i am a pet lover and have nothing against responsible breeders. The word is RESPONSIBLE . Before there are pet owners or breeders, we must all be animal lovers right. If you respect an animal as an equal living being then you must accord the animal with the same treatment you do to other humans or better still a friend.

With respectable dog breeders, they are always ensuring that the best traits and behaviour will be pass on to the next generation. I'm not always agreeable to this as i feel for some breeds the gene pool is too small and genetic defects are always pass on. Not enough research has been done by some breeders to improve this and the pairing of one pedigree to another does not solve the problem at all, sometimes worsening it as both dog and b*tch carries the same defective gene. Culling i believe is a norm for breeders as i feel you should not be selling a sick animal or one that has dormant symptoms to unsuspecting public.

What irritates us pet lovers the most i think are people who run mills, animal mills. That's right, stop calling yourself breeders because you put real breeders to shame. You are only doing it for the quick buck and often have policies such as "goods sold are non refundable" or "who and who should not be liable in the event that the animal falls sick or die within a time frame". If you want to join any pet forum and expect not to be "shot" then you indeed live in a fantasy world.

Hope i don't come off as too harsh but i just want to see more healthy animals considering how vet bills don't come cheap nowadays.