Huge Rant From the Dark Side - Page 7

ratboy · #61 (**permalink**) 12-02-2008, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Evie

Unless the hobbyist was declaring their income and paying tax on their earnings, in which case I guess the Sale of Goods Act would apply to them too, and in all honesty how many do?

Many... we are not all on the fiddle ya know

purejurrasic · #62 (**permalink**) 12-02-2008, 10:41 PM

Something that is for sure reading this thread... there are both shops and breeders who care very much about what they do.

Both have a firm spot in the industry, both have equally important roles to play.

Which ever way you look at it, shops are the first port of call for most first timers and many repeat customers. Its for this reason its even more important regarding welfare that the shop (owner or staff) give the right basic info.

Ths thread started by saying that shops shouldnt get slated and private breeders were dodgy.

Through civil discussion, it seems some kind of mutual has been reached, an excellent result as our industry needs all the true honest people it can get.

Good shops dont get slated, neither do good breeders. Its the 'bad' ones that need help. Maybe we are to fast to point the finger, maybe a quite chat would work much better.

Whats for sure is there are still places, shops and private, that dish out wrong advice and go for the sale...

... although, i am pleased to say, the numbers seem to be falling.

United we stand comes to mind.

essexchondro · #63 (**permalink**) 13-02-2008, 07:20 PM

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I think you are missing my point. There are different depths of knowledge just as there are different depths of everything else. You seem to be saying that someone either knows nothing or knows everything. It is possible to have different depths of knowledge in different subjects, or in this case species. They are all 'in depth' to one level or another.

I don't believe I am missing the point, because thats the very point I've been making!

Because pet shops deal in a much greater number (and variety) of animals, their in depth knowledge can't be expected to be as in depth as that of the breeder who only works with a much smaller number of species. In this thread I have talked about it in terms of the pet shops have more of a general knowledge (broader knowledge covering many species but not as deep in any one species) whereas the breeder tends to have the opposite, specialist in depth knowledge but in a smaller number of species. Put simply, pet shops are generalists and breeders are specialists. Of course, we could just say that the in depth knowledge of the pet shop isn't as in depth as the in depth knowledge of the breeder, but thats a bit of a tongue twister!

essexchondro · #64 (**permalink**) 13-02-2008, 07:23 PM

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Passion for what I do? I get up in the morning and see to my own animals, then I go to work and look after animals, talk to animal people about animals. When I come home I see to my lot. My social life revolves around animals, my friends are all animal people and then I sit here and talk about animals some more. Dedication? Passion? Damn right it is!

To clarify, my earlier comments about your passion were made specifically in relation to reptiles after your admission that you didn't really agree with them being kept as pets.

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