What Is A Backyard Breeder?

a BYB is someone who has fluffy and Kujo and decides they want to breed them. They do no genetic testing or prove their dogs breed worthy. They may have the best of intentions and may take very good care of their dogs and the puppies. They sell them to anyone who has the money to buy one and do not do any research on their dogs pedigrees to find out the genetic issues behind them.

Well, to begin with, no female mammal ever "got herself pregnant" There was a male in there helping with that.

Yes a backyard breeder is anyone that allows (intentional or not) their untested, unproven, pet quality dogs to reproduce.

http://www.boxerworld.com/forums/view_the-backyard...

Edit: This is also from boxer world

Backyard Breeders

WHAT THEY ARE

The average pet owner that breeds their dog(s).

Most of the general public thinks that just because they have *papers* on their dog, that means their dog is breed material. All papers mean is that the dog(s) parents were registered, and nothing more. It does NOT mean QUALITY! It does NOT mean the dog is CORRECT for the Standards for that breed. Most of the dogs that are registered are NOT breed material, but make fine pets.

WHAT THEY DO (and what they DON’T DO)

1) They breed dogs that are not correct for the Standards for health, temperament, and how they *suppose* to look. This is why many of the back-yard breedings that take place produce puppies which grows into adults that are incorrect.

2) They breed dogs that have the same faults, which in turn, compounds faults into the puppies.

3) They do not know the breed standards for the breed they are breeding.

4) They do not know what genetic (health) issues are for the breed they are breeding, they say that there are NO problems associated with the breed, or ask, “what problems?”

5) They are not there for you IF you have problems or questions through-out the lifetime of your dog.

6) They do not require spay/neuter contracts, nor do they supply you with a written contract/guarantee, nor do they require the dog be returned to them if you can no longer keep the animal.

7) They think they can make just a little money breeding.

8) Some will screen potential buyers and some won’t. Most really don’t care what happens to the puppy after it leaves their house.

WHY THEY CREATE DAMAGE

1) With them not requiring spay/neuters, when those dogs are eventually bred (as most will do), then it compounds the problems... more and more dogs are being produced in an overly populated world already. Just go to your local shelter and look at all those dogs. They were someone’s pet at some point in their life. Most of them would come from someone just wanting to breed their pets just once or twice.

2) By continued irresponsible breeding(s), more and more dogs end up in rescue, shelters, dumped, research labs, used as bait dogs for dog fighting (YES IT STILL HAPPENS!!!!!) or at the hands of commerical dog breeders (Puppy Mill Breeders) or commerical brokers (Puppy Mill Brokers).

Note: Brokers buy from the commercial dog breeders and sell directly to the PetStores or directly to the Public

Sabrina Jay

JeSaJay Boxers

Edit #2 Kudo's to you for pointing out backyard breeders and puppy mills are on the same level!!

Someone who is not accredited through the local (state etc) dog breeders association. A backyard breeder is someone who intentially breeds dog without any accreditation or codes of practice. Someone whose single (unspayed!!! seriously!!!) pet dog got out and got pregnant is not a backyard breeder just an idiot who should know better.

the guy who dedicated himself for years to creating the 'labradoodle' finally gave up as a results of fact he could no longer accomplish his objective of bobbing up a low laying off seeing eye dogs. He tried to create a sparkling breed for a objective. Your 'labradoodle's' objective is earnings. See the version? no longer yet? ok, i will go on. The introduction of a sparkling breed starts with a written breed typical, that describes shape, stream, temperament, and force in a working breed. the place's the 'labradoodle' breed typical? All they have desperate is length and coat style, and in case you examine the two, it covers very almost each and every length and coat style below the solar, which to every person with greater desirable than cotton between their ears might propose that there's no longer even a valid objective in the only 2 standards the 'breed' has. next step is a plan to realize your breeding aims. that's no longer merely slapping at the same time any poodle to any lab and merchandising the consequent product below whichever 'type' it happens to fall into. it is understanding the genetics of the appropriate high quality canines that are bred, and culling each and every domestic dog that hasn't come nearer to that objective. Over an prolonged time, the breeding could finally produce offspring that consistently emulates that written typical. A breed club is then formed, and while there are adequate individuals and proprietors of the recent 'breed', then a petition is made with a valid kennel club for acceptance. Your equating what's happening there with the dedication and sacrifice that is going right into a bobbing up a sparkling breed is an insult, and testimony to the certainty that some human beings will have faith something they're instructed

My favourite definition for a Backyard Breeder is "The average pet owner who breeds their dogs".

yes, anyone who had a litter without health testing or proving their dogs is a byb. Anyone who has an intact dog should be able to keep their dog from getting bred, it's irresponsible to allow the dog to whelp..putting them in the same class as the idiots that pump out pups for a buck..

call it a derogatory term..if the shoe fits..

I guess someone got tired of Dewey the dachshund...

http://www.boxermap.com/reputablebreeder.html

Yes, I would consider someone whose dog got out and had a litter to be a BYB.

"Backyard breeder" is a derogatory term that I refuse to use. What I consider a bad breeder is somebody who inbreeds dogs. I don't care what breed or species you are breeding, inbreeding is the worst type of breeding you can possibly practice!