why should i make breeders rich if i can get a pup for my kids for free?

Answer 1

Money doesn't come into it, all that matters is that the dog you get is going to be in a loving home. If there is a slightest chance you think your kids might get bored with your dog DON'T GET ONE!! They need lots of attention and training, and it is a responsibility and a half. Especially with a puppy. Don't get one if it is just for the kids, kids bore easily and in the end it is the animal who will suffer. If you ignore this and go ahead and get a puppy and your kids DO tire of it, rehome it with someone who WILL spend time and love on it.

Answer 2

I have 3 "free" animals living in my home right now. Just remember, there is no such thing as a free dog or cat. Pets cost money. A lot of time if you buy your pet from a breeder you are also getting a pup that has been vaccinated, wormed, possibly already spayed and neutered. That's all cost that you are going to need to put into a "free" animal anyway. A lot of times pups bought from a breeder come with health and temperment guarantees. There's quite a bit of expense to breeding dogs and all of that comes into account when you are buying a pup.

However, the best dog I ever had was a mixed pup that I bought at the shelter for $60 and that included her spaying.

Answer 3

It depends if you want a dog that has been bred for it's temperament, soundness and suitability for a companion. A dog that has had its parents carefully chosen as being a good match. A dog that has been given the best possible health care and nutitrition, worming and parasite control.

Or of course you can choose a dog from someone who thought it was a cute idea to have some puppies. These pups may not have had proper nutrition or health care. You may not even know who the father of the puppies is. You have no idea how the puppies will turn out, if they are temperamentally or physically sound, or how they have been treated.

So, take your pick. It's your children who have to suffer if the dog turns out to be vicious or sick. Your children who can pick up toxicara from an un-wormed puppy - and this disease can cause blindness. Your choice really. If you think breeders get rich on puppy sales then you are deluding yourself, they do it in general for love of the breed and barely cover their own costs.

Answer 4

there are plenty of wonderful animals out there that deserve homes. Whether they be a mixed breed or purebred, you can never trust an animal 100%. They are still after all an animal. You can never have a 100% guarantee that they are never going to bite anyone. There are many heinz 57 animals that are wonderful and deserving. There are purebreds that are in need of rescue as well because they are mistreated. For an adoption fee not near the cost of a breeder's animal you can help a wonderful dog have a loving home. Those guarantees that breeders give are usually only for a specified amount of time. You can never have a guarantee that an animal is never going to be sick. No matter what you get, the cost is always going to be a factor. Good luck.

Answer 5

You do realize that after everything is said and done, hobby breeders may be lucky to either break even or come out a little ahead? If a breeder is a hobby breeder, they don't do it to make any money, but rather to better the breed. If your talking commercial breeders, that's a different story. They can and do make money off the pups that they sell and I am not talking about puppy mills, not all commercial breeders are puppy mills and actually do produce really good pups. Commercial breeders have a place in the market, they fill the gap that hobby breeders can not fill.

Answer 6

Most people buy dogs at breeders if
1. They are planning to breed the dogs themselves.
2. Because it is a reliable place to make sure the dog is healthy, you do get papers that tell you that
3. If you get it at a shelter, there is arisk that the dog has bitten before, or that he was abused and eventually turn against you and your family. They are dropped off for a reason at shelters. And you never get the real reason or the back ground of a dogs mental and health sate.

Answer 7

You're right - you shouldn't! Go to the Animal Shelter and adopt a healthy, homeless pup for free (or for a nominal donation!)

I have never purchased a pet - mine have always been adopted from a shelter. THere are enough homeless animals in the world that we don't need to be paying a breeder to make more!

Answer 8

usually breeders offer a guarantee with their dogs. If they dont then I wouldnt buy from that breeder anyways. "free puppies" a lot of times are born 'on accident' and sometimes left outside and are prone to sickness. If they arent left outside and are brought inside and taken care of, then they can still be prone to certain illnesses because you dont know what their parents breeds are. I still have to admit that a lot of mixed breed 'free puppies' are very good pups and stay with the owner for a long time. Just be sure whichever you pick you dont pick a puppy cause its "cute and cuddly" pick one because you sat down with them and played and you liked its personality the most. Puppies dont always stay cute and cuddly, but their personality never changes.

Answer 9

Careful responsible breeders who research their bloodlines; choose only dogs for breeding who are physically sound and tempermentally stable; and pay for all the exams and tests and certifications that the dogs shown no phsyical signs of hereditary conditions like hips dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, cardiac, patella displacement, eye condition, thydroid abnormlities and several other problems; provide excellent pren-natal and post-natal care for the dam; take the puppies to the vet for a post-delivery health check and for their first vaccinations and worming a few weeks later; and give a health guarantee on their puppies; and require that if at any time during the dog's life you can't or won't keep it, that it comes back to them - DO NOT GET RICH. If they break even on the cost of the litter they are doing unusually well . 95% lose money on every litter they breed. They do it because they love the breed and it is their hobby.

You get a puppy that is healthy and bred to be tempermentally stable and without aggresive tendencies and free of hereditary health conditions that will cause you a lot of money.

Backyard breeders who breed whatever to whether to get some cross-bred mutt of whatever the current fad are in it to make money by taking it off of suckers. They don't do any of the things listed above. Backyard breeders or puppy mills (crank out a lot ervery year and sell them to pets shops - and such breeders are their ONLY source - or unsuspecting peopel through ads) are out to make a buck and don't do any of the above.

Even the owner of the "accidental - she got out litter" has had to spend money on care for the dam and puppies with special food and shots.worming for the babies. If you don't want to spend an amount that would even cover the cost of the shots and worming, it is pretty safe to assume that you won't spend money on things the dog needs later. Do you think they spend $50-100 just on food and vaccines and wormers and they will give it away? (Now once in awhile there will be someone whose dog really did get out because they were "going to get her spayed next month but she came into heat early" and they feel so guilty that they will pay for all the care for the puppies and give them away if they can find the perfect home.)

Unfortuanately, just talking to a prospective owner who promises to give it a wonderful home usually isn't enough. It is the old adage- put your money where your mouth is - test to see if they want the puppy enough to get money out of their wallet.)

Shelters and rescues have to charge something to pay for the care of the animals - the food, the wormiing andd shots and the neuter/spay. No one provides goods and services for free - their animal food isn't donated, nor the vaccines or wormers or the electric or a host of other things.

I've taken in a host of "free: animals over the years -- waifs that have wandered in. If they haven't had a whole lot of medical problems that endear me to my vet, they have had severe behavior problems - I'm talking the kind of problems that require a professional trainer and behavior expert. Been brought into help deal with the behavior problems of the 'free' dog a lot of times - I call their owners "clients" and they get to write checks to me.

If somone can't or won't spend even an amount to cover the intial puppy shots nd worming, then it has been pretty well been borne out by experience that they can't or won't pay what it takes to care for the animal - ffod, shots, worming, taking it to obedience class, or emergency medical care.

In a materialistic, money-as-god society, something that costs nothing - that is free - is treated as being worth nothing and disposable.

Answer 10

if you desire a particular breed then you wil probably use a breeder, however, many fine healthy pups are available at the local humane society, be sure to spay and neuter to help control the undesired population