> There's a difference between buying from a backyard breeder who doesn't care about the quality of dogs they're producing, and a quality breeder who vets buyers, parental lines, and has offspring contracts to prevent future unwanted litters.
I know it's the Telegraph. And I know it says that Crufts and the Kennel Club were being criticised. But I've seen a few German Shepherds like the one in the video walking around in Sydney. It's pretty sad. Their hind quarters visibly tremble and at a walking pace you can clearly see they have difficulty walking. So I'm not sure what good 'quality breeders' are.
A single example of a poorly bred German Shepherd (one of the breeds most hit by low quality breeders flooding a market with no regard for the dogs health) is not evidence that good breeders don’t exist.
Good breeders limit or don’t line breed, they import and export stock to maintain diversity, they maintain health records on all litters and their prodigy, they have breeding contracts to prevent future litters unvetted litters.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12193472/Crufts-plun...
I know it's the Telegraph. And I know it says that Crufts and the Kennel Club were being criticised. But I've seen a few German Shepherds like the one in the video walking around in Sydney. It's pretty sad. Their hind quarters visibly tremble and at a walking pace you can clearly see they have difficulty walking. So I'm not sure what good 'quality breeders' are.