There are advantages to working a wage/shift job where your responsibilities end when the hour hand comes around. The compensation isn't usually as good though there are exceptions.
What? How in the world is that comment relevant to this topic?
The sequence isn't even that long... each comment is directly related to the one to which it responds, if indirectly to the Original Post.
the usda changes rules regarding internet puppy sales
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Why would somebody buy on the internet anyway?
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because it costs them opportunity.
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say whaat?
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some jobs are opportunity based everyday lifestyles, so those in them tend to avoid commitments that take them away from opportunity, and buy on the internet instead.
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I'm glad I work a shift job
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shift jobs do have their advantages, but usually pay less.
Maybe since the thread's about regulating internet dog sales, the comment is meant to say that selling dogs over the internet is more profitable than having a regular job, therefore....something??????
You're quite confused. The comment is meant to say that jobs that are project based, unconstrained by shift work, tend to compensate better. But as a tradeoff, those in such jobs are more likely to choose to buy things on the internet or otherwise take alternative pathways to maximize their opportunities that those in more conventional shift/wage based employment would not choose to do.
Maybe since the thread's about regulating internet dog sales, the comment is meant to say that selling dogs over the internet is more profitable than having a regular job, therefore....something??????
You're quite confused. The comment is meant to say that jobs that are project based, unconstrained by shift work, tend to compensate better. But as a tradeoff, those in such jobs are more likely to choose to buy things on the internet or otherwise take alternative pathways to maximize their opportunities that those in more conventional shift/wage based employment would not choose to do.
Are you an employee of the Federal Department of Incomprehensible Responses, by any chance?
" Not every mind that wanders is lost. " With apologies toJ.R.R. Tolkien
shift jobs do have their advantages, but usually pay less.
Oh, don't worry I "got it". From my point of view it has no relevance to this conversation, none at all. A not so loosely veiled put down is still a put down...whether or not it hits it's mark... no pun intended.
I'm guessing BC Snob manages to get by okay. Last I heard, most people with the word "scientist" in their job title usually do pretty well. And apparently they get to leave their work in the lab, too. Can't beat that.
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I'm guessing BC Snob manages to get by okay. Last I heard, most people with the word "scientist" in their job title usually do pretty well. And apparently they get to leave their work in the lab, too. Can't beat that.
Exactly!
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But of course I did have lost opportunities in wages while earning my PhD.
However, my degree allows me to pay the mortgage (salary & bonuses, not hourly) on our 25 acre farm near DC AND enjoy our lives with our dogs (which we breed occasionally) and livestock.
The argument that puppy buyers are unable to drive to pick up a puppy because they cannot get away from their job was proposed. This argument is nonsense; the real argument is that some puppy buyers place a higher priority on their jobs then personally picking a puppy. This is just another example of......
"Live to Work" vs "Work to Live"
Mark
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Another possibility is the budget is so tight the hypothetical puppy buyer cannot afford to take time off work; if this is the case then I would submit their budget cannot afford a puppy.
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I am all for regulation and enforcement in this area, but I find it ironic that the USDA may have started the whole puppy mill mess.
I can't vouch for the truthfulness of this. It is from the ASPCA site:
Puppy mills began sprouting up after World War II. In response to widespread crop failures in the Midwest, the United States Department of Agriculture began promoting purebred puppies as a fool-proof "cash" crop. It is easy to see why this might have appealed to farmers facing hard times—breeding dogs does not require the intense physical labor that it takes to produce edible crops, nor are dogs as vulnerable to unfavorable weather. Chicken coops and rabbit hutches were repurposed for dogs, and the retail pet industry—pet stores large and small—boomed with the increasing supply of puppies from the new "mills." Today, Missouri is considered the largest puppy mill state in the country.
Seeking a puppy supply source on the East Coast, puppy brokers - the middlemen who deliver the dogs from mills to pet stores - convinced many of Pennsylvania's Amish farmers in the 1970s that puppies were the cash crop of the future. Brokers conducted seminars to teach farmers how to operate their own breeding facilities. Thirty years later, Lancaster County, PA, has the highest concentration of puppy mills of any county in the nation and has earned the dubious nickname of "Puppy Mill Capital of the East."
For those wondering why people ship a puppy vs picking it up in person? My breed is not terribly "Common" you don't often find one with in a days drive or even a two days drive AND if you do, it might not be the right lines you want to work with etc.... I have shipped my puppies to breeders in other countries as well as imported puppies from other countries to diversify my bloodlines.
It is also often MUCH less expensive ot ship a puppy directly anymore than fly with them or drive to pick them up depending.
ALSO with these new regulations you can NO LONGER take the puppy to the airport to meet the new owner, they MUST come to your home to take delivery...
As for breeding and keeping? I only breed when I'm hoping for something good enough to co-own or if I have room, personally keep out of a litter BUT sometimes a litter does not turn out to be all you hoped for and you will place the whole litter as companion/pet only non-breeding animals. Not every puppy born is going to be show/breeding quality no matter how hard you try for that depth of quality since we can not guarantee what genetics will combine to produce. A good breeder only keeps those dogs that show good promise of being better than their parents and then of course you have at least 2 (preferably 3-5) yrs before you know about all the health tests passing etc...
Breeding responsibly means you try to improve on each new generation in all areas including health and you work to keep correct breed type which encompasses correct structure and temperament for that specific breed. You carefully match the right person to the right puppy and you make yourself available for the lifetime of the dog to take back if need be, or to help with issues that might crop up.
This new regulation does nothing to truly cut down on irresponsible producers but stands to cause many issues for responsible breeders.
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