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Originally Posted by yorkiepuppie  excuse me, but i don't see the point in having to prove the numbers blah blah blah... i don't care about the exact number of unwanted dogs that is contributed by BYBers. even contributing just one more dog and selling it to irresponsible owners like themselves is one too many.
i was going to do some research to find out how big of a problem BYBers are, but decided that that's not even really the point. i think it's self-evident that BYBers are contributing to the problem.
for the people that are arguing against BYBers being part of the problem, where are you coming from. what is your logic?
puppy mills have received a lot of bad press, but there are a lot of backyard breeders that run similarly to puppy mills. i mean, don't they both have the same goal? produce dogs for money. and no education on what they are doing but just carelessly breeding?
i do not understand why people are arguing for BYBers? please point out your logic. because you are not making any sense.
earlier in my other post i pointed out that if you are worried that it will become exclusive and only selected few will be able to breed, then do all that is necessary to breed, then you will not be called a byber.
plus, with the kind of over populating problems we DO have with pets, you know what, yea, probably only selected few should be breeding. it might just be a great idea that it IS more discrimitory on who should be breeding dogs. |
I don't really see anyone arguing for BYBs or mills and I think it's offensive for you to suggest otherwise. The OP posted an article that began about pet over-population and somehow the article morphed into a rant about breeding to the standard. These are two different subjects and I fail to see the logic in that. By using numbers, I was trying to make sense of her attempt to place the majority of the blame on breeders. Apparently, the statistics punch a big hole in her argument. I'm not defending BYBs, but am only trying to look at the problem in a logical way. If you can't see the problem, how will you ever hope to find a solution? Breeding ethics and pet over-population are two different (though somewhat related) subjects. I don't see any sense in lumping them together if your goal is to reduce the number of dogs in shelters. It only muddies the water but to each his own. There has been some good information coming out in this thread but make of it what you will. If all you can do is go blah, blah, blah and say what's the point in doing any research, then I guess your mind is closed.