I know me and my siblings got on my mothers nerves, but she didn't want to sell us. Although there were times she wanted to. LOL. As me with my kids. As them with their kids. I love, love love my little pup, who is a boy but if he were female I could never do that to her. And like me and many, many others have stated that they are our fur kids and family. Why is it so hard for people to just fess up and say they do it for the money and not the feelings of the poor mother. Mind you, I'm am not saying everyone. But this over breeding has got to stop.

I understand what you are saying, however as Ladyhawk described, dogs have a different attitude than we do. It's true that if they were human it would be a cruel thing. And, although we sometimes treat them as if they are human :), the reality is that they are not. Dogs have a different type of connection with their pups than we do with our babies. They do not bond with them in the same way. Truly loving our furbabies means that we also respect their inherent traits as dogs, not try to make them into humans. :) (I have to admit I am guilty of this at times as well)

To the naked eye, what you say appears true. I can definitely see how you would feel this way. However, as has been mentioned, this does not take into account the myriad other expenses involved. You may see Yorkies advertised for $1000 from breeders who do not do testing, etc........but in most cases they are not actually selling for that. They are selling for much less, which is reasonable, as the breeder's expenses are less. Pups from a breeding with only the expenses you mention generally are selling for $300-$500, depending on area.

I have learned in every aspect of my life that what looks good on paper, isn't alwayss reality. hardly ever, in fact.

you forgot to add puppy shots for those dogs, worming, health checks, food, etc, etc. By the time you are done paying you are a far way from making that kind of money.. Plus if you are any kind of decent breeder, when those pups leave your home they go with toys they are familiar with, crate that they are used to and a blanket/bed that they are used to. that all costs too.

As much as we treat our dogs like people, they are not human. They don't get attached to their puppies like we would our children. They have a natural instinct to mother their young and care for them, but then they are ready for them to move on and start their own lives. I've been around some dogs and their older puppies...they are ready for them to go LOL. If dogs felt the same way humans did about their children, they wouldn't breed with them if given the opportunity (dogs will mate with their offspring or parents if they are around..). It's just not the same

This is so true. As with any well laid financial plan, you have to factor in all of the "Oh Sh*ts"

But all of the stuff that you buy extra for the puppies will be less than $1,000. If I was going with what she was saying, then there still will be thousands in profit.

Vet visits (shots, docking, check ups, etc.... If you don't do it yourself) COULD be $100 per pup.. But with an average of about 4 pups that is only $400.
Toys.. Let's say about $5/toy and maybe 5 toys each will come to about $100 for the litter
Crates.. In Austin, I can get a new traveling crate for about $25-$40, so add another $150
Misc (blankets, books, bed, etc.) could come to about $50 extra per pup, so that adds another $200
Then (if this is the first litter if the breeding pair) you will subtract $500 each per testing
Which makes the total to about $1900... $6000 - $1900= a lot of profito...lol...

What you describe isn't a real good defense...

I already know for a fact many breeders make profits, NO ONE will admit it so there isn't any need to make a defense because everyone will deny it or say that they make little. And then some will say that their profit only goes to the next litter and yadda, yadda, yadda..... Who cares anymore. you can't change anyone view on this because there are so many judgemental people on YT and sometimes people get intimidated and are in fear of not being liked on here. Everyone denies everything, and it's very sad because I can tell some people put up fronts to appear better...

I guess I shouldn't speak anymore on this topic, because I don't have anything nice to say to some people :(