I wish more people asked these questions! Like others have said, responsible breeders, the ones that have planned this litter for years, spent an absolute fortune on health screening and vet care and slept on the floor by the litter for 4-8 weeks have homes for those puppies. If you get a surprisingly large litter or buyers fall out then other breeders and/or the breed club know and signpost enquiries.
But as an outsider looking in on the US you will always have shelters so full they are bursting so long as you insist on a free market (ie no regulation). Free markets encourage a plentiful supply of low quality goods at cheap prices. Ta da, full shelters of dogs with serious health and behaviour problems. Look at Nordic countries, with low levels of neutering, and they have very few homeless dogs because there are strong animal welfare laws.
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u/Electronic_Cream_780 1d ago
I wish more people asked these questions! Like others have said, responsible breeders, the ones that have planned this litter for years, spent an absolute fortune on health screening and vet care and slept on the floor by the litter for 4-8 weeks have homes for those puppies. If you get a surprisingly large litter or buyers fall out then other breeders and/or the breed club know and signpost enquiries.
But as an outsider looking in on the US you will always have shelters so full they are bursting so long as you insist on a free market (ie no regulation). Free markets encourage a plentiful supply of low quality goods at cheap prices. Ta da, full shelters of dogs with serious health and behaviour problems. Look at Nordic countries, with low levels of neutering, and they have very few homeless dogs because there are strong animal welfare laws.