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Originally Posted by Deuce  Well, which is the greater evil, a byb who doesn't provide proper care for their dogs and forces them to breed on every heat, or the puppy mills that force dogs to live in small cages and also forced to breed on every heat?
It's like you want us to tell you which is the lesser evil, and I believe they one is just as bad as the other. We should continue to inform people of where "designer breeds" come from and why they should not purchase one, but rather work with their local rescues to find what they are looking for. I'd feel like telling people to go to a byb to get their dog rather than to a pet store would still be putting money in the wrong pockets, and only putting the poor dogs through more pain and suffering as they are forced to produce another round of puppies, cause as long as they are selling the byb's will continue to produce unhealthy, untested puppies which come from unknown lineage. |
I agree with you, but thing is that one way or the other people will get their cross breed...
when I said "cross breeder" I didn't mean it by any byb, but maybe there might be the one who isn't so bad(if it makes sense?) and unethical??? I'm asking this, because I met this couple who wanted to get morkie. Of course, I told them that there's not much history behind morkie and they are from BYB or puppy mill. I asked them if they can consider either yorkie or maltese. They saw morkie and fell in love with how it looked. I told them cross breed puppies don't have standard look, so they all look different. They said "yes, that's what we want, one of the kind!"
When I told them that no reputable breeder will cross breed and it would be the best idea to get morkie from shelter if they really want morkie pup. They said"well, we saw many morkies at the pet store, so there must be decent morkie breeder out there" I lost my words, and didn't know what to tell...