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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1  [/B]
Your first comment about breeders do this strictly for money, is so far off reality, it would be amusing if it was not so dangerou. You have never bred and never would, which is a good thing, because you would very quickly come to that fork in the road, where you would need to decidse if you are breeding for money or to contribute to the production of purebred, quality, healthy, true to breed standard Yorkies. It is either your passion or your job.....puppy mills make it their job, and you are correct, they make money hand over fist. But anyone that has ever done this correctly, for the right reasons, is educated and knowledgable in what it takes to produce healthy dogs that are not laden with genetic issues, etc, that die on new owners at 6 months - 6 years old....bad livers, bad hearts, bad kidneys, bad lungs, bad immune systems, etc. That costs money and if you priced your babies to cover the costs of care and preventative measures taken to ensure your babies are healthy, people couldnt afford to buy them. It is propaganda and scare tactics to tell people that breeders all make money.....bovine scat??? not hardly......some of us just want to provide loving people pup[pies that are healthy and are not going to cost them thousands of dollars, trying to keep a sick puppy alive.....to think people are actually out there thinking we all do this for the sole purpose of selling dogs to make money......bovine scat! |
I think it is hard for people to see beyond the buying price and understand the overhead costs (when breeding is done right, and when a breeder stands behind her puppies). Breeding done right is a ridiculously hard job with the least amount of return. $
Yes, there is a sadly huge number of homeless animals, and I applaud everyone who rescues and adopts, but I do not support wiping out purebred breeding. That won't stop indiscriminate breeding. I also would not want to see the end of purebred dogs.