I agree
Dragondawg I almost posted the SAME thing your saying!!!
Let me put it in perspective for some people. In the state where I live there were only 2 breeders for the Afghan Breed of dog. The breeder's lived 2 hours away from eachother. The breeders were excellent breeders and kept track of bloodlines. Documented and maintained well. They sold their puppies within the state and sometimes out.
However, it came to the point where the breeders were no longer able to breed their dogs amongst any dogs in this state. The majority of the dogs in this state had come from the mother's or father's of their dogs. So the one breeder had to go out of state to look for dog's to breed with theirs. They had to make sure the bloodlines did not get "mixed" and cause hereditary problems. This is a good breeder.
Now comes the tricky part. What if someone from out of state moves in and buys one of the original state puppies to breed with? Doesn't tell the original breeder their intentions. They have a dog from another state. The two dogs are breed. Now this breeder sells these puppies to the people in the state who already own dog's from the original bloodlines. This is how in-breeding can occur so easily. It also shows how one generation back there could have been some in-breeding along the lines.
So this second breeder can be "reputable" and have excellent dogs. However, would you know the possibility of in-breeding existed? Even if you decide to collaborate with another owner so ya could have puppies to?
So be careful when picking a breeder. Do some research on the family lines of the breed your wanting. The rarer the breed the more likely hood of the above scenerio happening. If the breed isn't very popular then your assured the the breeders must know eachother on some level. They want to be extremely careful in keeping their breed "clean" if they truly are a good breeder.
In my book though... The only good breeder is the B * tches! (get it? a joke)
Scooby, Shaggy the "Dogs", Ms. Thang the "Cat" and introducing Measley Weasle "The Ferret".
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