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Originally Posted by Chip's Mom
I know of a sweet little corgi girl that is very shy but as sweet as can be and she has a very good pedigree meaning champions from start to finish. From what I understand, she was kept by the breeder as a show quality pup and was to be shown, now comes the kicker - this sweet little girl is very shy which is a serious fault from what I understand so she ends up in a puppy mill setting - How did that happen? I know that situations do occur that are beyond the breeder's control but how do you safeguard against something like this? I would think that the breeder would be very distraught to know where that little girl ended up but I will say that she has a good home now.
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Okay, first question - what makes the setting she ended up in a puppy mill?
As to the how she ended up on the path she did, lots of ways that happens. People lie, they learn the speech to give, mislead breeders who unfortunately fall for their lines and will sell them a dog. Because breeders have been burnt badly by situations such as this is one reason it is so difficult for new people wanting to begin showing to be given a chance.
Too big a gap between the time she was with the breeder and where she is now, have no idea how many times she changed hands or what terms and conditions were along the way. Even with everything Peggy listed as precautions a breeder can take, the only sure fire way to insure something like this doesn't happen is to spay or neuter before it leaves the breeder's possession. Even with every i dotted and t crossed in a contract and using limited registration, it won't stop someone from registering them another registry and breeding them anyway.
I had a very sweet drop eared fluffy rescue once that I actually had papers on. She went back to dogs bred by a very well known and respected breeder who is also a judge. In conversation I mentioned it to her, gave her the pedigree and she knew exactly to whom she had sold this dog and the circumstances as to how this happened. The dog was sold to a couple established as exhibitors and breeders and friends of his breeder. After a time, they split up; the husband got the dog and went nuts so to speak. He let anyone with a female in season who wanted to breed it use him for stud. A couple of generations later, I ended up with one of his great grandchildren.
Death can be another way this happens. We've had Cardigans in rescue that track back to a litter bred by a breeder who suddenly passed away. They were sired by a dog of someone who is a very good friend of mine, as cautious and conscientious as can be. She let another equally reputable breeder use her boy and the breeder passed away suddenly. Those in charge of her estate didn't use discretion in placing her dogs and we see the results of that now.
Sometimes trust is totally misplaced and it could all have been because character was misjudged.
So there are all kinds of ways that she could have ended up on her journey, through no fault of her breeder who may have taken every precaution possible and done everything within her power to try to prevent such a thing from happening.
Debbie