOTE:
I am bashed by show/breed standard people for as they put it,
"Never allowing potential customers to come to my home;
instead I insist they meet me somewhere and this should be a
red flag to buyers." Well, once again, they are
sadly mistaken as
you'll see towards the bottom of this page. Furthermore....
What they don't say is I do not
allow everyone to come to my home as a precaution to
prevent transmitted diseases such as PARVO come into my home.
What they don't say is my web site is full of pictures and
videos so that potential customers can see my home and how my
Danes and their puppies are raised.
What they
don't say is my vets tell me they
wish
more breeders were as
careful as I am about letting strangers into their homes;
if they were vets would not be treating so many parvo cases every year!
It
doesn't take a genius to figure out with the large litters Danes
tend to have, in one year alone someone
could have up to 200 or 300 strangers in their home because most
of the time potential customers bring their children and
even friends of
their children to see the puppies. Even if only adults want to
see the puppies, many bring a couple of relatives with them or
friends. This is all fine with me, however, in this day and age I will not have
that many strangers in and out of my home!
Breeders that keep their dogs in huge
kennels might be able to splash bleach or a
Parvocidal Disinfectant on their walls and
floors weekly, but I can't do that in my home.
What
they don't say is my actual customers are
grateful I am this cautious.
Amen for the understanding puppy owners..... they are the best,
and truly have the welfare of the puppy/dogs at heart - and are
sensible enough to understand common sense reasoning. For
those that don't understand, they can buy their puppy elsewhere
and I'll still sleep like a baby for it.
What they don't say is once
or twice a year, usually with the last puppy of a litter to be
picked up, I do allow someone to come to my
home and I take extreme precautions before they ever get out of
their car to sterilize their shoes and hands. What they don't say is
these customers have written reviews stating they have seen my
home and the area the dogs have to potty and play when they go
outside via the doggy doors and it's nice and sanitary.
What they don't say is
how they will email or call me under the pretense of buying just
to twist my replies around to suit their need to bash
someone, anyone, just to feel important. But that's okay, because I have my own site for the
entire world to see... I'm not a coward, I don't hide like they do. I guess
they do this because they know what they are saying is
false.
They fault me for shipping without
seeing the new potential home. What they don't say is
I have a 4 page application of which I get references, including
their vet the puppy would be going to and verify references.
The show/breed standard person will
always gossip about me and yes, I may have one or two unhappy customers
but it's not because I did something wrong; it's because
they did after getting their Dane and it's always easier to blame the breeder than to
admit they messed up. This particular forum reminds
me of high school and the little "clicks" that went on. I
say these people need to grow up and get a life of their own and
learn to accept change. I can guarantee you sooner or
later the chocolate Dane will be a breed standard color.
It's just a matter of time and if someone with enough money
takes interest, it'll be sooner than later.
So many times people like something and
really want and believe in it but they don't have the guts to
stand on their own two feet to fight for what they believe in.
Then there are those that have it but then second guess
themselves because of gossip they here or they just want to be
"with the majority," even if the majority don't truly know what
the hell they are talking about.
To sum it up, it's like buying grapes,
you are always going to have a few sour ones in the
bunch. And if the show/breed standard people say they
never have an unhappy customer, they are simply not telling the
truth. I must say I do wonder,
do they go after all the standard breeders who
don't health test their breeding stock and are producing poor quality
puppies???
Or, do they focus on me simply because I'm the easier target as they really don't want to put
all that much effort to
clean up their own back yard?
Bottom line is if a potential
customer has a problem
with my policies, my contract, my puppies.... then they can buy their puppy elsewhere.
If a potential customer chooses to believe the garbage on
the forums vs testimonials from actual customers and not weigh
in the whole truth, then quite honestly I
prefer they buy their
puppy elsewhere as I prefer my puppies go to intelligent
people who can properly take care of them. If
a customer
has a problem with me, then that person should address me with it rather than bash me on a forum with
inaccuracies all the while emailing me as if everything is okay and
inquiring about getting another puppy from me! I just
can't stand a hypocrite.
If it's a show/breed standard
breeder that has a problem with my policies, my contract, my
puppies or me well then they can just get over it and get a life because
I will continue to selectively breed to improve the chocolate
puppies
my Danes produce until the
day I die, GOD willing. |
