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I have to agree with Gretchen. Many/most of the ethical breeders I know breed specifically because they want a dog for themselves, for their own breeding program, and since they are all always prepared to keep an entire litter for as long as they have to until the appropriate home is found (otherwise they don't breed until they ARE in that position), it's not unusual for them to have puppies in a litter which are available (sometimes the people on the waiting list just aren't suitable for a given litter, sometimes there is no waiting list at all). Some breeders hold off on breeding until they have a waiting list, but far from all, and I would never assume that the presence or absence of a waiting list says anything at all about a breeder's ethics or quality.

A breeder who breeds specifically FOR a waiting list would raise red flags for me, far more than a breeder who breeds with no waiting list at all. I have certainly said to breeders recently that I would like to know if they ever plan to make a certain cross, since I have some very specific ideas about what I want in my next dog, but that doesn't mean I'm on a waiting list, it means I might be interested in a puppy from that cross should they ever decide to make it, and should the right puppy for me appear in the litter.