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Originally Posted by JeanieK  I am sure that there are wonderful show breeders that produce wonderful dogs. My comment was made in reply to this post.
The problem with forums, is someone will take one sentence out of context and make an issue out of it. There are people on here who have that practice down to a fine art.
I did not say "all" show breeders or "most" show breeders, or even "many" show breeders. But the popularity of a champion stud can produce 1000 or more pups in his lifetime, and if that dog happens to carry a bad gene, it will spread like wildfire.
TLC indicated that this would be done by people trying to make a fast buck where realistically it is more likely that a champion dog would spread a bad gene much more widely than a pet owner that just wants a litter of pups. |
I think you are missing the point that these are breeders who are trying to make a fast buck, and they aren't really fooling anybody, except other breeders who are trying to make a fast buck.
No one is trying to make an issue out of anything, I thought it would be helpful for you to know that this type of breeder who studs her dog out like this is not admired or looked upon favorably by reputable breeders. You are quite fast to pick out everything that bad show breeders do, but that's the point, they are bad breeders who show. Whether you show or not studding your dog out like this is a sign of a bad breeder.