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Originally Posted by ehunney i'm not going to lie, I went to yorkiepup.com and wondered why there were so many puppies for sale. I don't now, but it just seems very hard to give that many babies the needed attention. And while I dont agree with breeder bashing, I recently(before I got my tucker)dealt with a very bad breeder who sells sick puppies, and i WISH someone would of warned me about her,before I lost alot of money, a puppies life, and went through, and am still going through ALOT of heartache. And thats all I'm ganna say! |
Your story is a sad one and I would love to help you put that bad breeder out of business if you have not already to save other unsuspecting people from being harmed.
Jeff Dane's kennel is a huge business (yes, I said business) but, as I understand it from friends of mine who have been there and got puppies from him, he has employed his entire family and a lot of extra help to give all the dogs the very best care and love while they are at his kennel. He can certainly afford it with the size of his operation and it is part of the reason that some of his puppies are so expensive. He has bulit state of the art kennels with central heat and air and has vets on staff. He is not a small hobby breeder or backyard breeder. I make a distinction between bad mass breeders and decent ones. Some people think that anyone who breeds a certain number ia a puppymill and bad.
I have a hard time understanding why anyone would risk the life of a female for the "loveof the breed" or for the "betterment" of the breed or some other altruistic reason. I personally think the breeders who contnd this is their reason are fooling themselves and others, because it should never be worth the risk of a dog's life to "break even" or hope to whelp a show dog. Jeff Dane is very up front about the fact that he is in business and he breeds dogs for a living. I see nothing wrong with this if he does it honestly and without abuse or neglect of the dogs. I do not think he sells to pet stores either, although I do not know that for sure.
I have seen pictures of his whelping building and his breeding building and the dogs are not stacked on top of each other at all. They are in a large room with couches and a livingroom type feeling and they are allowed out of their crates to socialize and interact with people and other dogs. Until someone proves otherwise, I choose to believe the best rather than the worst.
There are a lot of small breeders that I don't agree with the way they raise and handle thier breeding stock. They keep them in crates in one room of the house, they never go for walks, car rides or to the dog park or shopping or anything and they are rarely allowed in any other part of the house. Males especially are not considered appropriate for the house because of their tendency to mark so they are kept out in separate buildings. This is no life for a dog and it is possible that Jeff Dane keeps his stud males separate but I would bet the facilities and human companionship that he provides for them is ten times better than what most breeders, including some show breeders provide for their males.
I am sure that with the numbers he has old over the 24 years he has been in business that he has had a few that ended up sick but that in my opinion is no reason to condemn him and call him a bad breeder without proof.