The backyard breeder is the person that breeds dogs for a few different reasons. People breeding designer dogs (cockapoos, schnoodles, goldadoodles, shitzugs, you get the idea). Designer dogs are created when breeds are combined to create a “new breed”. These breeds are not recognized by AKC, they are extremely prone to health problems (as genetics are involved), and are over bred. We highly discourage designer breeding and cannot address the issues specific to these types of breeders. Backyard breeders are also people that love “Fido”, and want to make another just like him. So they don’t spay or neuter Fido and they find a stud or bitch to breed him to or with and have a litter of puppies often forgetting that Fido Jr will come with multiple siblings. Finally backyard breeders are everyday folk that buy a dog and a bitch of a specific breed and make puppies without health testing, or research into bloodlines, or any of the real work involved in breeding dogs. You often see their ads in the Sunday paper with information like “championship bloodlines”, AKC registered parents, or vet checked. This book is dedicated to educating potential dog breeders and how to go about it the right way so that unwanted or unloved dogs do not exist in our world.
Backyard Breeders
