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Originally Posted by scrapindee  Since I was asked, I will respond. First, most breeders say if one can't keep their dog, the breeder needs to be notified......as we have learned through this thread this was not the correct scenario. Yes, I know any breed can land up in a shelter or needing to be rescued. And each of the 3 Biewer clubs has a rescue organization, so yes I thought it was wrong for a Biewer to be in a general rescue when any of the three clubs could be contacted and assistance would've been granted.
Now on the true scenario, imho if you breed dogs and you need to retire a dog or dam for any reason--don't like what colors it throws, too old, too delicate, whatever--the breeder should be spaying/neutering these dogs and placing them --whether for free or cost of spay/neuter--I don't understand why a rescue would be needed. The breeder could post these older dogs on Craig'slist, puppy find, on the front page of her website--probably would mean the breeder might have to focus on these animals--before selling the puppies available.....I agree with Ladyjane on her comment.
Hope I answered your question JenCar. |
Sadly though, for some time there have been disreputable Biewer breeders....so, wrong as it may be to use rescues to get homes for retired breeders, it doesn't surprise me to hear of one in a shelter or represented by other breed rescues.
In this case, what is likely to happen to the board member breeder? Are there club rules that would prevent (suspension, fines, etc) her from placing her dogs through a rescue other than Biewer rescue? Or, is it something that is just frowned upon?