If You’re Not Living in a Wilderness, Then Fix Your D***ed Pet, Already

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18. And in 15 to 20 years, there will be no pets

I agree people with no business breeding should spay and neuter their pets. I agree with strict regulations on breeding. I have 5 generations of health tested, tempermentally sound, CH dogs and I know where every single dog I've bred in almost 20 years is right now. I've taken back dogs as old as 13 when their original owners either died or could no longer keep them for any reason. I donate a lot of time and money to my breed rescue.

I also have a pet supply store and it's all I can do to be polite when I explain to people breeding their mutts, pit bulls and pet store purchased dogs why they should spay and neuter. Backyard breeders/lazy pet owners/puppy millers give dedicated, serious people a bad name. Like I said, I have no problem with strict regulation. I wouldn't be against DNA matching all pets (it's cheap) and I do it with all of my dogs. Would be pretty easy to track where the pets are coming from that way.

I spend way more money on my dogs then I do selling puppies when I breed an occasional litter. Placing puppies is the worst part of raising dogs, IMO, but with 3-5 in a litter, you can't keep them all. It might be harder to get a puppy from me than to adopt a child, LOL!

I have a very genetically healthy breed, but with careful breeding, all breeds can be genetically sound. (I have Shiba Inu, btw)

There are a lot of people out there breeding pets who shouldn't be, that's for sure. But there are also people who have dedicated their lives, time and money, hell, their entire being, to pets.

Only extremists who hate pets wish for there to be no pets.