I just found this forum a couple of days ago, and until today, I really enjoyed reading and answering everyone's questions.That was until I came across an answer that was just rude and hateful that I know was directed at me, even though it wasn't my question to begin with.This guy just bashed everyone who wants to breed their dogs in order to have more pets to love and take care of.I see absoloutely nothing wrong with allowing my dog to have pups,for the sole intent of me and the male dog's owners wanting more dogs of the same breed. It makes much more sense to breed my own AKC registered female with another AKC registered male of the exact same breed and give their pups a home with us than to spend 100's of dollars on pups that I don't know anything about or how well they were taken care of.ALL of my dog's pups already had homes BEFORE we decided to breed her. And, as for the comment that I think my dog is the most special in the world? YES I DO!My pets are my BABIES!So leave us alone
2006-08-17 07:30:10 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
i agree with you, i breed golden retrivers and i do it for the love of the breed. i have been doing it for about 3 yrs and you know i enjoy it alot. and i do have children and they love the fact that they get to have more dogs in the home to play with. so for anyone out there that thinks that all of us responsible dog breeders are crazy for doing this than go some where else to complain. if you love the breed that you are breeding than go ahead and do it.
2006-08-17 08:55:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
So, you see nothing wrong with creating more dogs when we already have way too many? Nothing wrong with that?
Your pups have homes, yes. But those homes could be inhabited by a dog that already exists in a shelter instead of one you made. Do you not see how this works? There are 15 dogs and cats born for every human baby born. How can all these animals find homes? Why keep making them? Let's make more more more! 20 dogs for every human! 30! 100! Yay! More dogs! Let's just line them all up and slaughter them! Whee!
It's completely selfish. You think your dog is special, I think mine are special, and I think the ones who are being put to death are special too.
There are MORE than enough pets in this country. Way more. You don't need to make any more. Dogs are not going extinct. There are currently more than anyone can deal with. How can you, knowing that, contribute to the problem? I have no sympathy for you. If you can't take the reality of what you're doing, then stop doing it.
2006-08-17 07:55:10 · answer #2 · answered by tenzo0 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Ok that's not really a question....but in response to your rant...
There's almost no such thing as breeding your dogs responsibly. Backyard breeding shouldn't take place. It lowers the standards of a particular breed. Leave making puppies to professional breeders who know how to properly pair males and females together to produce puppies that will enhance the breed standard. Just because the two dogs that you pair up are both AKC registered does not mean that they should be bred together. Most of the puppies that are sold by breeders are intended to be pets only-not to be bred. The pups that they sell do not meet the standard of excellence set forth by the AKC and other organizations. Breeders will keep pups that do meet these standards and will "show" them and breed them to enhance breed standards. Unless your purebred dog is a show champion, it probably doesn't meet AKC standards and you are furthering "poor" genetic qualities when you breed him/her.
Just some food for thought.....
2006-08-17 07:43:02 · answer #3 · answered by metalchick 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The problem is a majority of those wanting to breed dogs are not doing so responsibly. In fact, if you have to post a question here about mating, whelping/delivery, dam care, or puppy care you are NOT breeding responsibly. You should know all of the ins and outs of the entire experience before you embark on creating new life. You need to be intellectually, financially, and emotionally prepared to rear a litter of pups. This doesn't apply to you directly, because I don't know you or your questions/answers, but to dog owners in general.
I don't know which thread you are referring too, or what remark was made, but I can tell you why some people are defensive if not aggressive towards others here. Anyway, I hope you are breeding responsibly and I wish your pups the best of luck, I just sought to explain why some may be rude....
2006-08-17 07:42:09 · answer #4 · answered by tripforyou 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
If breeders didnt charge so much, we wouldnt keep breeding our own dogs. I understand what you're saying, I had the same idea when we wanted a puppy. I wouldnt mind having a mut, but my husband wanted another dog just like the one we had. For those that say there are too many dogs anyway, there are too many kids. I say we start having dogs and people spayed? Does that make sense? No it doesnt. So instead of complaining, do your part and make sure your animal isnt having pups that you cant adopt out, and make sure your kids dont have kids they cant/wont take care of. If everyone did that there wouldnt be a problem. And since you cant control everyone, be quite.
2006-08-17 07:45:03 · answer #5 · answered by rdnkchic2003 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is a noble cause to encourage shelter pet adoptions, but some people get all high-and-mighty and make generalizations about breeders based on the bad examples they see on "Animal Cops".
I'm a strong advocate of shelter pet adoptions, yet my dog is a gift from my in-laws, who got her from a breeder. Does that mean I wanted to object and give her back? Heck no!! I can respect the breeding and showing community's responsible members while at the same time, support my local no-kill shelters.
2006-08-17 07:42:29 · answer #6 · answered by luckylab8 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-02 05:09:00 · answer #7 · answered by chauarria 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Metalchick,
you couldn't be more wrong. There are MANY backyard breeders who have show quality dogs. Professional breders sell them constantly!
Why, because there are only so many they can kepp.
Not only that, but it is next to impossible to tell whether a dog will be competitive in shows at 8 weeks!
I have a show quality dog, and he was sold for the same price as the rest of the pups!
In fact, I was going to breed him and the breeder told me that was fine. In fact, he wanted me to bring back my male dog so he could breed it with one of his females!!!!!
He already had 6 dogs, and couldnt keep any others!!!
As for adoption, I have an English Bulldog. If you know anything about them, adopting one is a GREAT way of getting a dog that will require THOUSANDS of dollars in operations!
Adopting is NOT always an option, no matter how much you wish it was!
2006-08-17 07:52:32 · answer #8 · answered by urbanbulldogge 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Are you aware that *maybe*10% of ALL/ANY purebred dogs are worth breeding on?
That the VAST numbers of JUNK being peddled as "purebred"& "AKC" & "Ch. lines" *ARE* junk?
"Ch.lines" my pearly behind...ONE G,G-Grandpa doesn't mean squat.
That most people HAVE ABSOLUTELY *NO IDEA* what a "quality" dog is? Wouldn't know if you sat em down & POINTED to each fault?
They think that "yorkies" f'rinstance are SUPPOSED to 20lbs,lop-earred,BLACK &TAN,wooly coated messes,cuz nit-wits(& crooks) keep breeding PET STUFF & that's what they get.
People need to step back from taking their dogs as EXTENSIONS of themselves.
2006-08-17 09:53:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This article is about rabbits but the same concept applies to dogs and the pet overpopulation problem.
2006-08-17 07:36:12 · answer #10 · answered by sugarcarat 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋