Are you breeding to the standard of that pure bred dog? Are your dogs registered with AKC? Do you show your dogs and test your breedings against other dogs that have been bred to the standard of that breed? If you personally don't take your dogs to dog shows, do you send them out with a handler to have your breeding stock judged against the standard and other breeders stock out there?When someone pays for a purebreed dog through a breeder they expect it to grow up and look like, act like, behave like and really be the PUREbreed they paid for. When you purchase something that is not what you expect it to be - especially at the dollar value that most dogs are going for these days, there will naturally be a part of you that is disappointed that you didn't get what you were expecting.If you aren't doing any of that, then that might be why people are asking you if you are a puppy mill or back yard breeder.Are you mixing your breeds.. like a beagle and a pug to create a "Bug"? (For those who don't know, a "Bug" is a recently emerged "designer dog" which is just a mixed breed but sold for $1000 and over).To mix a hound dog (a dog that puts their nose to the ground and follows the scents) with a Pug who already has breathing problems, snores, and generally has no muzzle which causes them to overheat easily. So now you have a dog that puts it nose to the ground, with it's shortened muzzle, chokes on the dirt it is inhaling trying to follow a scent and can't pant enough to cool off its stocky body. Doesn't make much sense right?Also, shelters are full of mixed breeds that come from these very types of breeding situations.. people just doing it to make money, or didn't get their pet spayed or neutered, etc.If you are mixing any of your many breeds, then that also might be why people are asking you if you are a puppy mill or backyard breeder.I find that most of the dogs that come into our rescue were purchased from "backyard breeders" or a pet stores that was buying their stock from a backyard breeder or puppy mill. The story is usually the same.. they buy this cute adorable little puppy - and IF that puppy turns out to be healthy (many times they have genetic defects, bad knees, temperament issues), then it may grow up to be not what they expected.. like 15 pound Chihuahua's, or 20 pound Pomeranians. Pomeranians should be 4 - 7 pounds and Chihuahua's are the smallest breed.. so definitely should not weigh more than Pom standard. They have training issues, temperament issues, aggression issues, are aloof, or afraid all the time. They grow up to have heart conditions, bad knees, bad backs, etc. So now the dog that they researched, that they wanted, that they paid for.. isn't what they got and doesn't fit into their lifestyle b/c it is not the temperament or size that they expected to get. Now.. it ends up in rescue.So.. if you are breeding to the standard for your many breeds, if you are having your breeding stock judged against the standard for the breed, if your dogs are registered so you could prove through DNA that each of your dogs are pure breeds themselves.. by all means.. continue on and feel confident in your response to them that you are not a puppy mill or a backyard breeder and you are providing these pet homes with exactly what they are paying for.I hope this sheds some light on why people may think what you are doing is wrong and ask you the questions that they do.Good Luck!
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