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Originally Posted by bigredpoodle
I agree with this!!!! Health testing is a real biggie for me . If they cannot afford to test and feed a good nutritious diet , then I say pass. Ask what they feed 
As I have stated many times before just because they are a champion does not mean that they are breedable or even worthy of being bred ....
Temperment comes in to play as well. Ungroomed dogs on the site or REALLY old pictures.... Multiple colors and other breeds being bred are big flags and huge turn offs as well....To me that signafies a BYB .... |
I agree with the previous quote as well, but don't think with the BYB's it is a matter of not being able to afford health testing or good food. Most of them end up making a ton more money a year breeding puppies than most breeders who are doing everything right, because they are usually pumping puppies out like crazy, and do not go the extra mile with vet physicals, de-worming etc. Most don't care about breeding bitches back to back heats. And many of them have their own stud dogs, so it is all sheer profit, whereas a lot of us have to pay for a ton of stuff and the health testing, sometimes a stud fee, and end up making very little. Most of the BYB's charge a little less than average, some even charge more, but when you are saturating the market with countless puppies, who cares??? They will more than make up for it in quantity. So, I think it is more a matter of just not caring about the puppies they produce as much as the bottom line.