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[quote=Anonymous]I was reading the thread about purebred puppies and scoffing to myself. The vast majority of people will say they went with a “reputable” breeder but you know that statistically that can’t be true, right? Most people get their dogs from backyard breeders or even puppy mills and either don’t know or don’t care. These individuals are producing puppies for a profit, not to further the breed. They are not doing any of the extensive genetic and health testing of the parent dogs that is necessary to know if their puppies will be healthy (for example, such as x-rays of their labs’ or goldens’ hips and elbows) because this is expensive and time consuming and will possibly result in making it unethical to breed their dogs. They're not showing their parent dogs or competing with them in dog sports because this is, again, time consuming and expensive and counterproductive to making a profit. But you need the genetic tests, the x-rays, eye exams, cardiac exams, etc. and show results to tell you if the breeders are producing puppies to breed standard. Once the puppies are born, most BYBs are not socializing them properly because this is expensive and time consuming and they take advantage of the fact that most first time buyers are unaware that they should be doing this. They’re breeding their dams (female dogs) several times a year in order to make a profit and don’t care about the mother’s health or comfort.

A “reputable” breeder will only breed their dam once a year and only 2-3 times total. So it’s more like a really expensive hobby that occasionally brings in income than a job. Demand for dogs is much higher than responsible breeders can produce so hence BYBs puppy mills abound.

Also if you have a doodle, you went to a BYB by definition. Doodles are not a breed.[/quote]

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