NEW Papillon & Phalene club in America seeking UKC that WELCOMES new members and mentors those that want help with breeding and showing papillons or phalenes. Why Pixiedust papillons and phalenes are not members of Papillon Club of America.

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The Bixler Family
Ohio, USA

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Looking for a welcoming, friendly papillon club in America? Are you a new papillon or phalene pet owner?
A new papillon or phalene breeder wanting to learn how to care for and produce the best possible papillons or phalenes and how to responsibly place them in the best homes? Do you have questions and want answers, not criticism?

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Need a sponsor? Contact Pixiedust and we will see if we can help.

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Why Pixiedust Papillons and Phalenes are not members of the Papillon Club of America.

Some potential buyers wonder why, with all our AKC champion papillons, Pixiedust Papillons and Phalenes are not members of the Papillon Club of America. We got our Papillons when there were very few around. We did not know any Papillon Club of America members. We had to learn about Papillons and phalenes, breeding and showing, raising and training papillon and phalene puppies, without the help of any Papillon Club of America Member.
This has proven to be a big bonus to us and our dogs. Because we had to research and learn from many other sources, we feel we have had an excellent learning experience that cannot be found by following traditions that have been handed down from one dog breeder to another. Traditions, that many times, have no more merit than old wives tales.
In the light of all the new research, and the many different disciplines dealing with feeding, breeding and training and simply understanding how a dog thinks and acts or reacts, or how we can better communicate to our pets, we at Pixiedust Papillons and Phalenes, do believe that we have learned more and do better by both our dogs and our buyers, by being independent of the Papillon Club of America.
We do not see how any papillon or phalene club can help educate both papillon and phalene puppy buyers or breeders, by requiring two sponsors in order to even apply to be a member. Many papillon and phalene dog owners do not know even one member of the Papillon Club of America--let alone two. We fundamentally disagree also with the Papillon Club of America's policy of denying an application without a majority vote and giving no reason for the rejection!!
How can any person want to even apply to club that gives the right of rejection to a single vote with no reason given? What is the benefit of belonging to any papillon or phalene club that is not willing to welcome new members? That is not willing to help educate buyers of papillon or phalenes puppies and dogs? When membership in a Papillon Club becomes a battle of politics. when good people are denied entry for no reason, then such a club is not worth the time or the effort.
We at Pixiedust Papillons and Phalenes want to do the very best for our papillon and phalenes and for the buyers of our dogs and puppies. When good research proves that "traditional" ways of doing things are not in the best interest of our dogs, then we will do what is best for the papillons and phalenes, and we ignore those who are mired in their own ignorance and prejudices.
Choosing a dog and breed information and training, from non affiliated sources are much more help to a new person than a single breed club site. There are many champion dogs out there from non Papillon Club of America breeders. Just about anything a person wants to know about Papillons or Phalenes can be found on a number of sites not Papillon Club of America related. Many good breeders of papillons and phalenes dogs and puppies do NOT belong to the Papillon Club of America.
The politics of elitist membership do not outweigh the very limited --if any--benefit of membership. We have been members of a large All Breed AKC show giving Club for several years, we were members of the French Papillon Club and the International Papillon and Phalene Club. We were board members of a rare breed club. We have let these memberships lapse, as we need to devote more time to our dogs and less time to club politics.
It takes a continuing education, by staying current with many different approaches to raising dogs, to produce superior papillons or phalenes, Raising the best papillons and phalenes puppies takes a lot of time and effort. We would not want to waste that effort on club politics. Our efforts are better spent raising the best papillon and phalene puppies we can and doing all we can to help our buyers give the best care to the papillons and phalenes they get from Pixiedust.

Letter to Pixiedust Papillons and Phalenes from a buyer who had second thoughts.........

Dear ( Pixiedust papillons & Phalenes), I want to thank you for all the time you spent answering my questions. You were very fair in the price and all of your info on your web site is very helpful. I guess I let some other breeders sway me against getting a puppy from you. I now know that most breeders tell you what you want to hear, and are not always honest when talking about other breeders. I did buy a puppy (from a PCA breeder). I probably paid more than I should of. She is supposed to be show quality. I am not sure that she is. It doesn't matter though because I am having her spayed at 6 months. She is very sweet and we are all in love with her. The vet says that she is very healthy. But anyway, I believe that the breeder that I got her from probably does over breed her dogs. What I do know is that I am providing a much better home then she had. I am sorry for any inconvenience that I caused you. I can understand why you are not a member of the PCA . I should not have listened to some of the people that I did. I am sorry that pap breeders talk about each other that way. But I guess it happens all the time and is not very unusual in the business. Thanks again. Please accept my apology once again.

And another letter from a different person.................................

I just had to write back and tell you how impressed I've been with you. For months I was looking for a puppy and the breeders that I dealt with were unreal. You have taken the time to put up an excellent web site giving so much info. Plus sending back the deposit right away when I said keep it for the next pup. Your upfront attitude and answering the emails have eased my worries about getting a dog. Some of the emails and conversations I had with other breeders really turned me off. I just had to write and tell you this - thanks for being so honest with me.
Thanks again,
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