Breeder versus puppy mill! The eternal topic of debate! Often the line that separates the two is very thin! What is the difference? Perhaps the most essential thing is the love for the breed, the willingness to do something for the breed, which is the driving force in the breeder's case, while the puppy mill is rather motivated by financial gain.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A BREEDER
- The breeder knows well the breed they breed, is familiar with its diseases, flaws and works to ensure that the next generation is always healthier, better and more beautiful, the breeder works on the improvement of the breed.
- The breeder thinks responsibly, motivated by love for the breed and making it better and healthier, always keeping the breed's interests in mind.
- The breeder deals with 1, maximum 2 different breeds at a time; anyone working with more than this cannot be classified as a breeder.
- The breeder breeds with healthy dogs, can select and does not use so-called “faulty” dogs for breeding, no matter how much they might want to.
- The breeder does not “produce puppies” mindlessly, every mating is planned in advance and done in the hope of healthier, better and more beautiful offspring.
- The breeder carefully chooses who to mate and who to sell puppies to. Nowadays this is obligatory because there are many puppy mills in every breed.
- The breeder is a breed lover and selects reliable families for their puppies whom they trust and can expect to be worthy families for the puppies born and raised with such loving care for 10-15 years.
- The breeder only hands over the puppies born with them with a contract and pedigree, microchipped, after multiple dewormings and several vaccinations to the new owner, never offers for sale puppies without pedigree and chip! It is only recommended to buy from a breeder where puppies are sold with pedigree, vaccinations, multiple dewormings, and microchip identification—buyers should keep this in mind!
- The breeder gives a guarantee, if the puppy born with them carries a genetic disease, they refund the purchase price to the buyer. The success of the breeder’s work largely depends on the new families, new owners!
- The breeder follows and tries to accompany the fate of the dogs from them, advising owners, being approachable for any problems, always trying to help effectively based on their knowledge and experience.
- The breeder is responsible for every dog born in their kennel, both those living as family pets and those living in kennels or winning titles as show dogs!
- The breeder also presents their dogs at shows, domestically and abroad if possible! The results and Champion titles earned by dogs from them praise the breeder’s work.
The breeder moves forward on the path they have planned, which is lined with disappointments and pitfalls, but all this is forgotten through the love received from the dogs, the many moments spent together, the beautiful memories and a lot of joy! When you see a dog from you prove itself at foreign shows earning Champion titles, it feels very good to experience all this through them! Families’ reports bring enjoyable moments, reading how much they love them, seeing in their photos how happy they are together!
The little ones and adults give us many beautiful moments and the love you receive from dogs helps you get through everything!
CHARACTERISTICS OF A PUPPY MILL
- The puppy mill is not motivated by improving the breed, they have more materialistic goals, money-making; the puppy mill literally lives off its dogs.
- Although the puppy mill knows the breed, they do not consider it important to eliminate the breed’s faults, they do not care about the breed’s health, and it does not matter to them what will happen to the breed many years later. The puppy mill is not interested in genetic problems either.
- A puppy mill breeds many dogs, sometimes many breeds, and each gives birth every year, sometimes twice. From one year old continuously until exhausted, which happens quickly. Then they end up in shelters or pounds. The worn-out, old, sick females, once no longer profitable, are put out on the street or handed over to animal control facilities.
- The puppy mill is driven by a single goal: to raise the litter at the lowest cost possible, even at the expense of wearing out the mother dog and to sell them quickly.
The puppy miller also moves forward on the path they have designed, in which acquiring and accumulating financial resources plays the main role.
BREEDING vs. PUPPY MILLING
In many cases, while the breeder sacrifices everything morally and financially for the breed, the puppy miller happily lives off it and gets rich!
I believe that based on the characteristics described above, it is easier to decide whether you want to buy a puppy from a puppy miller or a breeder. For me, it is not a question, and I can only hope that for our readers it will no longer be one after reading this chapter.
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