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Originally Posted by MorkieMomii  This was from a post on another thread but it really applies here.
I got Sushi, Sake, And KitCat strsaight from their breeders, and it's actually in the contract I signed that if I ever decided to rehome these babies I will have to call the breeder first. They would take them back any day. Two of them actually went as far as making me sign that even if at some point I found a new home for them, I have to get the breeder's approval for the new home. I guess they just wanna make sure that their babies are always looked after and with responsible reliable owners. And I can't blame them!
I know breeders have good intentions but this is exactly why many people are probably pushed away. Most people are going to love and care for their dog and breeders don't really need to do this. I think it is having the opposite effect and people are turning to petstores and less controling breeders.
I have come across many people who just walked away from the "reputable breeder" because they just wanted a girl (and the breeder wouldn't let girls go until you learn how to take care of your yorkie boy first-really just scared you were going to breed her maybe???)or who didn't want to wait so long to get their pup(meaning the breeder wanted to keep the pup until it was old enough for them to see if it would fit the "standard" and then if not they would sell it).
Anyway if good breeders would advertise more or make it a more accessible and enjoyable experience then more people would turn to them. I don't think their attitude is always positive in helping the puppy mill situation. |
you know that post made a lot of sense to me, i did have a harder time finding a reputable breeder and the breeders i found were in the KC star classifieds (stupid i know) i didn't know then where to look or how to find a good breeder and i also didn't have YT to go off of...when i first came on here, i had already put a down payment on Sadie, and by the time i started to get mixed feelings about the breeder, i honestly just wanted to bring that baby home and keep her safe with me...and i've done that and feel great about it. i'll go out on a limb her and be open and honest. i didn't trust everything about Marvin and i still don't, i do think he's a nice man who is doing this for the right reasons, but i don't think he's educated enough to do it the right way. i don't think he understands the breeds well and i don't think he's very responsible with his breeding and his dogs. (okay kill me now i just admitted it) this whole time i've felt that this breeder wasn't the smartest tool in the shed, but i have stood up for him too because i don't think he is intentionally a bad breeder, i honestly think he's trying his best and doesn't have the smarts to back it up. he just got his MO license to breed and have a kennel, so now he'll have unannounced inspection 4 times a year, a step in the right direction for him to learn to do this better, and a good step to make sure that MO knows that he is practicing better breeding.
i guess what you all have to realize is that this is Missouri. it's not like other states, there are lots of very very wonderful and kind people here who would never intentionally hurt a dog and do love the animals they breed/sell, but the people in the boot hill of MO sometimes have a few screws loose or sometimes aren't the most educated of folks and they don't really know any better.
also a lot of times i've seen bad breeders that are amish. these people honestly probably don't really know any different either. the people like this are farmers, they are used to breeding horses and cattle for sale, i know dogs are a very different thing to all of us, but not to some of these people. they are used to USDA laws about breeding and they follow the bare minumum with those laws and they honestly think that's all they should do, they are so used to the farming life that dog breeding to them is the same thing. does this make them bad people NO, but bad breeder SURE IT DOES.
i just wanted to clear up a little misconception that all MO commercial breeders are horrible, mean, and terrible puppy mills. some are i'm very sure of it, there are lots more than any other state. but you have to know the culture of the area and that sometimes people are unintentionally bad breeders and that others still are old timey farmers who know no other way.
hope that makes sense and i hope you don't think i'm trying to support or say this is all just okay, i'm just trying to shed a little light on the lifestyle in my home state and why a lot of bad breeders get their reputations despite the fact that they are really kindhearted and nice people