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Originally Posted by smartpuppiepets

There is a huge difference between one and the other. I have seen people using the words "hobby breeder" just to try to look somewhat reputable, and in fact they are BYB, back yard breeders.

Probably the best definition I have found so far to answer "What is a back yard breeder (BYB)?" is this one:
"The average pet owner that breeds their dog(s)."

Why are back yard breeders a problem? Well, they just breed dogs for the sake of it or to make some money, to keep an offspring or "to have another just like this one i love, or even to allow my dog to be a parent just one time before i get it fixed, for my kids to experience the birth experience... etc... reasons like that. They may have a sweet pet they want to try and reproduce or they think that their dogs are quality because they have papers and/or are registered with some registry. Most of the time they think they can make a few dollars selling pups, etc. They just put out dogs without real consideration for the future of not only the breed but the puppies produced.

Often, BYBs breed dogs with faults. This perpetuates fault and problems in the breed. They do nothing to prove their dogs are of sound temperament and that they are breeding good representatives of the breed, etc. They just breed. they have no clue of what a OFA is, and they do not want to have any education on the health issues. They justify themselves saying : my dogs never had anything wrong with them!

Often a BYB will sell puppies "cash only" and no health guarantees or contract are offered beyond the local laws obligate , well, most of the time they dont know about local lemon laws. They also sometimes try to pass as reliable by offering a "vet health certificate" , this is one just like the ones we get to travel with our dogs, it just proves that at the time the pup was taken to a vet, the vet did not see any signs of any communicable diseases or illness. That vet health certificate "thing" does not prove anything beyond the day the pup was seen by that vet and in most states it expires within 7 days.

There is HUGE difference between a BYB and a hobby breeder who breeds to improve their dogs and takes RESPONSIBILITY on the puppies that are produced. I could go on and on here ... and other YTalkers would pitch in and add ...
But so much have already been written about the difference between these.

I my self never seen a educated person define BYB and Hobby breeder as the same thing !

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Then you need to get on other dog forums or google hobby breeder because they do. They say its because they dont show so thier dogs aqrent evaluated and arent involved in rescue and some other reasons. I didnt mean to offend you or anyone else with that statement its not my opinion. I did some research today on the meaning of hobby breeder and thats what I came up with.