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Originally Posted by omichka Plus, I regularly visit cargo because of my job. I regularly see those poor scared shaking babies in dirty crates with no water (Q)
I cannot imagine HOW REPUTABLE breeders do that  . Sorry, I think we have a different idea about what reputable breeder is.
I contacted some good breeders from other states, they told me:" sorry, try to find a breeder in your state. we do NOT ship our babies"
From my experience, only BYB/puppy mills like to do that. Those who breed for MONEY.
and BTW, how people can buy without even seen puppies?  I don't buy even clothes over internet. But this is alive puppy!!! How they can buy without seen its temperament, health, etc. I cannot even imagine  |
You said, " From my experience, only BYB/puppy mills like to do that. Those who breed for MONEY."
My husband is a very well known breeder pf Field Champion Beagles. We have shipped all over the United States and once even out of the country but we won't ever ship out of the country again. That is too hard on the dogs. We always ship counter to counter. In fact I just got back from shipping to New York a few minutes ago. We are not all about the money. We have lists that sometimes are two years long because of our dogs bloodlines. We are reputable breeders of about thirty years. We are not a puppy mill. Of course i realize that Yorkies are a lot more fragile than Beagles. As far as seeing the parents and all that, I send pedigrees and pictures of litters and mom and dad out on the internet every day. people know what they are getting. Also, word of mouth about my husband's program puts him and his dogs at the top of the list for many people. It takes years to build a good solid reputation as a breeder and a lot of hard work. We have had people on vacation driving thru our area and go out of their way to visit our farm and meet my husband because of his reputation in the Beagle world. So pleae, no blanket statements that breeders who ship are bad. it's just like anything else, you have your good and bad ones and it is YOUR responsibility to know the difference when you buy a pup.