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Location: Motherwell, UK
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Originally Posted by
JoedeeUK
However it is true, I will give you a breed that i know very well as an example-GSDs
Only twice in over 40 years of doing GSDS rescue, has the lady who runs the one I help, had a dog bred by a responsible breeder taken to her. One was bred by myself & known to her & was taken by the owner-who told her the breeder had been contacted & told them to take it to her(totally untrue), this dog was collected by me within 24 hours(& I was living over 4 hours driving time away at the time)& the other was bred by a breeder who would have taken her back, but agreed that she could come to my Dad instead, because at the time he was dogless & looking for another GSD. All the other dogs were/are bred by people who don't give a d*mn about what happens to their puppies & who don't bother to health test, show or work their dogs & whose dogs are obviously not being bred for any purpose other than lining their pockets.
Stop the responsible breeders of GSDs from breeding & all that is left are those who breed for the money-meaning no GSDs for the police etc because most "gifted"dogs fail to make the grade.
but whether people are getting dogs from a rescue will not stop those irresponsible breeders. you said yourself that those type of breeder do not give a d*mn about what happens to the puppies... so they will not care if they end up in a rescue, or get dumped or even killed etc. they have already made there money, and so dont care what then happens to the pups. the pups have to go somewhere though, and there will always have to be rescues left to pick up the pieces. irresponsible breeders need to be stopped, but blaming rescues etc will not stop them... dogs cant just be left to be dumped and live life as a stray etc, just coz the breeder will not take them back... i hope i have made sense
Originally Posted by
Tupacs2legs
QUOTE]hi
can you please explain to me what you mean
well, i was going to say i am against breeding crossbreeds, but then i remember the lua dalmatian... and i think it is great what they have done to improve the health. so if dogs are being crossbred to improve health then i am all for it. otherwise i am not, i absolutely hate all this cockerpoo, labradoodle, yorkiepoo etc, coz there is no need to produce those crosses.
i know years ago, the breeds were have today were created by crossing dogs, but we have loads of dogs to suit every need so nowadays, people (the vast majority, but i wont say all) do those crosses with the main aim to make money.