Web site is getting much better
I've upgraded my accout to allow for unlimited pages. The main advantage to you should be smaller pages with more specific information. The advantage to me is Dove and Diva don't have information spread all over the place. I just link back to their (now) individual pages. I'm adding an interactive hunting dog selector, which should be a cool version of the EIGHT PAGE paper I have on the subject. There'd be no reason to read all eight pages, if you could navagate through a flow-chart style web site.
Look for me to expand the information here. I might start individual pages for other breeders here as well.
Look for me to expand the information here. I might start individual pages for other breeders here as well.
I was a visitor to your website some time ago and just surfed back in via the GSP webring. After taking a bit of time to look around, I'm compelled to complement you on your website creation!
Although you state that you are continuing to update the site, the ease of use, the content you provide, the color scheme, etc. is absolutly wonderful! However, more importantly, I'm so impressed by your candor, your ability to "tell it like it is", the subjects, though sometimes controversial, that you bravely present and finally your devotion to the GSP breed! It's so refreshing! I wish you the best in all future endeavors and.... especially so since you reside in my home state of Massachusetts and us local GSP people "gotta" stick together so that we can spread the mesasage about the truly versatile German Shorthair Pointer!
Thank you very much. Even if you'd said I was a complete jerk, I'd have "approved" your comment for this web site. I have a "love me or leave me" attitude, and the reward has been that I've sold pups to folks who love me and their dogs. I think the world is big enough for folks to take a position and defend it and let everyone else decide which point of view is the best.
The colors are a template, but the photos and every word is original content. The "foggy trees" on every page is the view from the front porch at bird camp. People who know me have said they hear my voice as they read these pages. That was my goal. This is my passion, my life, my art.
I don't consider my opinions very controversial, even though certain elements are. If you don't believe in what you are doing, you shouldn't breed dogs. I have a lot of respect for folks who disagree with my positions, as long as they truly believe in what they are doing. Its the folks who don't know, don't care, or who let "market forces" drive their programs (or usually, have no real program) that I can't tolerate. How do you produce life (solely for the amusement of people) and not believe what you are doing is right? If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there.
Unfortunately, Massachusetts is about to lose another outdoor enthusiast to another state. I'm not from here, and it is really not my cup of tea. I'm Maine bound. Finally, for my devotion to the breed, with the possible exception of pointers and certain labs, every other breed is a cat.
Hello Todd!
What is deemed controversial to one person can often times mean something completely different to another! When I talked about controversial subject matter in my previous post, I was gearing my comments toward how other people may look at, for example, the decisions a breeder makes when dealing with a potential new-pup owner.
I noticed that you wrote about a prospective buyer that became
"unhinged" after you discussed your decisions about pup placement. A responsible
breeder (such as yourself) has the
right to sell pups to whomever he/she chooses based on how he/she sees the pup's future. A breeder may have chosen a particular stud dog becaus he/she is hoping to possibly produce VC's, Field Trial dogs, gentleman's (or woman's) foot hunters or any other discipline the breeder sees fit based upon his/her interest. A responsible breeder like yourself makes many decisons long before the actual breeding takes place and what with in depth pedigree reaearch, decisions about stud dogs, pre-breeding genetic testing, etc., this monumental task is not taken lightly and is filled with responsibility. So, couple that with the effort of the "bitch", while carrying the precious cargo and the resulting whelping (as well as the money it takes to get there in the first place); well,
it sure is the breeder's decison as to where the pups are placed!
I guess it's obvious that I'm in wholehearted agreement with you as to the way you handle people whether it be someone that doesn't understand that a sporting breed dog should have the opportunity to do what he/she was inherently bred to do, etc. or any other reasonable dsecison a breeder makes in that area.
I know that you'll agree with me
when I say, "our dogs depend on us to make the right decisions for them" and in my humble opinion, if that makes a "pushy" buyer unhappy, then that's their problem.
Latly, sorry that we Mass. folks are losing you but on the other hand, the Maine destination is going to be my home one day so I can probably guess at some of the
reasons to live in such a beautiful state that offers so much opportuintity to the sporting breed dog and to us folks
that love them so much!
Sincerely,
Cathy Ann