There are thousands of dogs and cats urgently needing homes, rescue centres this time of year are full of them, so why do people still insist on breeding from their household pets. Is it just for the money, or is there some other reason.
2006-08-10 23:30:21 · 16 answers · asked by lovablelell 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
I think a lot of people don't think too far ahead when they decide to breed from their pet dog. Many of them just seem to want to have some puppies in much the same way as some women get broody.
Some want to 'replicate' the pet they already have - "she is so gorgeous we just want to keep one of her puppies" - no thought about what is going to happen to the rest!
My answer to that one is if you want another pup like the dog you already own go back to the breeder and buy a pup from the same line. You are never going to duplicate the one you have but you can buy a similar type from the original breeder.
I don't think that many owners of family pets breed just for the money although obviously some do. I really think that they just don't give it enough thought.
There are people who breed just for the money - the puppy farmers - and they couldn't care less about the individual dogs and puppies or what they are doing to the breeds they are making their money from. Similarly they couldn't give a toss about the animals in rescue centres.
Dedicated breeders breed from sound stock and endeavour to improve the breed. They have their dogs tested for the various inherited problems and select the sire and dam with care.
There are, as you say, thousands of unwanted animals in rescue centres - these include many 'pure-bred' dogs as well as crossbreeds. There are often puppies available so people can adopt a youngster if they are worried about taking on an adult that might have a 'history'.
I've adopted several adult dogs from rescue centres and have never had one with a problem. I have also bought from breeders but these have been known to me personally or have been well-recommended.
2006-08-11 04:59:47 · answer #1 · answered by DogDoc 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If I get a new dog I want to be able to meet the parents so I know what sort of dog I am getting
I have had d0gs from rescue centres before and I have picked the best dog at a glance but until you get the dog home and spend some time with him then you don't know anything about him.
Its not always about money, If you want a puppy then get him from a registered breeder not some one who has let there dog breed by chance.
I am at the moment in the process of taking a dog off a friend who is moving back to the USA , I have had dogs all my life so do have some idea .
2006-08-11 06:40:11 · answer #2 · answered by Dirty Rob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a dog breeder and I am also a person who rescues dogs from shelters. I do not breed my dogs for the money, there is no money in breeding. I breed because I have excellent blood lines and my two English setters are great bird hunters, and I have people who want top quality bird dogs to hunt with. A top quality bird dog or hunting dog is not going to be found at the shelter. I don't believe in mixing breeds and selling those puppies at high prices, that is just stupid!! I have also rescued a number of mixed breeds that were in shelters,, in fact my last rescue dog is now a fully trained search and rescue dog!!! I guess there are people who think breeding is the ticket to big bucks, but these people are not taking care of the puppies and getting them good vet care....so they are wrong, but not all breeders are bad.
2006-08-11 09:03:06 · answer #3 · answered by casey_sar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because, like it or not, there is a demand for nonshelter dogs. While many of the dogs in the shelters are loveable and may be just a bit shy, you can't deny that quite a few of them have special needs and behavioral problems that make them unfit for the average person who doesn't want to spend time rehabilitating a pet. And a lot of shelters will downplay a dog's problematic behavior just to convince someone to take it home.
It's hard enough to train a dog the first time around, and a lot of people don't want to have to train a dog and fix the problems caused by the abusive previous owners.
2006-08-11 13:41:27 · answer #4 · answered by Pink Denial 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not talking about truly responsible breeders here...but I read something years ago that made a lot of sense. If you decide to breed your dog, for every puppy you produce, you should be required to hold one as it is euthanized in the shelter because your puppy took it's potential home.
I wonder how many people would suddenly spay & neuter their pets ASAP or not want to breed their dog if this were actually true.
2006-08-11 10:34:58 · answer #5 · answered by GSDoxie3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sure my city is not the only one but the people at my animal shelter are neither qualified or very smart. We had adopted a supposed Shelty mix. Instead she was Austrailian Shepherd mix, with the canine flu and badly emaciated. We were fined 100. dollars a day for not getting her fixed even though the vet said she was too sick and underweight. We had to find a new home for her after 6 months because she was way too hyper for my one bedroom apartment. She is happy now with her own yard and house to play in.
I will NEVER go to the shelter again. They don't even do vet checks befor they are adopted out!
2006-08-11 06:41:24 · answer #6 · answered by Mindy Jo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What mistifies me is that they never seem to worry over the difficulty of finding homes. I've watched my dog club people worry themselve sick over every litter that they won't find homes, placing the last pup at 6 months + or even keeping 1/2 the litter for lack of homes. I've seen pups bomerang back at 8 months, a year 6 year, breeders get up at midnight & drive 3 hours to bail "their" pup (now 4 yr) outta trouble so on so forth.
My only guess is that like parenting doing it responsibly is a HUGE task and so those doing so responsbly don't reproduce much- those who don't well.........
2006-08-11 07:21:55 · answer #7 · answered by ragapple 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Having worked for an animal rescue in london, they do it to make money, they are scum, they trade in life, like slavers of old.
No shelter should be allowed to exist, without resident vet, and should have to sign a bill of health, before giving an animal away, also making the point that the animal must be brought back to them for medical treatment, in the first, 6 months, and should probably have 6 monthly checkups as part of the adoption process.
As someone who has seen hundereds of kittens put to sleep, and held the hands of the elderly, as their pets pass away, breeders are scum.
2006-08-11 06:48:05 · answer #8 · answered by yeah well 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some for the money, some for misguided, misinformed reasons (they think its good for the dog to have at least one litter-even some vets perpetuate this myth, that if a ***** doesnt have at least one litter of puppies she will get cancer!), some because they believe that their dogs have to have sex and some for some silly sentimental reason (they want to keep a puppy, and they dont realise how difficult it is to get good homes for the other puppies; and they dont care).
2006-08-11 07:04:28 · answer #9 · answered by FAINOMENON 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mindy Jo, wow! That's crazy... And stupid of them... That sounds exactly like the shelter workers over here, too. I'm in Houma, LA. I dunno if you are, but that's the same kind of thing they'd do over here. For example, they turned me down on THREE dogs b/c 2 were pit mixes and the other was shy.... The shelter here sucks... -_-
2006-08-11 06:46:49 · answer #10 · answered by Dawg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋