[MyFairLacy]

Originally Posted by kelkiss5

A thanks what a great link. So BRB and puppymills are more or less the same, but as you say, smaller dogs may be kept in the home.

So what the link is saying is that someone who doesn't show their dogs, are BRB,. I think this is very unfair, and pretty sad really. What about the great breeders we have on YT who don't show. Are they classed as BRB.
Am just so curious about the names some people are labeled under.

I don't think you have to show, but the breeder should still have their dogs evaluated to make sure they are good representations of the breed & are perfectly healthy. A BYB doesn't breed to improve the breed at all - they just breed two dogs together to produce puppies, and they usually don't do any health screening before breeding. The number of dogs and conditions lived in doesn't neccessarily make someone a byb...I've seen byb's that only own one male and one female - they are their family pets - and are just breeding because they want puppies. I've seen byb's that have several dogs kept in kennels...that could almost be considered a puppymill. and I've seen byb's in between those two extremes. I think one of the defining things to me is that a reputable breeder breeds to improve the breed - they strive to breed "show quality" dogs (even if they aren't actually showing), and they health screen their dogs before breeding to the best of their ability. There are other things I'd look for in deciding if a breeder is reputable, but those are just a couple that I feel are important.