Wow. OK. I have to say, some of this sounds a bit harsh. These guys were looking for pets, and went about getting pups from "real" breeders (read: show dog breeders with all the red tape and ribbons to go with it) and they DO know something about breeding. They're not stupid. Their 3 pets have AKC registration and they've done all those tests - liver, blood, hypo- and hyperglycemia when they were little (I'm not TOTALLY up on the tests that should be performed and when but these people certainly are). I'm not talking about careless owners who don't love their pets. These guys have their own ROOM in the house, are immaculately groomed and one is being courted by a local high brow breeder (again, read: show dogs) to stud one of his girls. What they're interested in is continuing the bloodline with the one boy - his sire's passed and there weren't too many boys from that sire.
I mean, seriously, if you let your dog have puppies without a live-in vet and several consultations with AKC representatives, is it a crime? |