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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  I hear that excuse a lot, it won't hurt the miller, but it will hurt the small home breeder. In this case, I believe that the small home breeder is a large part of the problem. People need to learn that breeding comes with responsibilities, and some of those are financial. If the breeder cannot afford to pay the cost of putting the dog to sleep, he should not be breeding. Maybe if some of the byb understood how many of their own dogs ended up in shelters, they might rethink their "breeding program." |
I should clarify that I'm not including bybs when I say "small breeders." My definition of small breeder is the hobby breeders, the fanciers of the breeds who strive to uphold the standards, the exhibitors. (forgive me if I'm messing up the nomenclature)
I oppose backyard breeders and people who breed their pets (unless they keep the offspring themselves).