The standard caveat is in the title. The answers are just my opinion.
Questions are not an imposition
Questions are NOT an imposition. Your curiosity is a positive sign. Good owners want to know more.
If you ask, “Why are the ears so big?” or “Are they supposed to be that lean?” I’ll try to inform and educate.
If you say, “Stop breeding,” I’ll say, “The exit is behind you, sir.”
If you ask, “What do you think of the ethics of breeding?” I’ll answer you.
See how this works?
I reserve the right to answer the question asked
The recurring question-and-answer exercise acquired several names, including “questioning all the answers,” “you heard what I said day,” and the opportunity to evoke a raised eyebrow by asking something answered two questions above.
I reserve the right to shout “objection, asked and answered,” and then sustain my own objection.
Last time I checked, direct question-and-answer access to an experienced breeder was pretty unusual. I have been answering questions from spectators for a very long time.
An opinion still needs reasons
A funny video of Banks stealing sugar once produced a debate about cats on counters. Personally, I could care less if cats get on the counter; those are the same feet they climb on me with and the same mouths they groom my thinning hair with.
I conceded then, as I do now, that anecdotes are a poor class of evidence. I will happily read any authority you want to cite regarding the health risk you assume.
“Because I said so” is not improved merely because a breeder says it.
I can state the observation, explain the reasoning, identify the uncertainty, and tell you which part is simply my judgment. You remain free to disagree. You do not remain free to be tedious indefinitely.
Accuracy varies with the coffee
I am also an unreliable narrator. Accuracy varies with the amount of coffee I have.
I’m betting I’m pretty uniform, but enjoy catching me out in blathering idiocy. If an old answer and a current one disagree, the date and the reason for the change matter more than pretending I have always occupied the final position.
There are limits to debate
I’m not thin-skinned. I’m a very experienced trial attorney trained in a bloody-knuckles jurisdiction and a seven-year survivor of a government attorney unit literally designed to weed out the weak.
If you give me an opportunity to educate, I’m going to take it.
I am not going to have my cats insulted. I’m not going to let somebody treat an available kitten as a product that can be obtained by waving money around. I’m not going to let a two-word “how much?” override the placement standards.
To whoever complained about my tone: tone? Oh man, you’re going to be sad hanging out here.
The room has rules
We try to educate here rather than immediately judge. Be kind or go away.
If you’re spamming, catfishing, insulting families, or simply determined to make the room worse, you may be shown the door. No jury trials. No appeals.
Ask almost anything. Risk an opinion. Bring reasons if you want an argument.
The answers are just my opinion.