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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  You are seriously jaded with reputable breeders. Were you a bad breeder at one time or something? What's the issue? The best place to get a dog and have the best chance of it being healthy is a reputable breeder. Bad breeders are making genetic health issues rise, making dogs that don't even look close to the breed they are supposed to be and are filling the shelters. I will agrue this with you continuesly. I promised my dog I would fight to stop bad breeding and I sure won't stop now. It's unfair for dogs to suffer just because some people want some money in there pocket. These are living beings that have needs and feelings! |
I believe the proof is in the pudding, as they say. I believe people have to educate themselves and as I stated earlier, do their due diligence when selecting a dog and choosing a breeder. What is good enough for one person may not be enough for the next. There are certain things a breeder needs to do and have in place to be considered ethical in my opinion and letting a pup go at 11 weeks instead of 12 or calling their site "teacup" whatever when the dogs are in all actually pretty much average and seem to come from good healthy lines littered with champions from all over the world is nit picking and not enough to deem a breeder unethical. I am not now nor have I ever been a bad breeder and I'm not advocating for bad breeders I just don't subscribe to big broad sets or meaningless rules and regulations that have nothing to do with a breeder being good or bad just a list made up by self-important elites in order to curb business their way.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure exactly what you can do to fight "bad breeding" short of joining some militant dog-napping ring that seeks out breeders you think are bad and fixing dogs by force at night because dogs are property and once people take ownership they can pretty much do whatever they want and that is not going to change anytime soon.