Responsible breeder?

Good comparison!

Yes, I can proudly say that both my dogs come from responsible breeders! The breeders that my dogs came from are everything on the "Responsible Breeder" list and more!

I got my Aussie Cattle Dog (Red Heeler) from the SPCA and we're buddies for life so I'm not the best person to ask about special breeders and such. Generally speaking however, you can tell a responsible breeder by how informed he/she is on the breed and how many questions they ask you. Responsible breeders don't just dump dogs off to the highest bidder, they're looking for the best possible fit. A health guarantee on the puppy is also a good indicator. Hope this helps! Good luck!

Well, my husband and I own three APBTs. Brooklyn is our 1 year 5 month old male, Jayda is our 10 month old female (Jayda's the one in the picture) and Destiny is our 8 month old female. Brooklyn was our first APBT, we did a lot of research on the breed and on different breeders in our general area (we didn't mind having to drive a few hours) before we even seriously thought about actually getting a dog. After much time and research we got Brooklyn and yes, he came from a responsible breeder. Destiny was our 2nd APBT and she was the last puppy left out of her litter. We got her from a friend of a friend and they were not taking care of her at all! We saw her and we just had to take her, she looked horrible and the people that had her were not going to take her to the vet. We got her and took her to the vet and the vet told us she would have died for sure if we wouldn't have gotten her when we did. She was only 6 weeks old and she had to have a blood transfusion, among other things, to even have a chance to live. Now she is 8 months old and happy and healthy! We did get her from a very irresponsible "backyard breeder", but only because she looked like she was about to die (which we later found out she was) and they weren't going to help the poor little thing! We are so thankful every single day that we found her in time and were able to save her life! She is my little girl! Now, with Jayda, our 3rd APBT, we don't know where she came from really. Some morons that lived a few houses down from us got her and they abused her, neglected her, chained her up on the back porch and then moved away and left her! So, we took her in! So, the one out of our three that we planned to get came from a responsible breeder, our two girls kind of found us and they needed us, so it didn't matter where they came from. Very good info though, thanks for posting the link! : )

the place you bodily breed your dogs has no bearing on the term "BYB". A in charge breeder will make useful the dogs they're breeding are totally wellness examined (no longer purely customary vet tests) to establish they are actually not passing alongside hereditary wellness issues regular to the breed. they'd have their dogs evaluated for applicable conformation, (preferrably by showing interior the conformation ring). A in charge breeder purely produces a minimum # of litters, purely breeding dogs of applicable age, and purely making plans a clutter with countless properties already screened & coated up. in no way breeding a woman consecutive warmth cycles (some frequently purely produce 2 litters in a life-time). A in charge breeder will take back any puppy he/she has produced at any time throughout the dogs's lifetime no count what the age or reason is. puppies are properly socialized, do no longer bypass away the breeder until eventually 8-10 wks, frequently have 2 contraptions of puppy photographs, state wellness certificates, hereditary wellness assure (varies). BYB: Breeding no longer something yet puppy high quality dogs with faults that could disqualifying them from assembly the breed customary (that's why they have been offered as a puppy interior the 1st place). Breed women human beings a minimum of each and every 365 days if no longer back to back warmth cycles. enable puppies bypass 6-7 wks with perchance 1st set of photographs. 50% are producing mixed breeds, slapping a loopy call on them and merchandising to suckers utilising a loopy sales pitch, "uncommon", "unique"......whilst each and every from time to time they're purely genetic misfires or mixed breeds. are you able to verify the version yet?

I adopted my dog from a rescue group. She probably came from a back yard breeder or a puppymill.

Thanks for posting that!

It's so sad:

We slaughter thousands of beautiful, vital, healthy dogs every single day. (Twenty-five percent of shelter dogs are purebred.) Every puppy produced by a backyard breeder and placed in a home takes the place of one killed in a shelter because no one adopted it. And every puppy produced by a backyard breeder can make more puppies, and those puppies can make more puppies and so on.

I don't agree 100% with that. I am a responsible breeder. I do not show though. I do contracts. I make sure both dogs are up to standard. I know what I am doing. Everyone has their opinion on exactly what makes a "reputable" breeder. I do agree on a lot on that site just not everything. I know who I am and I know my beliefs. There is definetly a difference in me and a byb.

I don't know if my Bloodhound is from a responsible breeder or not. I got him from a shelter when he was 4 months old.

He definitely came from an irresponsible owner!!!

I'm on the left side of the chart. Very good informational web page.

Excellent chart!

That's a great link, thanks!