Is it wrong to breed pets?

Question

We will keep to. I Uncle will have one. Our Aunt will get two.And if there are more we will give it to family friends. Is it wrong to breed animals if you know they will have a safe home?

Answer 1

No, there is nothing wrong with breeding (most domesticated) animals for pets; especially since you have already found homes for the litter.

Answer 2

As you even asked this question, it shows that you really do care about the pet over-population problem.

The Reasons People Should NOT Breed Their Dogs:
# I want another one just like my dog.

This never works according to plan. When a dog gets pregnant, the puppies will take the father's traits, personality, and physical, and the mother's traits, and mix them up, taking some of one, some of another, and developing their own altogether. You will never get a perfect match. In stead you may end up with the worst traits of both dogs.

#2.I have homes for all of the puppies.
No, unfortunately this is the most ignorant assumption made these days. Not everybody wants puppies. Hundreds die everyday because of the lack of homes. How heartbreaking to hold a twelve week old puppy and put her to sleep because somebody thought for sure there would be somebody else who wanted her.
For every puppy born, three die in shelters. There are too many out there and not enough homes for them all.
Every day, shelters take in pets who were in good homes, but their people moved,
married, divorced or had a baby – and decided they had to give up their pets. Don’t let
them be pets that you have created.

#4. will all of the homes spay/neuter? If not, then your ONE litter will produce hundreds of pups in just a few years..4 million homeless dogs were killed this year in shelters.

If this is not enough reasons to stop you from breeding your dog, then here are a few more:

. there are so many expenses, and possible expenses involved, that unless you have sufficient income to cover the worst scenario, it is irresponsible, and dangerous to your pet.

The puppies need their first shots before going to their new homes, the mother needs frequent check-ups, and heaven forbid if something goes wrong. And something always goes wrong...Complications in birth and pregnancies happen all the time. You could face losing your dog to death, and all the puppies with her. Will YOU pay the $1200.00 for a much-needed emergency cesarean section when she cannot deliver the pups?
What about sexually-transmitted diseases? That stud dog you had picked out may have one. They are more common than you think.

How about genetic diseases? They abound.

Breeding is not a careless affair, it is so much more than bringing ***** and stud together during a heat cycle.

Please think it over carefully.

Answer 3

It depends on your reason for breeding. I don't believe that supplying pets is a good enough reason. The only valid reason that I see is to improve your chosen breed; that is, only breed specimens that conform to the breed standard. They should be cleared of health problems such as hip dysplasia, and excel in the show ring and the working area relevant to that breed and . For example, why breed a border collie if he or she isn't a fantastic herder? They were bred for herding that that trait should be kept in the breed.

If your dog doesn't conform to these, I personally don't feel that you have any need to breed. If people that you know just want some cute puppies, or a new pet, direct them to the nearest shelter. With 6 million healthy animals being euthanised every year in the United States alone, wanting some more dogs is not a valid reason to breed. The dogs in shelters aren't all adult mixed breeds with health or behavioural problems. There are many puppies that would love to be saved from the gas room. Please rethink - if you choose to breed, you risk severe complications which could put the female in danger. The healthiest thing for your pet is to be spayed or neutered; it eliminates various forms of cancers depending on the gender of the pet.

Answer 4

Provided that you have done the genetic or other testing for the breed of dog your are going to breed and have had a pre-breeding soundness exam no it is not worng.
Hip Displasia could be erradicted quickly if people would have their pets hips xrayed and sent the film to OFA and stop breeding dogs who have poor hips. No more pets would be born with problems ever. But people are not willing to wait to breed them until 2 years old when you can have the hips rated and they do not want to spend the money to do so. So we are flodded with crippled pets and pets who have problems and just keep makeing more pets with problems.
If you do those things and have a list of good homes I see nothing wrong with breeding a dog.
Years ago I bred Dobermans. I had OFA and CERF certificates and they were tested for VonWilledbrands and cardio myothopy and all were clean. I bred one litter and had a list of 7 preapproved homes that had placed a deposit on the pups.
We placed all the pups and they all had great homes.

Answer 5

Yes and no. Generally it is accepted to breed pedigreed animals in an ethical manner. That means no kitty or puppy mills, taking care of your breeding animals and being prepared to keep or take back babies that doen't have homes. Breeding non-pedigreed animals ('regular' housecats and dogs) is not a good thing to do mainly because there are so many cats and dogs out there that need homes that end up euthanized because there are not enough homes for them all. I should know, my current kitten was one of the zillions of feral felines running around my neighborhood. Sometimes I see homeless dogs too, it's very sad.

Answer 6

I would say NO for a very good reason, Do you yourself know the lineage of both sire and dam? If not, you could be facing a lot of legal problems down the road. unless your pets are certified. and you know there is no hereditary disorders or genetic problems that could effect the litter I would say don't breed. It is ethically and morally unwise. Besides do you really want to be involved in frivolous law suits because of your lack of knowledge about the breed or an unforeseen illness pops up? People always want something for nothing. Beware and Be careful!!

Answer 7

It is wrong, because you don't know your dog's entire bloodline, you don't know the stud's entire bloodline, they are not top showdogs with show titles, and therefore they are not bettering the breed. These people you know who want the puppies, would be better off adopting a nice puppy from a shelter instead of taking your puppies and adding to the pet overpopulation problem. Let the people who make a career out of breeding, do the breeding.

Answer 8

Depends on the pet but IMO yes,there is so many homeless pets in shelters,rescues around the world then you breed more to come into the world

"Don't breed or buy while shelter animals die"

Answer 9

It might interest you to know that in a recent study of animals surrendered to pounds/shelters/humane societies, the largest percentage of them had been originally aquired from friends and relatives. This means that of dogs given up by their owners, more of them came from breeders like you, people that just wanted a litter of pups and gave them to friends and relatives, than from any other source.

Answer 10

depending if they are thorough bred animals.......if you just breeding any kind of dogs just because you can , i wouldn't recommend it, cuz there are tons of animals out there that need a home and are in shelters..........and after a while these shelters fill up and some animals that have been there for awhile get to be put down........if are just breeding dogs to give to family n friends take them to your local dog shelter and let them adopt one that needs a good home............

Answer 11

Not really,but other animals that are not in a breeding programs are being killed. So if you plan on breeding dogs,I would think twice about that.