So many red flags denoting this person is breeding dogs not to improve a breed but to create some kind of so-called "designer dog" where just about any breed is crossed with another breed to see what happens! The breeder is essentially rolling the dice with the puppies' lives and health and very likely doing it all for one reason - money. The breeder makes health claims she cannot possibly prove and doesn't try - just hopes that the potential buyer will fall under the magical spell of pictures of young, cute puppies and up. The breeder is taking what most people call mixed-breed and Heinz 57, so-called mutt puppies and seemingly trying to make them more desirable in order to hike the prices through the roof. And no doubt about it, for half-breed dogs, they are wildly overpriced. Buyers can find dogs like these in their local community for $300 - $500.00 all over the country in the homes and kennels of BYB'ers and puppymlllers, not to mention the public animal shelters and rescue organizations.
Doing business with this kind of breeder underwrites their less than stellar breeding practices, unjustly enriches them and helps add to the overbreeding of dogs, a huge problem in this country as our full animal shelters loudly testify. Besides all that, buying from this breeder can empty the wallet of a buyer for the same kind of dog that can be had for less than $100.00 at your local shelter while a sweet little life is saved in the process. Call a shelter, not this breeder, if you are looking for a mix-breed dog.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |