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UnRuli wrote:I suspect part of it might have been the way the questions were directed to them. Having a list like that can appear as if you're giving the third degree. There are ways of asking these sorts of questions in a conversational tone in a letter. It may make the letter just a bit longer but it won't appear quite so brash. The fact that you have asked questions that have already been answered on their site can also appear as if you're sending a form letter and have not taken the time to actually look at what they offer. This can sometimes make a breeder less interested in taking the time to answer your questions. They figure if you don't want to take the time to read the information on their site then they're probably not going to want to take time out of their day when it's probably unlikely you'll purchase from them anyway. Though this isn't always the case, my past experiences have shown me that the ones that are most demanding of your time are usually the least prepared to actually purchase a puppy. I always answered the questions, but I found it amusing that I was right 90% of the time with that theory. Then of course there is the possibility that you are not at all a potential puppy buyer but instead someone who is interested in causing trouble. Long lists of questions like this are sometimes sent out by anti-breeding types to use as fodder for their arguments. I've recently received a few of these myself and I haven't bred a litter in almost 6 years! That does tend to make breeders a bit gun shy. Of course they could just be crappy breeders. Oops litters are not necessarily an indication of this however. Oops litters do sometimes happen and methods of aborting unwanted pups from a bitch you plan to use for the breeding in the future can compromise future breeding potential. I admit I had one oops litter and boy was I embarrassed about it, but I was honest about the mistake......many other breeders are not and just list it as a planned breeding and tell no one about the mistake.
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GasMenagerie wrote:Misinformation: informing FiSHes for 3 years now.
Dec 9 11 10:14 PM
colorisnteverything wrote:Personally, I think your email was a bit weird. You said a lot of stuff about your old dog and the like which could have been condensed and was not pertinent. Maybe I have been grading too many OT exams haha, but that struck me as odd. The number of questions you ask is HUGE. If I got an email like that I may not even have replied. It was pretty intrusive. You may have asked if you could CALL and talk to them about this. I would have asked about what they breed for specifically - if they do trials, showing, etc. It looks like they "use" these dogs in the field, etc. Most of your questions are answered in their Q and A's. They were actually quite informative. And I liked their sales contract and questionnaire. They will take dogs back, guarentee health, all the dogs have OFA's. No red flags. I think this is a lot like people who respond to sales ads without reading, honestly. It would annoy me as well. Sorry!
Dec 9 11 10:22 PM
3dayz wrote:UnRuli wrote:I suspect part of it might have been the way the questions were directed to them. Having a list like that can appear as if you're giving the third degree. There are ways of asking these sorts of questions in a conversational tone in a letter. It may make the letter just a bit longer but it won't appear quite so brash. The fact that you have asked questions that have already been answered on their site can also appear as if you're sending a form letter and have not taken the time to actually look at what they offer. This can sometimes make a breeder less interested in taking the time to answer your questions. They figure if you don't want to take the time to read the information on their site then they're probably not going to want to take time out of their day when it's probably unlikely you'll purchase from them anyway. Though this isn't always the case, my past experiences have shown me that the ones that are most demanding of your time are usually the least prepared to actually purchase a puppy. I always answered the questions, but I found it amusing that I was right 90% of the time with that theory. Then of course there is the possibility that you are not at all a potential puppy buyer but instead someone who is interested in causing trouble. Long lists of questions like this are sometimes sent out by anti-breeding types to use as fodder for their arguments. I've recently received a few of these myself and I haven't bred a litter in almost 6 years! That does tend to make breeders a bit gun shy. Of course they could just be crappy breeders. Oops litters are not necessarily an indication of this however. Oops litters do sometimes happen and methods of aborting unwanted pups from a bitch you plan to use for the breeding in the future can compromise future breeding potential. I admit I had one oops litter and boy was I embarrassed about it, but I was honest about the mistake......many other breeders are not and just list it as a planned breeding and tell no one about the mistake.I do have a list of questions that I look to have answered by breeders, and if I find the information on the website I take it off my list. Since I couldn't figure out their web navigation (the main links weren't connected), I wasn't able to find a lot of the information I wanted, so hence the list of questions was very long. However, now that I have figured out their website, I still cannot find the answers to "most" of my questions. On his "My dogs" page, it says "OFA" but doesn't say what was area/structure was tested.Anyways. He's obviously not the right breeder for me, and I agree, the one he recommended seems much more my style. I was just surprised since I have sent similar emails (all the questions minus the answers I could find on their website) to other breeders and received much more positive responses in the past.Should I tell the first breeder that his website links are not working??
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3dayz wrote:Where did you find the Q and A's on the Trinity website?? I didn't find that at all...
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