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Originally Posted by gracielove  Some of the people at YT are experienced and informed breeders, however, I believe that the majority of YT members are just Yorkie loving pet owners. They come here and learn a lot of things that they never would have imagined, both good and bad.
For the most part the general public knows very little about the dog breeding business, the good, the bad, and the ugly. For the most part the general public only sees local classified ads, internet ads and pet stores as suppliers of purebred animals.....and they certainly are not sources of good information.
Experienced and educated, reputable breeders are not out there in public view. They don't have the type of website that usually comes up when a person does an internet search because they are not major distributors of dogs.
I believe this OP learned a lesson the hard way and was willing to admit it. I doubt very much that she was given a chance to make an informed decision to begin with. We certainly have seen enough people who just don't care about the information and warnings that they have been given. I once met a breeder who actually would continue to breed a female even after a c-section. Oh,yes, they are out there! Thankfully the OP is not one of those.
As was already mentioned the AKC classified ads are no better than the ones in your local paper. The only requirement to advertize puppies on the AKC website is that your sire and dam are AKC registered. We know that AKC registration has nothing to do with the quality or health of a pup. Puppy mill pups many times are AKC registered. Personally, I wish AKC would get rid of their classified ads as they are greatly misleading.
There are very few places for a person who wants a purebred pup to get the kind of information that they need. I don't know the solution to that but certainly we can at least understand why people make some of the choices they do and continue to make good information available to as many people as possible. |
As a layman, and owner of a yter, I didn't know this. Yes, I could totally see how this would pull the wool over a purchasers eyes. Sounds like there could be no rules on this if a byb wanted to breed an AKC dog. Seems sad to me, but again I am a layman with no real experience with pure breeds. My first dog was a family toy poodle, who lived a good life. Next was a cross of a Belgium Shepherd and Border Collie; incidentally my bf and I went to this house out in the boonies in ON looking at antiques when I noticed a cage which had bunnies in it. In the very back was a fuzzball, which turned out to be a dog. Koko was a very smart and loving dog, who was very easy to train and eager to please. Both lived to a good age. Guess I was lucky. Now I own a yter, but I did some homework before purchasing him and talked to any owner who was walking one 4 yrs. before I actually purchased one.