That sounds pretty typical of a responsible breeder, Kris. You are lucky to have found them. I looked at the link you sent, and these people appear to be very good breeders and have their heart in the right place. Before I got into breeding myself I found all that a bit exaggerated, and as a buyer I even resented it to some extent, but I learned quite a bit and revised my opinion a lot once I was raising little kittens myself and then sending them out into the world hoping and praying that they would have a really wonderful life with the people I chose for them to live with. I was quite amazed in the beginning by the time and energy I had to invest in the raising of the kittens. I knew it was going to be work, but I sure didn't know how nerve-wracking and also sometimes scary it was going to be in addition to the actual physical work!! Seeing the miracle of life and the beauty of it all when the babies are born is unlike anything else, though, and watching them develop and grow playful and curious and gradually become little feline individuals is a wonderful experience and a real privilege.
I found that Burmese kittens were not nearly as difficult to raise as Sphynx, but that could just be my experience. My Burmese, Dayita, was a perfect mother from day one until she weaned her kittens abruptly at four weeks. The kittens nursed well from the very beginning and they also learned quickly how to eat cat food and use the litter box. The Sphynx kittens often refused to nurse when they were first born even though the mother had lots of milk for them. Some of them took days to learn! I read about this on the Sphynx breeder list time and again, so it wasn't just my kittens, but my kittens were MY problem! It wasn't easy to try to get them to nurse, holding them in place and watching them finally latch on to a teat, start to nurse and then slip or jerk away, only to start looking for the teat again, and this over and over and over again!! Wanting them to get the all-important mother's milk in the beginning, you have to decide when and how often to hand-feed them so they don't become dehydrated! Having learned what it was like to have a 24-hour job with some of those kittens and having been told by my vet how great they had turned out, both personality-wise and health-wise, I now truly understood why breeders who truly care want the best for their kittens once they are ready for their permanent homes and why they charge what they do. These breeders not only work like mad and have a real passion for what they do, they also love their charges and have a lot of fun with them! So through breeding myself, I learned what kind of breeders are worthy of admiration and respect and which breeders I wanted to work with.
On the other hand, the "backyard" breeders and the puppy-mill or kitten-mill ones who are just interested in a quick buck and who often sell sick or sickly kittens to unsuspecting people, are genuine criminals in my opinion. They are doing a disservice to both the animals and the buyers and should not be supported, put mildly. This also goes for pet shops where kittens and puppies are sold.
Carlee
Von: iPad@yahoogroups.com [mailto:iPad@yahoogroups.com] Im Auftrag von Just Murray
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 26. Dezember 2012 21:08
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Betreff: Re: [iPad] VERY OT: pet question
Sounds like these guys. They want meetings and inspections.
http://www.classystaffys.com/index.asp?ID=8
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On Dec 26, 2012, at 8:18 AM, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@icloud.com> wrote:The good breeders worry as much about where and to whom their puppies are going as the conscientious buyer does about where and from whom their puppy is coming.
We don't sell many houn ds to people more than 3 hours from us, because we always do home (and fence) checks. That said, we have had dogs we sold (from Maryland) living in Japan, California, Texas, Colorado, Germany, Norway
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