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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  I would think any good breeder would not kill a dog just because it doesn't meet standard, but there's a big difference between killing dogs that are not standard and breeding them. Selective breeding is such an important part of the process when man domesticates an animal. Let's not forget all the dogs we are killing daily in shelters. |
Yes we would all like to have that nice and warm fuzzy feeling that all breeders would not kill puppies but sadly it just not the case. Competitive show breeding can be vicious and the links some will go and the things they will do in order to protect their precious reputations is a fact of the show world.
In the show world if you are breeding to the standard you would not want certain things in your lines no matter how great the Champion.
So when the word gets out you have something undesirable running in your lines nobody will want to breed to your lines and your dead in the water.
You are quite right non standard breeders are not killing puppies, they see a little gem in every puppy produced be it standard or the colored variety .
Yes and let not forget the damage man have done to change some breeds so much in appearance in order to meet a set standard that it has caused physical harm and pain to the dogs.
And I don’t think anyone will disagree that there are to many dogs in shelters.