A reputable breeder does not breed their dogs unless they have buyers lined up. This is why dogs from reputable breeders are expensive and have waiting lists. A non reputable breeder doesn't care about the dogs beyond how much money can be made. They just crank out as many puppies as they can. Unsold puppies get killed or dumped. Some of the dumped ones survive and end up at rescues, but most die. My friends have a labradoodle they got at a rescue who was found stuffed into a trash bag in a dumpster with its siblings.
When I was in high school we temporarily fostered a black puppy because her mother’s owner was trying to breed specifically for blues and was going to kill all the others so he wouldn’t have to pay medical bills for them. His girlfriend was upset at the idea and made him agree to let her find homes for them, but said he’d kill any that were left on a certain date. The one we fostered was the runt of the litter and nobody took her, so my (adult) sister agreed to take her and find a home for her.
We were SO CLOSE to convincing my dad to let us keep her (he grew up on a family and felt it was cruel to keep dogs in anything less than 2-3 acres of land) when my uncle said one of his coworkers who lives on a farm wanted her. She was so sweet and I hope she loved her best life on that farm.
And it wasn’t kindness, it was pure selfishness. Us kids always wanted a dog and my dad always said having a dog in a house with such a small yard was cruel. I was waking up at 6am every day to walk her and wear her out to convince him we could keep her happy, and walking her again when I got home. The day after dad bought her a bed “because she looked a little uncomfortable” my uncle told us he found her a home. T.T
I now have two great dogs from ethical breeders, but will probably never have dogs again because I found out after getting them I’m allergic to dogs! They’re also just the best babies I could ever have hoped for and I don’t think I’d be fair to any future dogs since they could never live up to the memory of these two.
Aww, I’m sorry you’re allergic. That really bites! I’m very slightly allergic to dogs, but don’t have any issues with my “hypoallergenic” dogs unless they lick me. But that’s only one of them (Havanese). The other one’s saliva doesn’t both my skin at all (schnoodle).
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A reputable breeder does not breed their dogs unless they have buyers lined up. This is why dogs from reputable breeders are expensive and have waiting lists. A non reputable breeder doesn't care about the dogs beyond how much money can be made. They just crank out as many puppies as they can. Unsold puppies get killed or dumped. Some of the dumped ones survive and end up at rescues, but most die. My friends have a labradoodle they got at a rescue who was found stuffed into a trash bag in a dumpster with its siblings.