backyard breeder
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Can someone explain what a backyard breeder is.
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> Can someone explain what a backyard breeder is.
This was a post made on another board this morning. "In petland we tend to call people who produce two litters a year, year after year mostly for money… we call them "BYB’s" or Backyard Breeders. That label is the next worse thing to being a puppy miller. It’s the same bad practices, just on a smaller scale … purebred animals bred together because they are purebred, not because they are health tested, not because they compliment each other’s genetics, not because a litter from them will add any real quality to the breed. Mostly it’s done because it can be done and money is often at the heart of it. I don’t know these people. I see their ads about twice a year. If it’s the same female, then she’s being over bred. If it’s a different female, that’s better. If they are handing pups over to the first person with cash … that’s bad. If they are screening owners and making themselves available for midnight calls from panicked owners then that’s better. To be honest, I worry for their pups. (Maybe I don’t have enough of mine own stuff to worry about?) They have the right to do whatever they want, of course. I’d take their side on that if I had to … but I hope they are careful about placing their pups." I hope that helped. -Amanda & Lucy http://uberpest.50megs.com
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> Can someone explain what a backyard breeder is.
It is a person who owns a pet dog that they decide to breed for any number of reasons AND they breed without knowing (or maybe caring) about doing things like (1) avoiding genetic disease (2) breeding for proper temperament (3) making a good match between puppy and the people who are taking it (4) giving the best chance that the puppies will meet buyers expectations (e.g. correct size, correct coat etc) (5) taking steps to reduce the risk the puppy will EVER end up in a shelter. Backyard breeders have limited knowledge when it comes to dog breeding. They may love their dogs with all their heart but they don’t know what they don’t know. As a result they fail the pups and the people who adopt them. The majority of the dogs dying in shelters come from one time breeders – backyard breeders. Most backyard breeders think that if the dog is physically healthy and a good pet that is all they need to know. What they don’t know is that apparent physical health is not the same a good breeding health, that veterinarians don’t know all that much about good breeding practices, and that a "good" home is waaaaaaaay harder to find than they would guess. The term "backyard" is supposed to invoke an image of cluelessness in contrast to the exploitation of the puppy miller. Diane Blackman http://www.dog-play.com
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