Shelbysmom~
I totally agree. How can you claim not to be in it just for the money when you don't keep your dogs for their lifetime? I cannot imagine a dog living in a room of a house or even a couple of rooms and never going for a ride in the car or to the park or whatever like a normal pet does for 4, 5 or 6 years...all their puppyhood and young adulthood. To me, no matter how clean and well fed they are, that is not the life they deserve.
Every yorkie lover who decides to breeds knows that they are risking their dog's life when they make that decision. I could not do it.
I can see someone who may be able to turn off the emotions and not look at them as the loving, innocent creatures they are or someone who is just ignorant and thinks that every animal deserves to breed...but the more I learn about the breeding of small breed toy dogs and the dangers involved, the more I find it hard to conprehend it being okay for anyone's beloved pet.
This is why I feel a breeder should only have as many dogs as she can hire the proper help to make sure ALL of the dogs in the breeding program have the lives they deserve....they should be walked, played with, socialized and loved physically everyday by a special someone. It will cost more .....sure...which is why I think we should be willing to pay a good breeder more. A male stud deserves to be inside and to go for walks and be loved and held as part of a family, not put in a kennel or confined to a small room or garage 24/7 until he is 7 or 8 or whatever age. That is cruel in my opinion. |