I understand the idea that malo may not show up in chins that are pelted at first prime.... when I get in malo chins at the rescue, it's almost never that they're that young. I think the youngest malo chin we've gotten in was at least 1-2 years. Course, that doesn't mean that they didn't start young, but I can believe that many chins may not show signs that young.
The same argument goes to people selling babies just to make money. We hang onto some of our babies, and through doing that, growing them out, show them, have them for years -- I would see if one of our held back "babies" developed problems 5 years down the road. But for "breeders" who just sell every baby the second it hits 8 weeks to the pet people, the same thing is true -- they would never know if they're producing tons of malo chins, fur chewers, etc. Course, they may not care even if they knew
Vyxxin said:
I've seen all sized breeders "overlook" a stress chewer because "it only chewed in extreme stress situations". So what?!? It chewed.
That's horrible. I've gotten in surrendered chins that people have dropped off with pedigrees...mohawk chins, as you say, would be a good way to describe them. And from big breeders, so I believe it does happen. Whether they knew or not when they sold the chin, that's up for debate (and granted, these were pet people, not breeders, that the rancher sold to)... but if they knew... I, personally, could not look the other way. A year or so ago, one of my females started chewing at Nationals. She was fine in her show cage the day of when I groomed her that morning, she hit the show table and had clearly chewed. The comments on her weren't all bad, but of course she was disqualified for the chewing. I remember the judge saying "be careful if using this female" -- which to me, was like :huh: -- she chewed! Why would I use her? I don't care if the comments had been that she was perfect other than the chewing -- she went to a pet home.
I can personally understand that chins may exhibit different things in different places. I've gotten my share of furchewers at the rescue that have been practically bald coming in, but after a few months, look like a normal chin. I can't say I'm providing anything exceptional -- food, water, good cage, playtime when there's time -- but half the time, the surrenders come from homes that can't care for them any longer, often due to lack of time (or, that's the given reason anyway). So, theoretically, these chins are coming from homes that cared for them... where they chewed themselves to bits... then came here where they are cared for... and stopped chewing. So I do believe the opposite can happen. I mean, when I purchased the abovementioned female, from a large breeder, she wasn't chewing. So it's a very real possibility that she didn't chew before, her parents/grandparents didn't chew, I mean, I don't know that, but its possible. But she chewed at the show, and never stopped after that. So I can understand that. But
knowingly selling a chin that is sick or has issues, I feel that's different from selling a chin that's showing no signs, where the breeder honestly has no idea that something's wrong, or will be in the future.
