Are you a Backyard Breeder ?

[vainchick5]

Originally Posted by red98vett

It won't bother me in the least...I'm easy.
lol

You are, are you??? LOOOOOL

[red98vett]

Originally Posted by vainchick5

You are, are you??? LOOOOOL

hahaha...that's what I heard

ps - Gator - on the dogs (I just can't say the word mutt here) roaming the neighborhoods - yes - they do. My next door neighbors little MIX was made pregant by a dog that way - but again - that's not what that article was about and is probably only a portion of the problem with too many shelter dogs.

I'm still laughing about being called political and thanks the replies - I guess this thread will get more attention than I expected now - I didn't really think that many people would read the article - now they will !

[JCarlson2004]

Great post. Thanks for sharing this!!

[JCarlson2004]

Originally Posted by vainchick5

I believe you are the only one trying to fuel the fire. I suggest you stay out of this thread if you don't like it and you can take it up with admin if you think this discussion needs to be moved

Good post. I agree.

Vee, THANK YOU for posting this!! We should ask Admin to make it a STICKY!

[RLC12345678]

[sylvan]

The interesting fact that most don't realize...in bold





Why is this happening in the United States today? The number one biggest
contributor to the problem is the backyard breeder not the puppy mills.

[omichka]

thank you for the article

[BamaFan121s]

Originally Posted by gator70

This will be my last comment. I do not want to feed the fire with fuel.

Probably a good idea. The last thing anyone here needs is a lecture on ethics from someone who advertises their pups with the schtick "purse babies." But thanks for playing anyway.

If you want to quickly identify a money hungry BYB, ask them how many pups they had to sell to buy their Porche. Lol...chances are, they'll have the best of everything, but their dogs won't.

[vainchick5]

Originally Posted by BamaFan121s

Probably a good idea. The last thing anyone here needs is a lecture on ethics from someone who advertises their pups with the schtick "purse babies." But thanks for playing anyway.

If you want to quickly identify a money hungry BYB, ask them how many pups they had to sell to buy their Porche. Lol...chances are, they'll have the best of everything, but their dogs won't.

Great post!!! Now I remember this member, thanks for jogging my memory.

[txshopper73]

Great thread, Vee!

[teffiemoore]

aawww c--p, why does this have to happen over educational material? Don't we all like to learn??

[DazzlinYT]

You know, it kind of makes me wonder when someone is THIS abrasive about a post of this type, what is it about the post that is threatening the person...If you are not a BYB..then you have nothing to worry about, right? So is that the problem? That you consider yourself to be a BYB therefore, this is personally insulting to you? Otherwise, not sure why you'd pipe up so defensively.

As for "supply and demand"...Yes I think there is a surplus of yorkies. Ones who barely resemble the breed, have questionable health, and people who made them as described in the first post. The SHORTAGE if you could call it that is with nice quality healthy yorkies...and the more those who breed the poor quality dogs breed them, the busier Yorkie rescue is going to get.

Originally Posted by gator70

If Yorkie breeders did not breed, yorkietalk would not be here. Mutt owners that let their dogs roam the streets at night, this is where the cause of over population is. It is these mutt owners that need to be stopped.

Since when is there a supply and demand problem with Yorkies?

[red98vett]

Originally Posted by DazzlinYT

You know, it kind of makes me wonder when someone is THIS abrasive about a post of this type, what is it about the post that is threatening the person...If you are not a BYB..then you have nothing to worry about, right? So is that the problem? That you consider yourself to be a BYB therefore, this is personally insulting to you? Otherwise, not sure why you'd pipe up so defensively.

As for "supply and demand"...Yes I think there is a surplus of yorkies. Ones who barely resemble the breed, have questionable health, and people who made them as described in the first post. The SHORTAGE if you could call it that is with nice quality healthy yorkies...and the more those who breed the poor quality dogs breed them, the busier Yorkie rescue is going to get.

What a good post and you made some great points I wondered too...

and yes - unfortunately we ARE seeing far too many health issues with yorkies and it's really sad.....Some of the threads we see here are just heartbreaking...and we sure are seeing yorkies pop up everywhere now. I was on a Texas breeder site just a few minutes ago and I swear - the yorkies were not standard (and actually not as cute as they should be) & the prices were jacked up from just 6 months ago.

[Breeze]

Originally Posted by DazzlinYT

You know, it kind of makes me wonder when someone is THIS abrasive about a post of this type, what is it about the post that is threatening the person...If you are not a BYB..then you have nothing to worry about, right? So is that the problem? That you consider yourself to be a BYB therefore, this is personally insulting to you? Otherwise, not sure why you'd pipe up so defensively.

As for "supply and demand"...Yes I think there is a surplus of yorkies. Ones who barely resemble the breed, have questionable health, and people who made them as described in the first post. The SHORTAGE if you could call it that is with nice quality healthy yorkies...and the more those who breed the poor quality dogs breed them, the busier Yorkie rescue is going to get.

I agree with Vee, great post!

[daisysis]

Oh My goodness, so i bought my babies from backyard breeders. i bet most of us did according to what i have just read.
i want to become a breeder with all right stuff and knowledge.
I do understand that there is a standard for all breeds. i will try hard to understand but it is hard for me to except that your pup is better than mine because it ears stand up or it has better color or legs to short to tall.. i guess i will keep researching or better yet just rescue all the not good enough babies. Your post is good though it has made me think
thank you for not being rude about it