| YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THEM, PROBABLY SEEN ADS IN YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER CLASSIFIED SECTION OR ON INTERNET PUPPY SELLING SITES, ALL OF WASHINGTON STATE IS HOST TO A LOT OF BACKYARD BREEDER PUPPY MILLS OF GREAT DANES. UNFORTUNATLY, THEY DO EXIST, AND THAT IS WHY SHELTER'S AND RESCUE'S ARE FULL OF UNWANTED ANIMALS. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT BREED TWO DOGS, PREFERABLY AKC REGISTERED BUT NOT ALWAYS, FOR THE MONEY AND HAVE MULTIPLE LITTERS PER YEAR, HARDLY EVER IF AT ALL SHOW IN AKC CONFORMATION DOG SHOWS, BUT WILL SOMETIMES (NOT ALWAYS) SHOW IN OR BOAST OF NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS ( A BOUGHT CHAMPIONSHIP IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, UNLESS THE TITLE IS ADDED TO A DOG THAT HAS ALREADY ACHIEVED IT'S AKC CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEY ARE JUST PROMOTING THE DOG FURTHER). SOMETIMES THEY GET A HOLD OF A DOG WITH A GOOD PEDIGREE, BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE DOG ITSELF IS GOOD CONFORMATION WISE NOR DOES IT MEAN IT IS BREEDING QUALITY, AND IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE SHOW BREEDER ACTUALLY SOLD THEM THE DOG, THAT BREEDER MAY NOT KNOW THAT THEIR DOG ENDED UP THERE. SOMETIMES THEY BREED THE SAME BREEDS TOGETHER, OR SOMETIMES THEY BREED TWO DIFFERENT BREEDS TOGETHER, "DESIGNER DOGS" IS WHAT THEY LIKE TO CALL IT (LABRADOODLES, GOLDENDOODLES, COCKAPOO, KYLEO ETC) ALL FOR PROFIT, AND NO THEY ARE NOT DESIGNER DOGS THEY ARE STILL MIXED BREED DOGS AND ALWAYS WILL BE. DON'T BE A VICTEM !! KEY WORDS YOU WILL FIND, CHAMPION OR CHAMPION PEDIGREE (EITHER THE CHAMPIONS ARE SO FAR BACK IT IS NOT WORTHY OR IT IS THE NATIONAL CHAMPION ETC) "PARENTS ON SITE", "BRED FOR SIZE AND GENTLE DISPOSITION" (A FAVORITE IN OUR LOCAL PAPER), "RARE COLORS", "GOOD HIPS", "FULL BREED-NON PAPERED", "WILL TRADE", "OPTIONS". THESE ARE SOME OF THE CLUES THAT MAY BE SEEN IN YOUR LOCAL PAPER OR ON INTERNET PUPPY SITES, THEY CERTAINLY SHOW UP IN OUR PAPER. ALSO, PET STORES WILL ADVERTISE AS WELL. PLEASE BE INFORMED, "USDA LICENSED BREEDERS" OR "TOP LICENSED BREEDERS" IS NOTHING MORE THAN PUPPY MILL BREEDERS. THESE PUPPIES ARE MASS PRODUCED, THEN TAKEN TO WHAT IS CALLED A PUPPY AUCTION, THE PET STORES HAVE WHAT IS CALLED A "PUPPY BROKER" THIS PERSON BUYS PUPPIES FOR THE PET SHOPS THAT THEY THINK WILL SELL, AND THEN THEY ARE SHIPPED OFF. PLEASE SEE NO PUPPY MILLS .COM FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PET STORE PUPPIES AND KITTENS. BACK TO THE BACKYARD BREEDER. REPUTABLE SHOW BREEDERS USUALLY DO NOT ADVERTISE IN YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER. BACKYARD BREEDERS, HERIN REFERRED TO AS "BYB", DO NOT NORMALLY SHOW IN AKC SHOWS BUT WILL SOMETIMES (BUT NOT ALWAYS) SHOW IN NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL SHOWS, USUALLY DO NOT DO HEALTH TESTING WITH OFA RATINGS (ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES THEY WILL TEST JUST TO TRY AND PROMOTE THEIR BYB BUSINESS), THEIR PEDIGREES DO NOT CONTAIN CHAMPIONS IN THE FIRST TWO GENERATIONS EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY ADVERTISE AS SUCH (BUT REMEMBER, SOMETIMES THEY DO HAPPEN TO GET A DOG WITH A GOOD PEDIGREE, BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE DOG THEY ARE BREEDING OR HAVE BRED IS WORTHY OF PASSING ON IT'S GENETIC VALUES, BUT THEY WILL SURE PROMOTE THEIR BYB BUSINESS BOASTING THIS PEDIGREE, IF YOU RUN ACROSS THIS, CONTACT THE KENNEL NAME BY AN INTERNET SEARCH AND ASK THE BREEDER IF THEY ENDORSE THIS OTHER KENNEL), A HEALTH GUARANTEE IS NON EXISTANT, OR THE NEW THING IS TO OFFER A HEALTH GUARANTEE AND NEVER, EVER MAKE GOOD ON IT. A VET CHECK OF THE "PARENTS ON SITE" DOES NOT COUNT PEOPLE ! THEY DO NOT REQUIRE YOU TO SPAY OR NEUTER THE DOGS, AND IF THEY DO (JUST TRYING TO LOOK GOOD) THEY NEVER CHECK. THEY WILL NOT TAKE A DOG BACK IF YOU CAN NO LONGER KEEP IT IF IT HAS BEEN SPAYED OR NEUTERED, THEY WILL NOT KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOU FOR THE LIFE OF YOUR DOG. HOWEVER, YOU HAD BETTER HAVE THAT MONEY UP FRONT AND READY TO HAND OVER. IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH YOUR PUPPY, BE IT HEALTH OR TEMPERAMENT, THEY COULD REALLY CARE LESS, THEY HAVE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY AND THAT IS ALL THEY CARE ABOUT. YOU CAN DARN WELL BET THEY HAVE HEALTH PROBLEMS TOO. THEY WILL ALSO MIX DANE COLORS AND THEN TELL YOU IT IS OKAY, THEY ARE ALL REGISTERABLE. GO TO THE GREAT DANE CLUB OF AMERICA AND CHECK OUT THE COLOR CODE OF ETHICS. DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE YOU BUY A DOG. ASK IF THE BREEDER IS A MEMBER OF A GREAT DANE CLUB. GET A HOLD OF THE STATES GREAT DANE CLUB THAT THE BREEDER RESIDES IN AND ASK ABOUT THE BREEDER YOU ARE CONSIDERING PURCHASING FROM. ASK FOR HEALTH CERTIFICATES FROM THE OFA (REMEMBER, SOME BYB'S WILL GO THIS FAR AND HAVE OFA'S DONE), ASK WHY THEY BRED THE DOGS THEY DID, DO THEY SHOW IN AKC CONFORMATION SHOWS (IF THE ANSWER IS NO, RUN AWAY!) ASK ABOUT A HEALTH GUARANTEE AND WHAT IS CONSISTS OF, LOOK AT A PEDIGREE, DOES IT HAVE RECOGNIZABLE KENNEL NAMES THAT YOU CAN LOOK UP ON THE INTERNET OF SHOW KENNELS WITH CHAMPIONS IN THE FIRST TWO GENERATIONS? REMEMBER, SOME BYB'S DO GET A HOLD OF A GOOD PEDIGREE BY ACCIDENT. CONTACT THE KENNEL NAMES IN THE PEDIGREE TO SEE IF THEY ENDORSE THAT BREEDER. REPUTABLE BREEDERS WILL WELCOME ALL YOUR QUESTIONS AND WILL ASK PLENTY OF YOU. (SOME BYB'S WILL ALSO TRY THIS AS ALLOT OF CITIES ARE CLAMPING DOWN ON THE PUPPYMILLERS), THEY WILL HEALTH TEST THEIR DOGS AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU A COPY OF THE OFA OR PENN HIP CERTIFICATES. IF THEY DO NOT HEALTH TEST THEIR DOGS, PLEASE ASK WHY. THEY WILL SHOW THEIR DOGS IN AKC CONFORMATION DOG SHOWS, KNOW THEIR DOG FAULTS AND READILY ADMIT THEM. THEIR PEDIGREES WILL CONTAIN CHAMPIONS IN THE FIRST TWO GENERATIONS. A SPAY OR NEUTER IS REQUIRED ON ALL PET PUPPIES WITH A LIMITED REGISTRATION AND ALL PUPPIES WILL BE MICROCHIPPED PRIOR TO YOUR RECEIVING THE DOG. WE HAVE BEEN MICROCHIPPING SINCE 1996 AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE WESTERN WASHINGTON GREAT DANE CLUB . TO BE CONTINUED |
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