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Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985  Therein lies the difference. If a breeder cannot be bothered to place their own puppies, or even care remotely to know where they will end up, they are not going to stand behind their breedings. Bottom line is they don't care about anything but the money lining their pockets. |
Yeah....I guess you can call the reputable breeders the "doggy saints" of the world. Shoot, I've been sitting here thinking that if a good breeder is lucky to break even financially on their breeding business, and over the years, have even just a few liver shunt puppies out there in the world that they are under contract for all medical expenses for the duration of that particular dog's life. Well....all I can say is, I imagine that is quite the drain on the personal finances of that breeder outside of the breeding program.....and there are more life threatening defects other than shunts of which I'm sure are floating around too. It's mind-boggling. If that guy who bought the dog from the pet shop that had the liver shunt had bought his dog from a reputable breeder, then that breeder would be paying the $10,000.00 for the surgery and vet bill (minus the, say 2,000 for the dog)....and that's just the initial cost. The dog is young and will probably be going to the vet all the time as a result of the shunt. So, who knows how much of a loss a breeder would be in for....incredible!! It sounds like in order to be able to be a really good breeder that somebody has to have one heck of a job and not mind a whole lot of "that" money going towards other people's dogs.