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Originally Posted by glencorgi
Even if someone has a waiting list for puppies of two dozen names doesn't mean that a one of them will actually buy a puppy by the time the litter is ready to go home. Happens all the time. People change their mind, get another dog/puppy or were never serious to begin with. Responsible Breeders hang on to the puppies until the right home comes along, that's a part of the Code of Ethics they go by for one, and just part of being a Breeder and we know that. Now where this differs from what is being played out before us is, the motivation for breeding here is so their dog can have some "fun", provide corgi puppies for "everybody" and pocket cash. Via my rescue position, I had a phone call after Christmas wanting to know what to do with her leftover Christmas puppies, the ones out of a litter she had ready to go "just in time for Christmas." Where was the stud dog owner here? They'd pocketed the stud fee and gone their merry way.
Debbie
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I was on a waiting list at TTS Corgis, but like you said I ending up getting Charlie instead of waiting for a higher "pet quality" dog. I've still been watching the TTS website. The breeder kept her two show/breeding prospects for herself. She placed one puppy fairly quickly, but the fourth puppy took 5 months to place.
The two puppies she did place were sold with a spay/neuter contract, and those dogs would be better dogs than what the majority of us own with their quality pedigree. I think people selling without Limited AKC Registration are doing a disservice to the breed.
I saw the Rottweiler breed get ruined, not with line breeding from responsible breeders, but with breed popularity and increased backyard breeding with no attention for breed conformity or temperament. Everyone and their (AKC) dog started producing huge, sick, ill-tempered Rottweiler's in their backyard. In the last ten years, the breed has fallen from #2 to #17 in popularity. Why? Lots of buyers (and the public at large) were injured by dogs with poor temperament, and other buyers had extreme vet bills dealing with hip dysplasia and other health problems in dogs who were often twice the size of the standard. People have slowly quit recommending the Rottweiler as a sound working dog with a patient, even temperament.