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Originally Posted by CoCos_Mom  I'm sorry, but what is up with this BYB stuff. What makes a breeder NOT a BYB??? So...if I decided to breed my registered baby, I would be a BYB? Why? Because I haven't been doing it for 5, 10, 25 years? Just asking because I see that there seems to be a little bit of an attitude towoards those "regular" folks who breed their dogs. |
Doing it 5, 10 or 15 years means nothing...people can do anythign for a long period of time it doesn;t by any means mean they do it right. A good breeder shows, trains, is an expert of the breed in health, training, behavior, breeding, often knowing more about the breed than most vets, they are not "regular folks" who never health test, consider matching, know the lines and responsibly treat their animals with the utmost care..."regular" folks should not be breeding it's the reason we have a so many rescues, pounds,etc.
BYB can in fact breeding in their home and have nice set ups from first glance however they don't know what they are doing and they often give themselves cute names like hobby breeder-this means they just throw any two dog they think might make decent pups together and see what happens and sell pups...yeah and what SW Houston said but in a longer more detailed version.
Regular folks don't have detail AKC registries, know their dog's lines have heath genetic testing done, offer health guarantees re-homing policies CHIC certifications OFA testing and certifications and concern themselves with responsible breeding practices.