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Originally Posted by Bluebells

Jax came from a back yard breeder. The breeder continues (last I heard, anyway) to breed a pair of dogs whose offspring, statistically, have a one in four chance of having the same vision impairment and a two in four chance of being carriers. I don’t know if that’s what you were thinking of. She charges big bucks for normal looking puppies, and I don’t know whether she tells anyone about the genetics.

To start off with, many reputable breeders will have several breeding pairs and reason why there is a waiting list for puppies, not all mating pairs mate at the same time, all depends on when the female comes into season. It’s not unusual that breeders have a waiting list, in some cases this is a good sign, a sign that this is a good breeder in high demand and ppl will wait for one of their puppies.
Secondly, there is a big difference between a BYB and a Hobby breeder. BYB are all about money, not quality. One neighbor has a female, the other neighbor or a friend has a male, hey, lets throw these two together and see what we get, sell the puppies make big bucks, these are unethical ppl, as bad s puppy mills. A Hobby breeder will breed only one litter a year and take better care, do research on the breeding pair, feed the dam good quality food, have healthy puppies, puppies live in the home and treated as family until they go to their new homes. There are many good Hobby breeders out there, you just have to find them.
The person Jax came from is disgusting, breeding puppies knowing this defective vision gene can be passed down to future puppies. Horrible and there is nothing anyone can do to stop this person from breeding defective puppies. I don’t think they tell buyers the possibility of vision impairment, who would take that chance they could end up with a puppy with a vision issue that cannot be reversed. Jax is a very lucky baby that you came into his life, vision impaired puppies are a big challenge, and a huge responsibility that many ppl won’t take on.