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Originally Posted by gypsyqueen While it is nice to think care of the animal is the reason lets get real;
the breeder does not want you to breed their line. By keeping market small it keeps prices up. The problem is people that want to breed will buy from someone else and breed anyway, so it does not solve anything you cant make an person who thinks he can make money breeding animals change his mind because the breeder said they should not. I have also seen show kennels that let there breeder animals go to hell this is a fact. I have a yorkie a maltese a chiuhahua and a sharpei all females no limited regs. and I spayed them because I have enough sense to know that if you do it right you dont make money, its stressfull ,you have to live with a lot of mess. But we live in AMERICA you can choose not to purchase from them which i do, but these breeders usually have beautiful animals and it cost a lot to produce these type of dogs. |
let's get real? I can't speak for others, but I would be more than pleased to see more reputable breeders doing this WELL and would be happy to get someone started if they were interested in doing lots of homework. There are few people that I am comfortable referring anyone to and there are always more people wanting pups than pups I can find. The small hobby breeder has little to no effect on keeping the market small to keep prices up...and that has nothing whatsoever to do with limiting registration. You are correct in assuming that it is stressful and I have yet to make money...that's what makes it a hobby, not a business.
To address the other poster....the best way to 'control' what happens to the pups when they leave your care is to carefully screen your buyers and do a lot of communicating before and after, so you get to know them for real. There will be some that lie about intentions, but will usually trip themselves up along the way. This is not first come, first serve and your obligation is to the pups welfare above all else.