[ SHOWGSD-L ] Puppy Mills (was trash-bitches and puppies)
- From: InquestGSD@xxxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:32:43 EST
So what is a puppy mill?
Is it someone who breeds a lot of pups every year? Or could it be someone
who studs their top male out 200+ times each year? Surely they are not being
very discriminating. Top dogs who are being bred to in the 100s of times
every year. These breedings are not necessarily show breedings, or we would
see
those pups at the futurities and nationals. These breedings are done with
money as a motivator.
Does this not count also as puppy mills? Or do we justify this by saying
these are pure breed dogs, done by top breeders? Do we not complain about
some
of these pure breed dog breeders whose facilities are in less than desirable
conditions? Whose pups always have coccidia, giardhia, dogs are always
getting their ears bitten off, suffering injuries?
Remember the arguments weeks ago, how many dogs are too many dogs? 4 - 12 -
60??? Can 1 or 2 people take care of 50+ dogs everyday? I don't think so.
Sure they will be scooped and fed, but that isn't enough. Shelters do that
everyday, that's why people rescue the dogs out of shelters !!! Let's be
careful, we are risking sounding a little hypocritical.
Yes, there are puppy mills out there, and they meet the demand of uneducated
buyers, who think NOTHING about paying $1,200. for a LabraDoodle. I have a
client with a GoldenDoodle who paid $1,500 for the pup. Bought this pup off
the road, the sellers happily met her half way. She will NOT deal with
breeders, they are too neurotic for her.
Like Amy, I think we need to take a look at this situation and see if we can
make it work for the breed. It could be this person just wants a "ribbon
winning sire" for his breedings. It could be he can be turned around for the
good cause. It could be he could care less about associating himself with
people who already made up their minds about him.
It all goes back to EDUCATION, ETHICS AND BETTERMENT OF THE BREED.
Ileana
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