Nancy, your post is very informative. The only probem is, not all breeders fit neatly into those 3 categories.
There are bad exhibitor/breeders, that will breed for looks first and not show concern for health and temperment, and will even enhance the coat to make it the correct color, tie ear hair into the topknot to make the ears stand erect and trim the feet to hide toes turning in or out.
Then there are non exhibitor/breeders that breed to improve their own lines, and establish the variety of colors, but cannot or do not show for a variety of reasons, but still produce, beautiful, healthy dogs with good temperaments.
Then there are those that mass produce and will breed anything and everything just for profit.
The last group is pretty black and white and their motive is obvious.
The other 2 groups have a lot of grey area, that overlaps between the two groups. And neither group is all good or all bad. |