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Originally Posted by durtymydawg  I would agree with you on the health of a animal at the shelter, but your going to get any risks of health problems whether its from a BYB or a reputable breeder or from the shelter whether the animal is pure or crossed. One never knows when a problem uprises, I once purchased a yorkie pup and raised it to just over a year old and it became very ill, so ill it eventually died. I had taken it to the vet and it ended up with a Liver shunt, even thou I put him on Milk Thistle to help with his liver, but maybe if I had know he had this early then maybe the M-Thistle would of help even more. He still lived for a few months after he was diagnosed, but when I ? this with the reputable breeder, their response was....they had no known issues in the bloodline of liver shunt. So I guess what I'm trying to say is its always a unknown issue of genetics and you take what comes along and deal with it....JMO
Also, I just want to say sometimes that BYB that only raises a litter here and there, once a year or every few years....isn't all that bad, and I don't see where people can label them as "BAD", I would prefer to buy from a small breeder who has quality not quanity...
So if you have BYB and then PUPPYMILLS....what do you call the person in the middle that is breeding dogs??? |
I agree with you on this, and this is what I was saying but not in those words, no one knows what the outcome of any dog will be. Heartworms for any dog, is careless pet ownership from the get go. It is not a breeder issue but a owner issue. My local shelter has only owner issue pets, not breeder problem pets, does this make sense?
First I believe they would not be in the middle of the two breeders, I would say they enjoy what they do as a hobby and enjoy hearing from clients later in life on the joy that each and every puppy they sold.
Genetics plays a big part on any thing living just not in dogs, of course we all know this. Something could crop up from 5 generations back. So basically you could pick a good one out of a litter, but his/her sister/brother could carry the weak gene or show signs of a weak gene later in life. How do you know what is good when you buy one at 8-12 weeks much less one at 2 years old? Its a gamble that all of us has to take when we buy, sell, or produce anything that draws breath.