20/11/2025
It is absolutely wild to me that some people think that you should not recieve payment for puppies as though they should be free. 🤯
Absolutley mind blowing to come up with something so ridiculous in all my life.
Would anyone expect to recieve..
A horse for free?
Music lessons for free?
A car for free?
A family holiday abroad for 2weeks for free?
Your weekly shopping from the supermarket for free?
Your gas and electric for free?
Your painter or decorate to work for free?
Your builder or joiner to work for free?
To be able to go into currys and pick up your laptop and ipad for free?
To get your clothes and shoes for free?
People see breeders 'cashing in' when they have no idea what so ever on overheads and outlays that come out like any other buisness has.
I am very lucky to have a wonderful buisness that has been built on passion and love. I feel incredibly humble to be able to do a job that I love and enjoy so much. It brings alot of hard work, extremely long and unsociable hours that demands your social sacrifice, a job where sick days do not count because you still have to have grit and work through.
I didnt have any precious maternity time off for any of my 4 children, fully paid by an emloyer - I didn't have anytime off in a baby bubble. I gave birth, took it easier for a week pottering around whilst Michael picked up my hard jobs and I was back to 'work' from there.
I don't get paid sick leave or any time off - my dogs are in my care and if Michael picks up my jobs for me for the worst few days then I have to get back on my feet and continue. No one is paying for me to be off to rest and recover.
Buisness owners are paid and that has to cover taxes, insurances, huge outlays with some profit to continue. It was far easier being employed than self employed in safety and security if you are sick or going on holiday, to have your set salary yearly you know you will receive.
Do not offend me by telling me I should not be breeding dogs for money or that I charge too much-I do not charge enough for my puppies and will be implementing a price increase next year to where I should be reflecting my overheads!
I am so tired of people that does not appreciate the stress, the strain and the mental and physical exhaustion us good breeders go through and I will not bite my tongue anymore.
We deserve the same respect like you would with any other buisness.
You are not entitled to a puppy from us, you earn the right to be blessed with a puppy from ourselves via vetting and upon meeting at puppy viewings us bonding and for me to feel like our puppy will be in a safe, loving and stable home with you. To be welcomed into the Eastdray fur family is to hold a piece of our legacy to be cherished always. We don't sell on a first come first served basis and we are the wrong breeder if that is what you are looking for, and that's OK.
If you do not like breeding that's OK, be an adult and scroll by. If you do love our dogs and their puppies and the community we have built here, I do apologize to you for needing to read this-I am exhausted!
We are not robots. We are human beings with feelings, with families working round the clocks to bring families well rounded, happy little family additions.
But enough is enough.
If you don't have anything kind to say, say nothing at all.
Thankyou,
Jayne.x
