varnyard said:
Where do I start?
Let me first say I was wrong, not only wrong, but dead wrong on this. I have called both Denise and Tere, I gave both of them an apology, what happen here in the last few days is far from fact. IMO Denise is a great person, also I do not know how anyone could think anything but this about her. Tere is also one super nice person.
I have been deceived about this whole thing, I could start pointing fingers, I was misinformed from the start on this issue. However, when I hit the submit button it was me that posted.
Bobby,
Thank you so much for the phone call. I appreciate more than I can say the courage and integrity it took for you to make that call, you're a class act.
For the person that asked "where I went" when I stopped posting on the threads. I didn't "go" anywhere. I came to the decision rather quickly that staying on this forum and continuing to argue this issue all weekend wouldn't resolve anything. I do not believe it was by accident that the thread was posted late on Friday, my hands were tied all weekend unless I was willing to post a hard copy of my results, and I've been very open about my reasons for being reluctant to do so. As plenty of people know, I have been working since yesterday to get my results verified.
For the people running around spreading rumors that I am advertising "adeno free babies" or that I have an agenda to try upset the bearded dragon market by massively breeding and selling "adeno free babies", that is simply completely false. Not only am I not selling babies right now, I don't even have any. I do not, have not, and have no plans to ever breed on a large scale, I am a hobbyist, nothing more. Not just a beardy hobbyist, I collect other species of reptile, but I do this because I love them, not because I have an agenda.
For the record, I do not fault Bobby Hill at all. He's a good guy who tried to do the right thing for the right reasons and got caught up in something that he didn't really understand. I'm with him on that, I don't understand it either, and I feel terrible that he got dragged into this.
I had and continue to have every confidence that the truth always prevails, and that has been my position since day one.