There's a breeder of a common mix breed in my area. While she does try to do the right things... health tests - prelim hips and elbows and CERF at least once in their lives; enforces spay/neuter contracts though by pediatric spaying the puppies, she's realistic about the dogs allergy friendliness... She also has 4 or more litters a year it seems. What she does is offer people a female puppy for free, but it only becomes theirs at all after its produced as many litters as she wants. She breeds them typically 4-5 times each and she has a number of these "guardian homes" reportedly into the double digits. She then sells the puppies for $2500 a piece for pet quality. Rumor has it she has told people she makes over $100,000 a year doing this.
Would that bother you? Her dogs are all over the area now. I see many every day from pet owners to these "guardians". Guaranteed when a customer tells me what kind of dog they had I can say the breeder and its correct.
Would that bother you? Her dogs are all over the area now. I see many every day from pet owners to these "guardians". Guaranteed when a customer tells me what kind of dog they had I can say the breeder and its correct.