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Originally Posted by my2boyz  I also know for a fact that this happens. Years ago we had a beautiful male Rottweiler and a local breeder wanted to use him for stud. I visited his home to see his females and to talk with him and after a while he started talking about 'culling' the litter so I asked him what that meant. He explained that he put all the puppies outside the box and those that crawled back in were allowed to stay with the mother and the ones that didn't were left to die because they weren't strong enough to make it. I was appauled and asked why he didn't just let them go to pet homes and he said because he didn't want his name on the paperwork or for anyone to find out that his dogs produced a weak or pet quality puppy. I told him he was an a** h*** and I wouldn't let him use my male for all the money in the world and I promptly left with my dog.
Yes, this is a harsh reality but it is a reality as this happened just a few years ago. I've never understood it myself...how can you just 'dispose of' a puppy that doesn't measure up in your eyes? I can tell you from first hand experience that the ugly duckling certainly does turn out to be the beautiful swan in real life and if there are no health issues to be found then an off colored puppy has just as much right to life as a standard puppy. |
Just as someone who is an AKC breeder doesn't always live up to the mother club standards, the same is true with a show breeder. Just because a person is a show breeder, it doesn't mean that they live up to the mother club standards. Anyone can be a show breeder; you don't have to live up to the ethics and rules of the mother club to be a show breeder. Many people "assume" that because someone shows that they are members of the mother club, and in the case of Yorkshire terriers this would be the YTCA. The YTCA clearly states that:
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A responsible breeder will not intentionally breed for undesirable traits.
On very rare occasions, a breeder will have a puppy born with a color anomaly.
That puppy should undergo careful health screenings before being placed in a
spay/neuter (non-breeding) home. A breeder should certainly never
promote these deviations as being desirable or rare. Yorkshire Terrier Club of America (Awards) |
Note it says nothing about killing the dog, and many people assume if the word cull is used it means killing. Removing the dog from the breeding program is the responsible thing to do.
Just because a person is a member of the YTCA, it also doesn't mean he will adhere to these rules, obviously some haven't, but it seems like so many people want to point out the flaws in "show breeders" as an excuse for they are doing. How does someone else doing something wrong, make what you are doing right?
The example you give is horrendous, and obviously that person has no business being a breeder at all.