Hi. Let me just address the part about making money. There's NOTHING wrong with someone wanting to make money from breeding. It's HOW they make their money that is the issue. If optimal treatment to the dogs is compromised just to increase profits, then that is not moral (don't use the word ethical - that word is often misused on this and many sites - look up the definitions). If a breeder can turn a profit while simultaneously preserving optimal health and standard of care, then that is great. IMO, someone who bashes profit-making alone for its own sake is just ignorant. However, from what I understand, it is extremely, extremely difficult to provide adequate level of care and turn a profit at the same time. Very few moral breeders end up doing for profit, rather they do it for the love of the breed. The "greeders" are the ones that don't care about the dogs. With regard to the word, "teacup", and other similar words, people need to generalize to help identify the immoral breeders and, in doing so, sometimes, capture those with purer hearts, along with the evil ones. Don't know of another way around that one, however. |