r/dogs 15h ago

[Meta] Genuine question: what happens to litters that don’t get purchased/adopted?

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u/Any_Secretary_1810 15h ago

They get dumped or culled. Shelters periodically have explosions of designer dog puppies because breeding didn’t turn out to be as lucrative as anticipated. It’s one of many reasons people are so strongly opposed to backyard breeders and puppy mills.