Reading through the thread posted earlier about a lady showing and having 40+ dogs makes me wonder what's the difference? What is an acceptable amount of breeding dogs?
I think its all relative.
I have 4 intact poodles, 2 males, 2 females, I have an intact sheltie bitch that I co-own and when she is 3 she will be bred one time to appease HER breeder.
I also have 3 intact borzoi(littermates)
I am actively showing(or paying people to) both the poodles and the Borzoi.
I have a un-championed, un-health tested litter on the ground right now.
some people may call me a BYB or what have you at first glance, heck maybe even at second glance, since I "just allowed my dogs to breed, regardless of testing or how they complimented each other, or if they had titles"
The difference is, that I give a crap about titles and testing, and stuff happens.
I have learned from our mistake, and have begun to make changes so that it doesn't happen again.
I purchased these dogs with the intention to champion them, test them, and then in the future, breed them and create a line of my own.
IMO a BYB does not care about the future, just the money in their pocket. They do not care if a puppy develops a genetic disorder, has faults, or is terrible in temperment (sp?) Many BYB breeder dogs are just family pets with reproductive organs, and possibly "papers" that may or may not be purebred.
A BYB will give little to no health guarentee, will not take their puppy back, and will usually not be there when you have a question.
A good breeder knows their breed like the back of their hand, but is always futhering their education. They Care about their stock, and the puppies that result from breedings. They will almost always take their puppy back at any point in its life, for any reason, although they will work with you to exhaust every option before you have to give up your pet.
They want to know where their puppies are going, they will ask a ton of questions, and make sure you understand their ideals.
They do extensive research regarding pedigrees, conditions common to the breed, and are active in the breed community.
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They may or may not show, but they do test.
They care about the future, not just about making puppies.
There are such things as "Champion mills" breeders who have expensive, big name kennels and churn out tons of dogs a year, and finish a good number of them, but this is more for their own ego than for the future of the breed.
These are my opinions, different people will have different views
