My Thoughts On Breeding Dogs

Posted by jennifer on February 26, 2008 in Dog & Wolf News / Issues.

You know, I have so many shelter dogs as clients these days which is on one hand fantastic that these dogs are being rescued left and right. I have other clients who choose to pay for expensive dogs and have gotten what they paid for in temperment and well-bred physical traits. The problem is unfortunatly, there are a lot of people who either disagree with breeding as a whole or people who are not responsible in keeping the good breeders in business and the bad ones out of service. Growing up around dog and horse people all my life, I don't know if there is any other field that brings upon so many arguments, so many rights and so many wrongs. Everyone always has to know something more than the guy ahead of him. Truthfully, we are not dogs. We are human which can be the biggest downfall and yet at the same time, be the greatest gift.
Instead of banning responsible breeders as a whole, concentrate on the puppy mills and pet shops that are ruining these breeds. If you are not in need of a dog with a particular purpose, go out and rescue one. My rescued street cat is that best cat I think I ever met and she even helps me at work!
Unless we are going to go back to a primitive state with wolves, breeds of dogs are always going to be here. Shelter dogs will always be here, feral dogs are on the rise and with the economy and housing market these days, people are abandoning not only their house but their pets too!
If we are to make breeders responsible, make co-existing with these animals from the streets to our bedrooms, it starts at the goverment level. It starts with responsible pet ownership, responsible breeding, laws and not a black & white attitude. Well bred dogs that serve a particular purpose are remarkable. They assist with everything from assisting the blind to taking down a suspect. I have also seen mutts from the humane society appear in car commercials, be wonderful best friend's to kids growing up and remarkably save an owners life by detecting cancer. A dog is a dog is a dog.... But a human can always open their mind to learning and improving from everyone else to make the lives of the animals we long ago created, the greatest.

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