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Originally Posted by mtd885
What are these people thinking???
THINKING!!! I Think not 
As we have seen here on this sight the world has an overabundance of people who became experts--ONLINE!
The information age is here. We all have access to more information than we can absorb. People who read of your success and the success of others on this board, that have no business breeding dogs, convince themselves, THEY TOO CAN DO IT. NFW!!!  If I were King I'd make EVERY BREEDER part of a National or State Registry with policing powers to enforce policy. All animals would be registered regardless of genealogy. That would eliminate puppy mills and dishonest breeders like the one we shared an experience with!!! The sincere honest and caring breeders like yourself who test, do research to improve the progeny would be rewarded with REAL ACCREDITATION! |
Agreed!
I have always been amazed that the states demanding spay/neuter programs don't focus on mandatory registration and documentation of breeding dogs...not sterilization. Accountability, that is the key. Breeders need to be accountable to their customers and the customers need to be accountable to the authorities if their dogs end up in shelters...now, how does that stop this type of "breeder"?
Just like licensing hair dressers or vet techs or others...licensing requires you to qualify by obtaining a level of expertise, it keeps a record of you so that if someone has a valid complaint the state can address it and it makes all breeders responsible for the profession they have selected.
People have been required to register and qualify for many things, and by requiring a registry for dog breeders, we would insure that everyone in that industry would follow the health and safety regulations as well as an ethical code.
Nancy...I agree with you. I was shocked to see what this person wrote! Although, it should not suprise me...it happens all the time and I believe that this person was so innocent that they had no clue it was wrong! That is the problem...I don't think that this person would have intentionally done this wrong...but she, like so many other new breeders, believe that you put dogs together...you get puppies...you sell puppies...you get money. Sad, but true.
It is all in the education process...it takes time, patience and hard heads to get through to these people...but we keep trying...one person at a time.