[gemy]

You know back yard breeders are not a dime a dozen, they are 100,000 to a dozen. They include in my definition any one who breeds if only one time their pet dog, without doing all the necessary breed specific health tests and doesn't insure Joe male next door has done the same.

They may 'sell their dogs for few dollars" Why? Of course because they spend the absolute minimum on anything even resembling responsible health and vet care for the soon to be pregnant bitch and the sire; they also extend that mindset to the puppies in their care.

They know not about raising a healthy well adjusted litter of puppies. Nothing of neuro stimulation, puppy week by week stimulus to new smells, surfaces and environments. They know nothing about training their pups for halters and leads, and basic obedience commands PRIOR to you even getting your puppy home with you.

Oh sure folks can luck out with a byber, and I am happy you did. But where do you think all those pups and young dogs in shelters come from? WHy from you! The byber who sells to the buyer, who is not ready for a puppy truly. Who surrenders their dog because it is too big or too small, isn't housebroken, is aggressive, is nipping although you took that pup at six wks old and did not one thing to understand how to train this pup, you have new baby or a new job, a new house, or a new apartment and somehow now this dog that you AGREED to care for, for the rest of their natural life, is DITCHED aside like a perfectly fine vacuum cleaner, because you wanted the newest or the best latest model.

Of course sadly many folks do with their children too, thankfully much less than 5 million or so surrenders a year!