Example of breeder to stay away from

I just posted this one in another thread. The reason for my negative attention this is that she is using this dog as as stud at only 12 months old. While this might be acceptible for smaller breeds I really don't know, but in Great Pyrenees they must be 24 months old before you can get their hips certified. So she obviously doesn't care about the potential of passing along hip displasia. I e-mailed her asking how she can guarentee his hips at only 12 months old, but I've been ignored. Edited, I had to take out the link. I'll repost it again soon.

There is nothing to report. She is not breaking any laws by breeding X'd breeds. The only possibility would be IF she is required to be state licensed & is not. If she has more than 3 breeding bitches she must be USDA licensed or if there were issues with the living conditions. So yes, keep telling people about places like this. There are many sites that offer brochures to hand out & other ideas to educate the public.

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You people need to get a life an stop trying to destroy other peoples way of life. Not all dog breeders are puppie mills,some of us do raise healthy dogs take get the best of care everyday. Are pups are played with on a daily basis an are very happy while they are here.If you have never bought a pup or seen someones kennel how can you have an opinion on them.

I agree, you people need to learn a little more about what you are talking about. Not all beeders are bad. Some of us actually LOVE our animals and breed top quality pets and give them the best of care. Stop trying to ruin peoples lively hood.

People here know not all breeders are puppy mills and they know "Many" breeders truely care about their dogs. Do you know that there are in fact thousands of puppy mills in this country where the so called breeders are producing puppies as fast and as cheaply as they possiably can so they can make that all mighty buck? Do you deny it? Is it wrong to warn people about those places? Is it right for those people to be "making a living" at the expence of the puppies and the people who buy them? When in many cases those puppies are unhealthy and cost the buyers hundreds if not thousands of dollars and years of heartacke. If you are doing everything by the book and raising wonderful healthy well socialized and top quility puppies clearly they are not talking about you and you should not feel offended.

A-MEN!! YOU GO. THATS RIGHT THESE PEOPLE ON HERE TRYING TO SLANDER PEOPLE THEY DO NOT KNOW IS TERRIBLE. IF YOU HAVE NOT GOT A DOG FROM THEM THEN MOVE ON AND LEAVE PEOPLE ALONE.

You cannot slander someone through a public forum. Slander is spoken orally. Have you ever heard of freedom of speech? Freedom of opinion is part of that. We are perfectly allowed to SPECULATE, which is exactly what we are doing. There are obvious signs to look out for that make a person a BYB or a puppy mill. Using the word teacup because there is no such thing, a more accurate word would be premature. Giving a one year health guarantee when it's obvious that certain ailments cannot be tested until 2 years of age. Mixed breeding, their prices, no health checks, etc. What about the animals in shelters? Where do you think those dogs came from? Oh surely not from a breeder because these breeders care so much about their animals *sarcasm* 25% of dogs in shelters are purebred, and what about the designer mutts that are flooding shelters? Do these dogs just fall out of the sky? No. They are bred by someone, sold to their owner, and because the animal was misrepresented (non shedding when they really do shed) they end up in shelters. If you have such a problem with it, you need to move on and leave us alone. We are perfectly within our rights to speculate on a breeder, to state our opinion about what someone is doing, and telling people what to look out for.

true and - if the breeder is a hobbist they usually only have one liteer every 5 years or so. an RB with a BIG kennel can do a few litters a yaer depending on how many bitches they have - but i NEVER buy from someone that is breeding ONE bitch 2x a year EVE. that is VERY bad for the dog hennce they DONT CARE about the dogs health. JMO rw

I am sorry but I really doubt that statement, and it would be really ironic for the USDA to 'label' any one a puppy mill since they are huge supporters of puppymills. Could you post the link that you get that from? The USDA is the one that is supposed to be inspecting and regulating the puppymills. The USDA are the ones that ACCEPT THE CURRENT STANDARDS OF PUPPYMILLS, and allow dogs to live in the same conditions as basically chickens or other LIVESTOCK. THE USDA is a joke, and they aren't going to stop 'supporting' the puppymill industry any time soon. Why? Money. I am sure they get big bucks to inspect and license these places. Plus it is a billion doller industry, the goverment gets taxes off of puppymill dogs. Do you think they want to lose that revenue? To me a puppymill is a LARGE commerical breeder that sells to the pet shop industry with no care of where the puppies go or for their care, they do not health test and keep the dogs in small cages a breeding machines. I would also like to point out that many, many show people have over 10 dogs. Particularly small dogs. If you have even a responsible breeding program for a number of years you will be suprised on how the number of dogs that you keep as puppies or that are retired creeps up on you.