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Originally Posted by Britster  Without knowing anything about this particular situation or even who this person is, I just wanted to add that this forum in particular does seem to be pretty hard on breeders and I see why we don't have many around anymore which is a shame. Nothing is black and white. You can't automatically claim that a breeder is not reputable because they let pups go at 8 weeks old. Many many small breeds leave at 8 weeks old and are absolutely fine. Is it IDEAL? Maybe not. But it IS legal and not every puppy benefits from staying with mom through 12 weeks. A person breeds two breeds does NOT make a person automatically non-reputable. Sometimes what happens is, someone is involved in one breed and then gradually switches to another, but they still may have a few litters of the first breed, and so on, there's just SO many variables, you can't judge based upon that. Same with websites -- some of the best breeders have the crappiest websites, some of the worst breeders have the best websites and vice versa. It's simply impossible to tell. |
That is not actually the reason most breeders do t post here anymore at least not the reason I have been told by several as well as several who know breeders who used to posts. The mothers of small breed dogs are still teaching the puppies thing up until 12 weeks it's a fact there are study's and everything else on it and if you want to do what is best for the puppy's you will want to give the the chance to learn from there mothers. Just because something is legal certainly does not mean it's right. I'm not even judging based on the website or just two breeds I'm seeing three and cats. Also seems a few of the pages have magically been deleted but some had her using the word teacup. When you add everything together it's just not a breeder I think is reputable for multiple reasons. I am seriously jaded when it comes to breeders because I have seen what the bad ones have done the pain they have caused these innocent dogs. I feel there are probably a whole lot more times a million bad breeders then good. It is honestly very hard to find a 100% reputable breeder. Also just because a breeder was a member here dosen't mean there a good breeder. Heck I have pictures that would make you think puppy mill or miniature puppy mill of one of them.