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...to start reading this article please click on here... She tries to match each the puppy's personality with the lifestyle of the new owners. Her worse nightmare is for one of her puppies ending up in a shelter one day because she placed it with the wrong owner. She keeps in contact with each of the puppy owners to help them with any problems that may arise. Breeder B Decides not to keep a puppy because maybe, or maybe not, she'll keep from the other litter. She sells her puppies to whoever wants one, without screening or trying to match puppies with the owner's lifestyle. She lets the buyers pick whichever puppy they want, not realizing that selling the most active puppy in the litter to an elderly couple living in an apartment might not be a good match. She doesn't realize (or care perhaps) that by her not matching puppies to owners, she is contributing to the likelihood that the puppy will eventually be turned over to a shelter because the owners couldn't manage the dog. And she'll never know, because she doesn't follow up with her puppy purchasers. Breeder A Provides a contract and health guarantee, first shots, de-worming, microchipping and proof (copies) of the parents health certificates and clearances. She registers each and every puppy with the Canadian Kennel Club and doesn't charge extra for the papers. Shots, de-worming, microchipping, and registrations have cost her around $600.00. Breeder B Doesn't provide any contracts or health guarantees, just shots and de-worming, which cost her around $300.00. She is willing to provide a statement that the puppies parents are healthy and she is not aware of any problems in the bloodlines, but she has no actual proof to back that up. She wants to charge extra for the papers because of the work involved filling out the paperwork, plus then she'd have to get puppies tattooed or microchipped, and she'd prefer not to do the extra work. She doesn't realize it's illegal to sell a dog in Canada without the breeder providing registration papers at no extra cost, which also means the dog must be identified with a tatoo or microchip. Breeder A Sells her puppies for $1000. Because she is keeping one, she is barely breaking even. Breeder B Also sells her puppies for $1000, because they're purebred after all. Or she may sell them at a substantially reduced rate, because she knows people are more likely to buy a dog that cost less than what someone like "Breeder A" charges. Buyers think they are getting a deal - a purebred dog for half the cost. A few weeks later, they are still not selling - so she reduces the price even more to move them faster. What a deal she is offering now! If she can't sell them then, she can always contact a rescue shelter to see if they will take them off her hands, or maybe she'll try a pet store this time. Breeder A Is a hobby breeder. She is breeding her dogs responsibly. Breeder B Is a backyard breeder. You be the judge – Which breeder would you rather buy your puppy from?...to read the other interesting article please click on here...
