Sentences with phrase «small scale breeder»

As a small scale breeder, we don't produce puppies often and do health test and show all of the dogs we breed.

Not exact matches

I'm not saying that evolution or adaption doesn't occur on a small scale — it certainly does — and is observable and measurable within certain limitations as any professional breeder in plants or animals will attest.

Some small and very specialized breeding operations bred saddle horses for hunter and jumper competitions — these tended to be small - scale operations owned by wealthy private breeders who kept one or two horses at stud.

A breeder operating on a small scale is the one and only you should trust.

But breeders come in a variety of colors - from «large - scale factory - style breeding operations to backyard breeders to small - time hobby breeders,» says Place.

If only the KC with its well - stocked bank account — all those litter registrations from breeders, large and small scale certainly amount to a hefty sum — were as efficient as a tiny, voluntary group of investigators who know exactly what the conditions some of the breeding dogs supplying Pixieland puppies are forced to live in, while the KC ponderously investigates.

Certainly most small scale and hobby breeders would never sell through a pet store — but certainly a lot of the large - scale breeders likely do (or through brokers who then sell to pet stoes).

A hobby breeder is someone who wants to do this on a small scale, as a hobby.

To hide their size, puppy mills are now selling puppies through multiple sites, creating the image of a small breeder selling only one or two breeds, when they're actually a large - scale operation.

Not a single one called back with details confirming the local, small - scale, quality breeders they claimed provided their animals.

We'd ask her about that amazing income stream: Most responsible, small - scale dog breeders agree that the business is not particularly profitable.

By the 1970s, the breeding of dogs had grown from its small scale local roots and commercial breeders began appearing as businesses supplying puppies for profit.

If you take the time to go into the real world and talk to actual breeders, hobby and commercial scale alike, then you will find, as I have, that they are just like small - and large - scale rescuers and shelters.

Smaller scale puppy mills are often referred to as «backyard breeders.»

It is not a fair accusation in most cases because the premise that a responsible dog breeder can't operate on a small scale ethically is not a fair one to make.

I think some people like to call small - scale breeders (breeding just a couple foals a year) backyard breeders, but I disagree with this and find that Irresponsible Breeding Practices = Backyard Breeder is more in line.

I agree, not all backyard breeders are small - scale breeders either.

Small - scale breeders are often better able to give the individual care and human contact that each puppy needs in order to grow into a healthy, well - adjusted companion and neighbor.

Popchop's Mini American Shepherds is small - scale breeder of AKC Miniature American Shepherds located in Houma, LA.

If you decide to use a breeder, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) says to look for a small - scale breeder who never sells to dealers or pet shops.

Lively conversation then ensued, about real issues: about whether there are any meaningful regulations at all for small - scale breeders and rescuers; about whether there is any real way for consumers to figure out whether they're doing business with a responsible breeder or rescuer; about whether and when it is necessary for public safety to euthanize some dogs in our shelters.

I think it only hurts us to paint small - scale conscientious breeders devoted to their dogs with the same brush as puppy mills and pet stores.

We acknowledge that there's a place for small - scale responsible breeders, but we are vehemently against irresponsible breeders whose sole motivation is profit.

It's possible that Labany breeders were seeking out the gentle, loyal disposition of the Labrador Retriever in a smaller scale that could meet the growing demand for smaller variations on medium - and large - sized dogs.

Another study by Dr. McMillan, published in 2013 in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, focused on puppies and compared the psychological and behavioral characteristics of 413 adult dogs that were purchased as puppies from pet stores with adult dogs purchased as puppies from small - scale, private breeders.