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Originally Posted by good_gurl63901  so is it kinda what the ppl could afford?!?!? The lady I bought him from was a great breeder, not a puppy mill... a hobby breeder i guess?? she does it for the love of the aniaml not the money.. she did stay at my house for 2 hrs before she left him here though!! |
She may have gotten the dogs from a pet store, there are lots of puppy mills in Missouri, and they sell to Pet Stores. I'm just saying that APRI is used mainly by commercial breeders, but someone could buy one of their dogs and start breeding, and the offspring would be registered with APRL. Most good breeders will not sell with breeding rights so some people look for dogs registered with the alternative registries if they want to breed. It is also possible that the person selling you the dog was a puppy broker and only sold dogs, but did not breed them. Most people like to think that their dog came form a nice person who took loving care of the parents, so puppy brokers often say that they are the ones that bred the dog. To be safe you should always go to the house where the dogs were raised and inspect it yourself.