whats the difference between a hobbyist and a back yard breeder?

Question

Personaly I dont think breeding animals of any kind should be a hobby,even if the animal has been to shows...and a backyard breeder is just uneducated and let there animals breed when ever... So maybe people should be required to get a breeding license... What do you think? please dont be rude, just share your opinion

Answer 1

Ya, they actually have breeder licensing in parts of the country.

Doesn't work. It makes it very hard for the show breeders, because they are generally caring, law abiding, and aren't hidden out in the woods. The thugs and irresponsible people just plain don't care, why do you think they would comply?

Answer 2

BACK YARD BREEDER: The BYB is disliked for many reasons. The number one reason is that they are responsible for the development of many health problems seen in common pet animals of all breeds. It gives the dedicated breeder as well as the breed in general a bad reputation. This type of person has a registered dog and thinks it would be fun, or profitable to have a litter of puppies. Perhaps they want the children to enjoy the miracle of birth first hand. Without thought to genetic problems, eye problems, hip, thyroid, skin, inherited epilepsy. The list goes on and on. They find someone else with an opposite sex of the same breed. Obviously the only qualification necessary and they have a litter. From this hastily produced litter they then sell (if they are lucky) the puppies without imparting any knowledge on the care the little guy will need. Often because they themselves do not know. They do not explain the breed's good or bad points and when these buyers have questions and problems, they receive no help at all from the people who took their money and closed the door. Without guidance with their new charge, problems often develop and often result in owner-turn in at the local Humane Society. Abandoned or just neglected in a small dog run in the back yard, allowed to run the neighborhood, or tied to a tree. If you couldn't tell, I have little patience with this type of person.

HOBBY BREEDERS: The Hobby Breeder is perhaps the kind of breeder that is encountered most often on Collie web sites. A family that houses between three and seven dogs of either sex and has one or two litters every so often. This is a well-planned event and treated with much reverence. Their dogs are mostly kept in the house and are part of their family. They do not pursue the AKC breed ring on a weekly basis, but do go on occasion and take great pride in their wins and accomplishments in all venues of AKC/UKC competition. There is so much more than just the conformation ring. Obedience, herding, coursing, agility, therapy dogs, the list is endless. You will often find an outstanding show-prospect puppy from this type of home as they do strive to produce the best based on their knowledge. When looking for your pet, you can ask a few questions and request copies of the pedigrees and any genetic test results of the dogs being bred. It is easy to spot the difference from a Back-Yard Breeder (BYB) and a Hobby Breeder based on the answers to a few well-worded questions.

Answer 3

Professional breeders have the parents genetically tested and temperament tested as well as for hip dysplasia. The parents are registered Champions with the AKC (or whichever organization is where you live). Pro's have contracts with potential buyers that include an array of different things. Just to mention a few of the precautions that a responsible breeder takes.

A back yard breeder does none of this and just breeds for fun or to make money. Especially the people mixing breeds and calling them pure bred designer dogs.

Check this out....

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtQc4SW7EHMPWfyH7EVQ0ivsy6IX?qid=20070111123014AA7F8jX

Answer 4

To tell the truth, I know some high profile kennels whose dogs are not healthy or have certain genetic traits that are negative in order to create a certain distinct quality of the breed. Their dogs sell for outrageous amounts of money but I would rather buy a back yard breeders dog any day than from that kennel. One woman I knew bred poodles to get this beautiful coat, but the teeth on her dogs fell out by age five.
A German Shepherd dog breeder in my area sells dogs with all kinds of illnesses but they are larger than most in size. Just because someone is an official "breeder" does not mean they have superior animals for sale.
My dogs are all rescues and mixed breed dogs. They have far fewer health problems than my registered dogs I owned in the past have had.

Answer 5

A backyard breeder gets any two dogs together for the hell and profit of it. A hobbyist has a devotion to bettering a breed.

Answer 6

The difference is back yard breeders arent bad but , its safter to go with hobbyist, cause they have the dogs in good health before breeding. It shouldnt be a hobby but its a safe way to breed dogs, cause they know the bloodlines and health and background etc, of the dogs.

Answer 7

basically it comes down to quality of breed stock and the amout of care and time put into the breeding program

Answer 8

I came across this site - it expains the differences in detail...

http://www.mwcr.org/breederterms.htm