Uh Oh.... As a
professional terrier handler, I'm afraid I can't pass this one up.
If someone has to cull the less desireable puppies from their litters, then
they should be taking a hard look at what they are doing.
For someone to breed more puppies than they can place in GOOD homes just so
they can boost their ego with the number of champions they have produced is
unaceptable.
The difference in
responsible people that are breeding dogs and commercial kennels/puppy mills
is that responsible breeders are limiting their numbers and selling pets with
spay neuter contracts and limited registration.
That's one thing that the
horse industry should look at. They geld the horses that they
don't want to be used (and carry their farm name). But why don't they
spay the mares?? The registrations show "gelding", couldn't
they just as easily show a mare is being bought "unbreedable"?
Linda
I show and breed dogs and I can tell you from personal
experience there are some "show" breeders out there that mass produce more
then the commercial kennels/puppy mills. One show breeder makes her
living off selling her dogs. Another show breeder euthanizes a lot of
her "pet" stuff. Culling litters IMO is a respectable thing to do, but
she's still producing tons of dogs to get a few champions.
Either way the "left overs" end up dead. At least with horses going to
slaughter they are feeding someone.
Buffy Spellcaster Miniature Horses Beware... They'll cast a spell
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> keeping uncastrated male animals (horses, dogs and
cats)?
Don't forget unspayed females.... I have thought this for
years but it is an unpopular idea. I have a georgeous German
Shepherd with a mile long pedigree of German imports with Shutzhund III
degrees but he is neutered. In order to breed dogs you really need
to show them and have a "real" kennel....my opinion
only..........mb
