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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  What you just said at the regaining is not a good breeder. SO please don't confuse them into it. Also a good breeder can never 100% guarantee what size a pup will be they normally know based on the lines. The people who come on here and say that normally are buying from a bad breeder. It can be very hard to find good breeders. Just because they are show breeders doesn't make them good either. A good breeder breeds to better the breed which means to make great examples of the breed so they do there homework persay but that is their job so when they feel that a dog is done breeding some times they will rehome them but they ask just as many questions as when they sell a new puppy. Some keep them. I notice a lot of what you think is a good breeder isn't so many that's why your so about it jaded I'm not sure. The issues is we can not continue to by from puppy mills and from bad breeders or we keep them in business and that's not good for any dog. |
The breeders you speak of are not as much trying to "better" any breed because the standard is already established what they are trying to do is breed dogs to embody and represent the AESTHETIC AND FUNCTIONAL breed standard as closely as possible and without illnesses.
Basically they are breeding for a look and the theoretical ability for them to carry out the functions that they were bred for initially, so yorkies are bred to look like and be built to perhaps hunt rats in burrows or perhaps run out rabbits. Of course most of these dogs are never allowed to actually perform these tasks because the standard for their coats is pretty cumbersome and they are rarely allowed to get dirty or do any job.
Unfortunately, many breeds and their "good" breeding has created dogs who are bound to suffer because of the standards. Bulldogs not being able to give birth naturally because of good breeders trying to achieve a standard. Dogs with so many heavy wrinkles their eyes are damaged, German Shepherds with backs so sloped they can barely walk. Its great that these breeders are testing for genetic defects to get rid of them but what about the defects that they are breeding for?