[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by gemy

You know Mary I've been thinking about this some. I don't think the average person who just wants to have "one" litter for all the reasons we've heard, thinks of themself as a BYB.

Putting to oneside those folks who have avarice in their blood, wanting to make a buck off their female, the rest of the folks, just don't honestly understand why putting their cute little female, with this other boy Yorkie is a bad idea. They might want a "playmate" for their own dog, and a spare one for their Grandpa. they don't know the dangers of breeding, the risks they put their female under.

Then we have the group of folks who say "I'm just breeding for those folks who want pets" they don't understand or often times even care about breeding to standard etc. In fact often times they are disdainfull of what they call show breeders. They don't clarify that they do all the health checks, they don't necessarily have a health guarantee, they just want to provide the "public" with an affordable Yorkie. They also don't think they are BackYard Breeders. Mayhap they rationalize not doing health checks etal, as after all you are getting a deal at $500 or $700 I can't afford to offer health guarantees etc.

I don't know what the answer is, perhaps there isn't an answer, other than to continue to answer the questions as we can, to act in the dog's best interest, and to pray, over time we can make a difference.

Over the last couple of months I've pondered over this too. Wondering if I'm contributing to BYBer's continuing with their breeding program. I don't know if there is an answer. But, what I do know is there is a right way of doing things. There is information all over the internet. I do think is most don't want to put the time and/or effort into research, they're in a hurry and want to be led by the hand.