"......If she has one litter I wouldn't be disappointed because my mother in law wants one and so does my sister. I do not however have any intention of putting her at jeopardy or becoming a breeder. My vet is out until Monday at this point. Just wondering what those with more experience think?....."
Both of these dogs need to be "fixed" ASAP!! As stated, you have NO idea what is going on with these dogs genetically. If there is an incompatability genetically between these two dogs, you are allowing little innocent puppies to be produced that already have two strikes against them. I appreciate your moral argument of "a life is a life", however, what about the mommas life? SHE counts for something, and she is already HERE!!!! Please dont allow your conscience to justify in your mind, what ACTUALITY is nothing more than exactly what motivates puppy mills to exist. If she is pregnant, and if she survives the whelp, you could very well have babies that are going to require a large amount of money to combat the diseases or genetic conditions YOU have allowed to come into fruition. If these babies are born with genetic disabilities, are you and your relatives financially enthusiastically able and willing to spend thousands of dollars to save that baby's life? IS IT MORALLY ACCEPTABLE TO PRODUCE GENETICALLY QUESTIONABLE BABIES, RELEGATING THEM TO A SHORT, MISERABLE, UNHEALTHY LIFE....puppies that NO ONE WANTS TO SPEND MONEY ON, ESPECIALLY WHEN MOST PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING financially to care for their own families!? If your family members want Yorkie puppies, they need to find a breeder that has KNOWN GENETICALLY healthy breeding stock. ONE MAJOR THING THAT SEPARATES THE PUPPY MILLS FROM THE RESPONSIBLE BREEDERS IS RESPONSIBLE BREEDERS WILL STAND BY ANY BABY THEY HAVE PRODUCED, BOTH FINANCIALLY AS WELL AS EMOTIONALLY. They dont ALLOW dogs, that are sexually active out of nothing more than instinct, to produce possibly sick or deformed babies. ALLOWING that behavior is irresponsible on YOUR part. YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY BABIES YOU ALLOW TO BE PRODUCED FROM THAT BREEDING. YOU ALONE ARE ALSO ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY ILLNESS OR EVEN THE DEMISE OF THE MOTHER, DURING OR AS A RESULT OF WHELPING THIS LITTER. Those precious little babies did not ask to be brought into this world....YOU allowed it to happen, and if you have allowed deformed babies to be produced, or liver shunts or heart conditions, or hydrocephalus, or cleft palates or blindness or bad hips and knees or any other genetic issues that are brewing in those babies, you are responsible to "make them whole" medically....and when they look up at you, as they die from a condition YOU are responsible for creating, begging you to help them with those precious little eyes, you will TRULY know a breeders heartache....and if you feel little remorse, you ARE a puppy mill breeder. |