I have a dog called podge almost completely deaf and blind! he has lots of other relatives all who went to rescue deaf and blind. He has lucky relatives who were ok and made the breeder a lot of money. Unfortunatly i dont have the ladies details, but trust that the rescue does not lie!

I really don't how reptuable breeders are adding to the rescue situation

They will take pups back they bred so therefore are not adding to the problem.
Our first Stafford was a rescue one but when he passed onto the bridge we wanted one with registration papers so we could show.

No rescue (a decent one) will home a dog with it's papers,many go into rescue without any.

We had a rescue springer last year,sadly we had to return him because he had issues we couldn't solve,not through trying.

I also have children and it's important to us that a puppy is brought up correctly around children.

So you beleive that all breeders know where their dogs are now?

Where is this rescue. There are not that many blue merle breeders. would you be able to find out the breeders affix as you have a good relationship with the rescue. Is the rescue saying that they are constantly getting dogs in from this woman?

Because they are the breed I love and I want a healthy, long lived companion not one with potential health issues and behavioural problems due to their poor upbringing.

No I don't think she does believe that, I would love to know where some of my pups went but despite getting people to sign a contract that they had to come back to me they just dumped the puppy on someone else, even they couldn't tell me who it was. That, however, is not my fault, I would willingly take back any puppy I bred (and have done and rehomed them), my last litter I donated to Hearing Dogs for Deaf People.
Becky

yes they are! im not going to start giving the details of the breeder as she gives the pups to the rescue after a lot of persuasion and i think i might ruin that relationship otherwise.
But here is a pic of Podge to prove that im not making this up:
PODGE IS A SPECIAL NEEDS PUP





24-07-07 Ten week old collie pup Podge has partial hearing and partial sight. He loves cuddles and is extremely huggable. He will reward you for taking him on with the love he will give. He will need a special doggy friend to help him. Please do not pass him by. There is no adoption fee though a donation would help.

But this is just my point!!!! They do end up in rescue and some do get destroyed, so why would you want to continue that?????

I promised I wouldn't read yet another rescue v's breeders post but I'm just so surprised that the main accusation is making money from a litter. This normally comes from someone who has never bred a litter and has little idea of the cost.
Just recently I went to visit a friend whose had 5 pups. She had a waiting list and all had homes by 2 weeks.
5 puppies times £400 = 2000

Right here we go,

Cost of hips, eyes, TNS, CLA, PRA and other health and blood tests = 1 puppy

Cost of stud dog = 1 puppy

Cost of csection when there was a problem with stuck pup = 1 and half puppies

Cost of feeding 5 pups, buying whelping box, bedding, food, getting eye checks done, getting first jabs done, getting each puppy microchipped, getting puppy packs together
= 1 pup

Cost of petrol inspecting and homechecking
= Half a puppy

Cost of six weeks at home therefore loss of ways
= 2 puppies

Friend only bred as she wanted to keep a puppy so no money made on one puppy

Cost of having a litter = £4000
Money made from pups = 1600

Where is the profit? I make it a loss of nearly £2500
And this was a straight forward litter apart from the C section. It would have been cheaper to let the pup die then have the op to save it.

No rescue (a decent one) will home a dog with it's papers,many go into rescue without any.

Why?

How do you gather that my main accusation is making money...it is not, it is that healthy dogs are being destroed!