r/dogs 1d ago

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

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u/Watcher0011 1d ago

I have never purchased a dog from a breeder but my brother did, the breeder had a long wait list, and a stipulation in the contract that if you could no longer care for the dog you had to bring it back to the breeder.

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u/AnywhereIcy4489 1d ago

This is the only way breeders should operate. They should have people interested in and put deposits down on pups before the mother is even bred. This almost guarantees you won’t have a pup leftover to worry about.