| A backyard breeder to me is a person that has no clue about what is involved in dog breeding.
Dog breeding requires an in-depth analysis of potential genetic transmission from the selected sire and dam, which is absolutely essential in an attempt to produce desired results. Proper selection of the breeding stock greatly improves the odds of a getting a good quality litter. Therefore, a backyard breeder is someone that mates two dogs at random, whether be for "fun", profit, to get some money out of the dogs, or any other pitiful motive that does not include the preservation of the breed standards. This is also known as wanton careless breeding.
As far as the issue of German v. American lines is concerend, it is wrong to believe that in the United States there are no ethical reputable breeders. That is a minconseption and misleading argument. Here in the U.S.A. we have breeders that produce outstanding dogs from German lines imported in this country, and then preserved as American generations of Rottweilers from Germany. Which it means, they are American born Rottweilers but from German ancestry ;) Of course, if you find an American Rottweiler from a backyard breeder, or an unethical one, then you are just gambling with the end-result ;) Sadly enough, most people do not know where to get a dog from and how to select one :(
[ May 24, 2001: Message edited by: German Vanegas ]  |