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Originally Posted by Nikki+2  I never get involved in these threads because I am not a breeder and am not knowledgeable about breeding or genetics in any way shape or form. So why on earth am I here?  Every time one of these threads come up it makes me think of a woman who used to work as a groomer in my mom's shop. She was a breeder of show standard poodles. My mom told me a story of one of her champions producing a parti and she killed the puppy. I know- I've heard of "culling" on this forum but it's usually in context of something people used to do. This was in the last 8 years or so not ancient history.  I asked why on earth didn't she give it away with no papers- then it couldn't have been tracked back to her lines. The woman told my mom word would get out and she just couldn't have that- it would ruin her reputation. Now why on earth she confided all of this to my mom I have no idea. My mom was of course horrified but I guess this woman liked to talk and figured my mother had nothing to do with poodles or the show world and was safe.
This whole story is completely sickening and of course it's about poodles not yorkies but it really opened my eyes to the extremes some breeders will go to. I seriously doubt this is isolated to the poodle world.
eta: I'm certainly not suggesting anyone here would do this- I'm NOT- just sharing my story. |
To cull a puppy does not always mean it is killed. Cull means to remove it from your program. Unfortunately many do destroy them because they do not want to be found out, and unless the puppy is destroyed there is always that chance.
One would have to be very naive to believe that all show breeders spay/neuter any dog that produces a puppy with a fault.