Puppy Pipelines: My Review

I just thought I'd point out that just because the people they showed are giving lots of human attention to the puppies does NOT mean they are "responsible breeders"!!! Yes, those people are certainly WAAAAAYYYYY better than the puppy mills they were showing, but it would be impossible for any of us to know just from that report if the people they showed were actually responsible breeders or not.

Remember that a truly responsible breeder only breeds the highest quality (both conformation AND temperament) dogs in order to make the breed better. They have several generations of the dogs tested for all kinds of inherited genetic problems, and they also have several generations of the dogs certified as being free of specific health concerns, etc. Responsible breeders will also ALWAYS insist that they get the puppy/dog back at any time if the owners can't keep him.

Just because someone loves the puppies, or because the parents have "papers" does NOT mean the people are "responsible breeders"!! (Of course the people in the segment may very well be responsible breeders, but we would have no way of knowing that....and that's the main thing I wanted to point out to everyone.)

Sorry to go on and on, but my Mommy does lots of rescue work, and even me and my brother are "purebreeds" but we still both wound up in shelters because we obviously didn't come from a "responsible breeder". There are too many wonderful dogs in shelters for people to breed dogs just for money - or even for love... because even that just isn't enough of a reason when so many dogs (pure and mixed breeds!) die in shelters every year...

The more I thought about it today, the more I decided that Mr. Uncle Bill sounded like a slave holder trying to justify owning another person. "All their needs are met..."

Oh Mama Muttblood that is perfect.

My dad says there definitely needs to be more accountability on the pet stores than there currently is. It's a sad case of supply and demand.

I know of a "responsible breeder" who wanted to euthanize all her litter after they were over a year old because they had bad hip x rays. No option to adopt them out, they were not going to make $2000 by selling them with bad hips, so kill them! Knowing damn good and well that the dam had bad hips.

I don't know that there are really many responsible breeders! Just because they are raised in your home with love does not mean that you are responsible! You have to know the breed and problems that may arise from genetics and if you are not willing to do a total genetic background on your breeding dog then the dog should not be bred. I have had a request to have an STD check on a dog an owner wanted to breed.

These things should be done on any dog that a responsible owner wants to breed.

I only saw part one and quite frankly, I too was irritated by the Uncle Bill's owner. It looks like he could have used some PR help. Heck, if he was smart, he would not have gone on the air. But lucky for us, he showed his stupidity and hopefully people won't shop there for pets. Yes, dogs are not people but they do have certain needs. Just because these puppy mill dogs are given food, water and questionable shelter does not mean their needs are being met. Dogs who are caged all the time without any outside interaction develop psychological problems. I mean it is essentially jail for them. I say they stick the Uncle Bill's owner in a jail cell and only give him food and water and see how he likes it.