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why am I involved? I ask that frequently enough of my self.

 The question caiuses a certain disdain given circumstances..

 

There are many set backs, many ugly moments,

competiton, mass prodcuing making any attempt at placing very difficult and many financial stresses at times.

 

for me, selling and making income is non issue as i will never see what I put in when considering all expenses I have incurred.

 

 

 

so for me, the answer is I finish what I start, i had goals and desires which I have not achieved, and thereforee, can not resign until i do or come damn close..

 

i will not submit to those who wish me to, and i will not quit because i know what exisits, i know what issiues are there and I know as long as i have this goal to make my own mark and contribution, it can not end until i do.

 

bottomline if any decent person decideds to not partake, then the breed will be left to those who could care less.

 

so for now, im still in to win it.(as they say)

 

 

 

 

Thought question !!!

 

I involved with this breed not just because I love them, it's because I feel I have the ability for breeding better dog, if I can breed nice dane why not I cannot breed for nice TRD were they are just a local breed which I don't need import any bloodline...........

 

I too love the Thai Ridgebacks, but then I love a good challenge, although I miss being able to have an "off" day, as we all know, you can never really have an "off" day when you own a Thai Ridgeback (or two or seven).  I have a love/hate relationship with the breed, the hate mostly coming from the fact that they're very dog aggressive (regardless of how long you've socialized them), the females being the worst.

 

I too like James, decided long ago (eight years ago) that I was in the breed for the long haul.  I have never made any money on any of my breedings, hell the Thai Ridgebacks have got me in a hole, in debt to the vet, family who won't come and visit, because of Mooshu's redecorating of my home (which was brand new four years ago).

 

Basenjis aren't an easy breed either, but let's face it they are smaller and therefore a little easier to handle, I mean you can pick one up out of a fight, and if you hold it high enough the other Basenji can't jump and get him/her.  So not possible w/a Thai Ridgeback, even if you're seven feet, two inches tall. 

 

I love their love for their human, but the over possessivness can be a hard thing to get used too.  If Thai Ridgebacks were men, many of them would be in jail for stalking, or they would be considered abusers (you know cutting you off from your other friends, family etc...).

 

Will I ever breed another litter?  Don't know... right now I don't have the room.  I'm doing some serious consideration, as to whether or not, the breed will ever be able to live in harmony and coincide w/other dogs, or even live in their owners home (non breeders, the pet owners) for more than the first two years.

 

I often wish that all of them were like Bruiser, who gets along w/everyone (except Bart my Basenji stud, there's history there); could be the Wal*Mart greeter (unlike Mulan who's very, very aloof).

 

They make every other breed I've ever owned, or trained look like Border Collies (which isn't as easy as everyone thinks they are).  They remind me more of big cats... you know you can train them, but can you really ever trust them?  You always have to be "on" when you're in the presence of a Thai Ridgeback.

 

It's a hard call...

 

I love the breed, hate the slander, the name calling, and the whole ugliness that it's turned into; we'll never agree w/everyone, it's just not human nature... Mass producing for profit is always wrong, whether it be horses, cats, dogs, cars...

 

And yes, hoarding (regardless of what a person hoards) is a mental illness, of course there are a lot of people who use that as an excuse, just like pleading the insanity defense.