Hi pawfriends it's me Luna again! This time I would like to write a little bit about the impawtance of responsible dog breeding. The current lockdown situation has lead into a tremendous amount of new pup owners. If you are thinking of getting a (second) pup please check out your breeder before you buy!
Currently there are a lot of scam breeders going around because of the puppy popularity it even happened last week to my humans when they where walking wif me in the park. A random person came and told them: "I have pups for 250 euro if you want one call me and come pick it up." As you can imagine mum was super angry.. He didn't cared at all who we where, he didn't showed the parents of the pups etc., the only thing he said is pricing and his phone number if we wanted to have one. This is clearly the kind of breeder you don't want to come from!
Let's start with the short definition of a responsible breeder in my eyes:
Responsible breeders are people with great love for the pups that have educated themselves with specialized information such as historical research, behavior, bloodlines, heritable defects and temperament of the breed of their choice. They also educate and screen potential buyers and keep providing support if the owner needs this. Breeders that care keep connected and supervise the dogs they bred during their entire lifetime. Last but not least they never breed for making money because they know that with the time and effort they will spend on educating and caring for the pups they will not make profits out of this.
A responsible breeder:
- Screens and fully tests the breeding dog's for any heritable diseases
- Avoids at all time inbreeding
- Keeps the pups in a warm and clean family environment with enrichment and place for the pups to play
- Can tell you why she/he choose the mother and father combination and what are the characteristics of both parents
- Bases breeding frequency on health of the mother (max. 1litter/year)
- Complies with all applicable laws and will gladly show you their breeding license and registration papers of the dogs
- Will take back any animal of their breeding in case owners can't take care of the dog anymore (this can be temporarily when the owner is injured for example or permanent when the owner died or any other reason that might apply)
- Never sells puppies to dealer or pet shop
- Let's you visit the pup as many times as necessary before moving permanently to new home
- Asks you a lot of questions and talks with you about the future of the dog (Will the dog be used for sport, herding, does the breed fit with you?) And also gives you the space to ask all questions you have about them
- Provides a clear purchase contract and gives you the time to read it before you sign
- Chips and vaccines the pups and provides all health care needed
Now after reading all this you can maybe understand why mum sterilized me, it was never her plan to get pups from me from the beginning even though I am her favorite dog ever. Even if she would like to breed one day in the future she would have to educate herself so so so so much more and pick up the best pawsible parent combination ever. The mission of breeding should ALWAYS be "breeding to improve the breed" and not just get pups out of your dog.
Big paw from me,
Luna 🐾
Big paw from me,
Luna 🐾
