I Visited A Pound Today.

[espinay2]

The vast majority of Breeders will certainly take back or assist in anyway they can to help one of their own. It is certainly also not unheard of for breeders to quietly save unknown dogs of their breed from pounds and rehome them, there are quite often networks of breeders that willingly assist with this. I have had quite a few lovely dogs of different breeds for short visits or airport connections due to this.

Yes, certainly in my breed, while numerically small, most breeders work as a network to help any dog of our breed in need that we find out about. It is great when the breeder can be identified as they generally then will take an active interest in ensuring its welfare whether it comes back to them or not. But even if the breeder can't be identified they step up to the plate. Quite a few, including myself, have taken on dogs and even given lifetime homes to more difficult rescue cases.

[eyeopener]

It is possible to reevaluate a dog without it being on your home. A dog may not need to come back to the breeders home even if they do have the ability to take it there and in some cases it may not be beneficial for the dog to be brought into the breeders home depending on its individual needs. . And there are all sorts of circumstances which may make other arrangements necessary - being in hospital, recovering from an accident, death in the family, being overseas, being retrenched from a job etc etc. No one can plan for everything no matter how hard they try. Taking them to your home may be the plan but no one can guarantee that they will be able to without a Crystal ball. To do so is head in the sand stuff. I would prefer a breeder to be ready for all contingencies and be flexible to different situations than blindly spout the 'take everything back' mantra.

Quite true you can reevaluate without having the dog home but I prefer it I guess n works better for me but I guess that's really it as long as they are doing what gets them results.

For me take everything back is more than just a mantra to be said over n over n your right it doesn't have to always be a case of the dog being taken in to the breeders home etc but it dose mean if that's what was in the dogs best interest that's what should happen. Ok if there is some reason like being oversea etc have a back up plan etc but the goal is getting the dog where it needs to be in the long run.

Coming home may not even be in all dogs best interest either but that should not mean the breeder then dosnt further assist with retraining n reforming,

[espinay2]

I dont think anyone I'd saying breeders shouldn't take responsibility and assist dogs they have bred when they need it. Just that they shouldn't be slammed if in some cases those dogs don't physically come back to their homes.

Edited November 14, 2012 by espinay2

[Steph M]

I think there's a vast difference between organisation and individual, which is kinda apples and oranges.

A breeder is still an individual with a family, house and life to manage, regardless.

An organisation has many hands and fingers in lots of pies, which is why perhaps they can do a little more on less notice.

What do you think rescuers are, Stephanie M? Most are individuals who rely on a small, usually very small, group of fosters carers. Only a tiny minority are what you could call an "organisation".

Obviously Steph thinks we don't have any families or responsibilities .... she might be right - we don't have time with the huge demands of taking on the unwanted dogs and cats. That alone is a massive responsibility. Still, I have to work full time and manage my house and garden and my own dogs plus run a rescue .... hmmm.

What I meant was where an organisation is involved there are more people and the responsibility is spread and less of an individual burden, believe it or not I was actually agreeing and saying that no one should be shamed if they couldn't do it, and where someone mentioned Staffy rescue I meant that they were incredibly lucky to have contact with an organisation who could guarantee they would be able to take it back in any circumstance.

I didn't mean to offend, perhaps I should have used the word network rather than organisation, still, I meant no offence or disrespect.