Reputable breeders how do your justify breeding?

Question

I know im probably going to get a lot of hateful ansers on this question but why do your breed? reputable breeders say they love dogs and want to improve dogs. So if you really love dogs wouldnt you adopt and not breed. how can your reason spending thousands on a" top quality "dog that costs lots to breed and show when there are dogs starving and kids starving. when so many dogs are eutanized due to a lack of money and homes. why bring more into the world? i know your going to tell me there is a huge difference between reputable show breeders and back yard breeders and all that but if you really loved dogs wouldnt you wnat to save as many as possible not bring more into the world?

Im asking reputable breeding because their the ones thta say its not their fault. Their the ones that claim to spend thousands on buying ,breeding and showing their dogs. Their the ones that care about animals. Puppy mills and back yard breeders dont care about their animals and wouldnt bother to even answer this question. I cant get through to them and i dont want to hear their opinions.
The idea of purebreds dying out is ridiculuos. How about if all breeders just stopped breeding for a year or two ,keep their dogs intact then breed when there arent 4 million dogs euthanized yearly. My main point was Reputable breeders always go on about their love of dogs. If you love dogs why not donate $5,000 to an animal shelter instead of spending it on breeding

Answer 1

You more or less answered your own question... good job kiddo.

But some breeders love their breed. And in choosing what they breed they select only the very best - the worthiness of the female and male as well as the working abilities, temperment and conformation are all combined into a good breeding.

Like for me, I like the working dog... and I depend on what the parents have done as well as the rest of the dogs in the pedigree.... I work with my dogs everyday and go to training 55 miles away 2 times per week. I have 6 GSD's and at this time I can see possibly breeding 4 of them... the other two are not up to complete breed standards PLUS before breeding I would like to have at least 6 spoken for at the time of birth...

There is more to Becoming a Reputable Breeder than I could even possibly explain right here in the now....

Most dogs found in the pound are not too capable of becoming Sport Competition Dogs... a select few have tho

Good Luck

H.O.T. Dog
Handler Owner Trainer of GSD's
Member U.S.A & A.W.D.F

Answer 2

That is like asking why people in America eat so much when people are starving in Africa. It is a very complex situation.
If good breeders just quit breeding, we would end up with nothing but poorly bred mutts. I love mutts BUT I don't want to live in a world where the only dogs available are unhealthy dogs with no guarantee at all as to their temperament. What would people do who need service or working dogs? Yes, shelter dogs can and do sometimes fit the bill, but with bad breeding practices, the well bred dogs will soon disappear. I am also saddened by the amount of dogs that lose their lives, but the reputable breeders are not to blame.

Answer 3

It depends on what you consider a reputable breeder when all is said. We have a local newfoundland breeder and she's good. If for any reason your puppy doesn't work out even years down the road she will take it back rather then risk it to the pound. She screens for the genetic illnesses that other poor breeding has placed into the breed and she will not allow those dogs to continue breeding. My dog is a rescue dog...mixed lab and newf. Even though I didn't purchase a dog from her she spent plenty of personal time exchanging emails and phone calls to answer my questions since our dog looks nothing like the mother(lab) and I was looking to find out what I was getting into with medical, personality, etc for newfs. She never got anything out of it other then helping out a dog that if I didn't manage correctly would likely have been in a shelter just due to how big she is. My "little" girl is only just now 1 year old and over 150 pounds and is not overweight at all. It's all due to the newf father. If I hadn't spent the time with the breeder I would have waited for her training and tried to do it without help and she would have quickly overwhelmed me just with how strong she is.
Most vets have no real clue about personality and behaviors for a specific breed. We need good breeders for that reason alone. Everyone knows that some breeds are good with kids and others are more likely to bite first and then be apologetic. Good breeders know their animals and the standards for that and will screen prospective owners to make sure their dogs are going to a good home. Also if the prospective owners are not continuing the breed they will have the puppy altered before it's released to prevent the continued population explosion in shelters.

Answer 4

This question doesn't even make sense. You want reputable breeders to back off breeding, adopt and save the mixed dogs from the rescue so that what?? There is more room for puppymills and backyard breeders to produce dogs? Or you have some sort of agenda where you want no one breeding quality purebreds, and everyone rescuing and taking in the irresponsibly bred dogs, so that there are no purebreds born, and they die out entirely? Which ones should die out.. The well bred purebred, or the irresponsibly bred dogs that are filling the shelters??? Hmmm...

I didn't put those dogs in shelters, I take back my dogs, I microchip my dogs in my name so if they are lost, they come back to me. Those dogs starving and being put to sleep, has nothing to do with what I do.. It's the irresponsible breeders who you need to be going after.

Even if I didn't breed, who is to say that I would use my money to support starving dogs and starving kids? You are assuming that if breeders don't breed a quality litter, they would have money to save the world. People choose what they want to support, what they do with their money. You might want a irresponsibly breed dog from the shelter. But I want nothing less than a well bred purebred..

Edit; So how does that work. I have a female who is 4 say, but you tell me i can't breed her for 2 years.. So I have to force my SIX year old female to have a litter? What if she is the end of the line and she is the one that needs to be bred.. I should have to breed a 6 year old cause you want a rule enforced? Why should I spend my $5000 breeding money to clean up the mess that bybers and puppymills made, the mess that irresponsible owners made.. I didn't do that.. Yet I am penalized for what they did?? Why would my $5000 do better paying for mixed breed dogs that were produced from irresponsible breedings?? Where is your $5000??

I like dogs, I LOVE Dobermans.. If I am going to spend my $5000 I am going to spend it on Dobermans.. You spend your $5000 on your mixed Yorkie Poo.. I'll spend mine on Dobermans.

Answer 5

If nobody bred purebred dogs, there would be no more breeds. Breeds exist because they perform certain jobs, have certain instincts, sizes, hair, and reliable temperment/intelligence for their breed. Without them, every dog would be a roll of the dice. How many shelter mutts can herd dogs? Do police work? Track? Detect drugs? Not very many. They are wonderful pets, don't get me wrong, and people who just want a loving pet should always adopt first. But the integrity of breeds must be maintained, and that's where reputable breeders come in.

I can see where you're coming from, but you can't expect us to forget about purebred dogs just because irresponsible people have allowed dogs to become so overpopulated. Most good breeders do as much rescue work as they can and try to help animals every way they can. They also breed very rarely, enough to continue and improve the breed without filling up the shelters with more dogs.

I don't breed, but I own 3 purebred dogs, and we got them because we knew exactly what we were getting in terms of size, intelligence, personality, etc.

Answer 6

I love my breed. I love their history, and their function, and their purpose for being. As long as I need a dog to pull my dogsled, I will want one that is bred with that thought in mind -- physically and tempermentally suited to that particular function.

I'm not going to find that in a shelter.

By your logic, I quit breeding and allow the morons who think that "8 Below" was a great example of real sleddogs and that blue eyes are a great reason to breed their dog to be the ones who hold my breed's future in their hands??

I think not.

You're asking how *reputable* breeders can justify breeding when so many dogs starve and die, when really it's the crap breeders and puppymills who CREATE THESE DOGS. Why aren't you asking them?

And there is a way to breed and still save dogs, BTW. It's called purebred rescue. I've been cleaning up other peoples' messes for 20 years. Most responsible breeders are also involved in their breed's rescue in one way or another, in addition to breeding their own dogs. It's what being "in dogs" is all about.

Answer 7

HOT dogs got it- few random bred dogs are going to be successful at some of the dog sports - some lines have 6-8,000 yrs selection behind them and the working ability can be lost in a single generation. Those genes are held in trust for the next generation....
Now thinking of the dog clubs in my sport - with two exceptions I can't think of a breeder within a 400 mile radius that is breeding more often than every 3-4 years. holding off a year is a nonsense solution its already being done....

OF course this logic is familiar to tons of kids who are told to eat their spinach because children are starving in china (hold it how do you justify having kids to tell to eat the spinach when there are children starving???? send money to UNICEF if you like kids

Answer 8

Why do you attack reputable breeders?
Why not attack back yard breeders that don't give a hoot and churn out a litter every time a female is in season and don't give a hoot about the well being of the breed?
I guess it is alright if byb churn out a litter every 6 months and have dogs with overbites, underbites, luxated patellas and hip dysplasia, heart murmurs, seizures, hypothyroidism.

Instead you attack people who are working to produce dogs that do not have health problems and breeders that only breed their dogs 1 a year until they are 4-7 years old.
And you are attacking breeders who spay and neuter pets and are willing to take back puppies/dogs whenever owners die or can't keep them.
I will not produce that many dogs. And what dogs I do produce I am willing to keep if no one takes them because I know my dogs will have a wonderful home with me.
I only breed when I need my next show prospect.

Our dogs are not breeding machines.
They are family pets who are loved and have a great life.

Answer 9

I'm not a breeder, I'm actively in rescue, but, I fear you're missing the point.
True responsible breeders are NOT part of the problem. I have never, ever, seen a WELL-BRED purebred dog in a shelter. I have seen many purebreds that were obviously pet store dogs. Products of puppymills and BYB'er's out for a buck. They are very different from a responsible breeder.
A responsible breeder that screens new owners, breeds for show standards, screens for health concerns and helps out in breed rescue is an ally in the rescue world. NOT one of the bad guys.
They make sure their dogs end up in good homes and are willing to take them back at any point. Their dogs do not end up in the 'system.'
I can appreciate a well-bred purebred dog. If everything was right in the world, all dogs would come into the world that way. Wanted, planned, screened, and well-cared for.
I wish people would quit alienating show breeders from rescue in this way. We turn to breed rescue to help us out when we get a dog in that we know we can't adopt out. If we get a mill-bred weimaraner for instance that is just too psychotic to adopt out, purebred rescue, mostly made up of breeders, steps in to help out. They have a network of people with breed experience that may be looking for another dog that actually understands the more complicated needs of that individual dog that your run of the mill pet owner just doesn't get.
Please quit alienating show breeders. They are a necessary resource. You can say all you want about Byber's and millers, but, leave the responsible show breeders out of it.. Their dogs aren't the problem.

Answer 10

Most decent breeders I have met also rescue there own breed and help.

Don't jump to conclusions we do need good breeders to maintain each breed and commit to maintaining and improving their standards. There is a big difference in BYB puppymillers and a reputable breeder that is taking care and commit to the lives they breed.

The unfortunate is that everyone with a pregnant B*tch seems to think they are good enough. That is not the case. At this time there needs to be seious spay neuter ordinances in place for everone that does not show their akc registered pets to stop all the insanity of breeding for abuck