I have not had dealings with Jen Harrison, but have had a lot of interaction with her on the board. As a person I don't have any problems with her. As a breeder I can not say anything due to the fact that I personally have not dealt with her on that level.
As far as the separate building for quarantine brought up in the post here goes I have to question the validity of that. Most starting out breeders do not have the luxury of this and thus they are attempting to do their best by having a quarantine room. Granted this does not always help to protect against air born diseases, some things can be done to help protect against these things when you have to do this. A Hepa filter in a forced air furnace intake can help by filtering out extremely small particles that get sucked into an intake. Also making sure your quarantine room is kept at a negative pressure with the exhaust being filtered through a Hepa filter system. Does all this protect you 100%? No, but it is a good starter for the beginning breeder or keeper.
As for he said/she said information on the ordeal Jen Harrison has went through I would have to tell you to go to her blog and read it. At this time I think she has disclosed enough information for an educated person to make their own decision on buying from her or not. I personally will not do to the added disclosure I believe I would need to have with possible future customers to be 100% ethical. At least for another couple years until I see the full fall out of the situation she had/has with vaccinations and possible re-occurrence of the situation I'm not willing to take the risk, but after that time if things prove not to be a problem I may deal with her.
Posts on reviews that go into debate like this have significant ramifications for anyone in the business. If a business makes comments about another business in an open forum like this that can not be backed up with factual information or personal experience they leave themselves open to a possible case for slander. Due to the geographical area this board covers it would be classified as a Federal case. I wonder why you don't see very many big breeders posting in here?
The above information is a personal opinion. No information contained in it should be classified as a fact unless factual information to back it up can be found. Basically take it or leave it, but any fall out you receive either way is not the fault of the original poster of this reply to the thread!
