There is a big lack of common sense here (where breeding is concerned) and the fact that people vocally doubt somebodies experience (4-5 years after the fact) is insane. New members put on your plastic sheriff badges and go right into disrespecting people trying to help you along. This forum is rolling backwards not forwards and it's a bummer to me. Oh well.
Well said. This part of the forum has become a joke, and when someone such as yourself takes the time to help explain things in more detail wannabe "red texas" breeders think it's some form of disrespect? Buy a clue boys & girls, the few that can actually help won't be for much longer. I myself seldom even lurk here anymore after the last bit of pissing & moaning I had to endure when attempting to educate FOR THE GOOD OF THE FORUM, only to be criticized because my online etiquette wasn't up to some peoples standards. Boo-hoo-hoo, it's not exactly like I'm getting paid for this. And when I left that thread it died, because no one could add anythng to what I said, or refute the facts presented. Some people should have just sat down, and shut up. That's what I do when someone who knows what they are talking about takes the time to help explain things to me, not get all pissy & defensive & attempt to call them out over every little bit of minutiae, such as what has been done here to AA.
And no offense to the breeders here, but when I saw this title I expected to see an actual RT project, which this clearly isn't. But hey, they're your fish, you can certainly do what you want with them, it's all good, but the advice that AA gave was sound advice, and you should have just said thank you sir & moved on. Not got all defensive. I read his comments as constructive criticism, nothing more, nothing less.
One of my RT's from the past, a solid 11" brute imported from Singapore several yrs ago. Nothing overly impressive about him, but he was one thick hoss of a fish.
