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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1  Here is another lead balloon: For the people out there that, for whatever reason choose to BUY their baby from a breeder, you not only have to do YOUR homework on the breeder, you MUST accept responsibility for keeping your precious little baby from ending up like the attachments on the above site. Just one example: DO NOT get a puppy if you know you will be starting a family in 3-5 years and you do not want the dog in the house with the new baby. You have made a committment to this puppy for the life of the puppy, which could be from 10 - 15 years or more! Puppies are surrendered to rescues by people that have made the wrong decision to get a puppy in the first place...they keep the baby until they tire of it, or have other life changes, and they kick it to the curb. THAT IS NOT ANY BREEDERS FAULT. Most reputable breeders, like rescues, mandate the baby goes back to them...owners are embarrassed to follow through with that mandate, so they surrender the baby to a pound or just turn it out.....we have no legal control over what people do with their dogs after they get them...all we can do is try to closely screen buyers, have them sign contracts that include returning the dog to the breeder if ever necessary, microchip the dog and list US as alternate contacts, and hope the buyer lives up to our expectations and their word. Dogs are in rescues because of irresponsible buyers, not ALWAYS irresponsible breeders! "ADOPT...DONT SHOP"???.... BUYERS MUST ACCEPT ACCOUNTABLITY FOR THEIR DECISION TO GET A PUPPY REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY GET IT. BREEDERS CAN NOT BE BLAMED FOR ALL THE DOGS IN RESCUES. |
For the life of me, I could not figure out why you have such animosity towards the OP and this whole situation, going so far as to accuse her of being a thief. I get it now. You are a breeder and are just defending your "career choice". One quick look at your past posts, and the first sentence that jumped out off the page was where you referred to your "breeding stock". Oh yea, I definitely get it now, and therefore will be bowing gracefully out of this conversation. The only reason I became involved in it was because Chinalee had emailed me with her story and asked for suggestions/help. Chinalee/Karen - good luck to you and your pup. I have forwarded your information to organizations who are very successful with this type of situation. I encourage you to file a report with petshoppuppiies.org. "Loretta" and her unlicensed/illegal breeders are already on their radar and I know that they would welcome any information you can give them. You made a decision that others may not agree with, but honestly, it's none of their business, and please know that most compassionate people would be behind you 100%. Those that are not - well, it's obvious now that they have their own agenda. To think that someone would try to present themselves as having a high moral compass, yet can be so blind when it comes to seeing the forest through the trees.
Yorkimom1 - I won't argue with you about the responsibilities of buyers versus breeders. But will just say that for every puppy born to one of your "breeding stock", a perfectly healthy and loving dog is put to death. You can blame whoever you want, but the only ones who are not to blame are the dogs, and they can't fix this - we humans have to do that. Until you face the truth and realize that we CAN fix this, nothing I can say or do will mean anything to you. I hope that one day you will come to this realization on your own and decide to try and help make a difference. And, for the record, I had posted in a previous message that while I 100% disagree with breeding dogs for profit, I accept that it is a necessary evil and that the very few reputable breeders out there play an important role in helping us put an end to puppy mills by keeping potential buyers out of pet shops and off the internet.
My final suggestion - stop blaming and start making a difference. And oh yea, Adopt. Don't Shop. Ever.
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