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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  Puppies bought in pet stores are often bought a lot of times are bought on a whim or as a gift. The puppy becomes to much work gets to big or so on so it gets dumped. So getting rid of pet stores selling dogs would limit puppy mills so it would make a difference in the euthanization rate and could possibly put a big dent in it. Good breeders should have a contract where if the puppy couldn't be kept it it returned to them some also microchip and register the chip to them therefore they try to keep their pups out of shelters as much as possible. They also don't just sell to anyone they ask lots of questions to try and rule out the bad owners. |
Most breeders never hear from the people who they sell dogs to ever again, unless there is a problem and they want their money back. They can call, but if the people don't answer......And a lot of people travel a long way to purchase dogs from breeders so no one is popping in for spot welfare checks on a liter of 5 X's however many litters they have produced over the years.
It's completely up to the person who buys the dog, no one is out here rolling around enforcing dog ownership policies and if a dog is surrendered, there is no need to scan for a microchip. And who is gonna spend money on a lawyer to have a contract enforced? They are pretty much useless. All these breeders who sell dogs with limited registration and spay neuter contracts, it's generally just for show in order to say they did it and the "reputable breeder" stamp of approval. They may actually mean well but dogs are property in this country and people ultimately do what they want to do with them.
Honestly, from puppy mills or not, I believe most people who spend hard earned money on purebred animals do the best that they can and the dogs live out their natural lives with the people who buy them. If they get sick, they take them to a vet or surrender them if they can't afford treatment or they put them down themselves.
This is fact kind of circles around to the OP's original question about big yorkies. Because many people are done with the breeder after they get their pups' the breeder often has no way of knowing how big the pups end up or if they have rare cancers, or un-tested/detectable genetic diseases, and this is also the reason why people end up being "duped" and end up with 25 lb dogs that were supposed to be 5lbs.