What is this?

[*LabLoverKEB*]

I came across this site....

www.premiumbreeders.com

What??? Is this like a breeder that 'specializes' in like 100 different breeds? Or like a company that sells different breeders puppies?

[Karen]

Looks like a broker, they may be a front for puppy mill dogs. I would not trust them, frankly.

[Alysser]

They are not one breeder, it says at the bottom in the guarantee - "We only choose the best breeders for our network". But never would I buy a puppy from them. For one, if you click on one of the puppies it tells you the price of the dog - you immediately know then it is a bad breeder. They also have designer breeds for sale, and before anyone calls me a hypocrite - YES, Mikey is from a breeder but I did not purchase him, I adopted him from his original owners and he would have wound up in a shelter if I hadn't.

This is apparently a "network" of breeders with over 100 different breeds, but I cannot find one name of a breeder, not one link to a site, etc. When you click on a puppy, it doesn't say the breeders name or anything of that sort. When you click on buy the puppy it immediatley asks for credit card information Seriously, talk about impulse selling. It's just so fishy to me how they do not have a list of breeders in their network or anything of that sort. I am all for promoting your business if you're a reputable breeder, but that site is total BS. I might drop them an e-mail.

[Freedom]

Agree with above.

Gosh, I hate this stuff.

[*LabLoverKEB*]

I thought it was a bunch of bs.... just wanted to know your opinions!
Alyssa, PLEASE do! I might, as well

[king2005]

I agree with the above, but I was actually impressed they had a section called "Mixed Breeds". So many try to sell them as pure breeds... I'm still a firm believer in rescuing dogs though. Not gonna support some random breeder.

[Alysser]

I e-mailed them, I will be eager to hear what they have to say for themselves - this is what I sent them:

Hi, I have a few questions about your website. In your guarantee, it states that you are a "network" of breeders. Meanwhile, as I browsed the website there was absolutely no breeder names, websites, etc. I am a big advocate for dog adoption and very against any kind of puppymill or and organization of that sort. It just seems odd to me that you expect people to drop thousands of dollars when you do not provide any credible information on the breeder, parents or any of that. I realize some dogs have SOME sparse info about who bred them, but I don't really understand it how a "network" of breeders provides no information on the breeders.



- A Concerned pet lover



I dunno, I hope they prove me wrong which is most likely not going to be the case. I guess I just want some closure that it is not a puppymill type organization. We don't need anymore of those in the world. I feel my e-mail is polite, so hopefully they answer in the same manner. -_- I wasn't going to e-mail them but someone voice needs to be heard, I know I can't change the world with this e-mail but if it changes something or I get the answers I am craving from it, I will be happier about this website. It's just really fishy though.

[*LabLoverKEB*]

Sounds good, Alyssa!
I've emailed a few APBT breeders who advertised in DogFancy magazine who I've suspected were not good breeders, and oh my, you should see the responses I get!
"Yeah okay- you don't know $*&# about pits. I've got the best *&^$*($ bloodlines out there." Yeah I know nada about dogs, or breeding for that matter. I don't care about bloodlines- good bloodlines do not make a good dog in some cases!
OH THE NERVE!

Seriously though, we need to find out how to set up a law for someone to look at- and try, try, try to get it passed!

[Alysser]

Sounds good, Alyssa!
I've emailed a few APBT breeders who advertised in DogFancy magazine who I've suspected were not good breeders, and oh my, you should see the responses I get!
"Yeah okay- you don't know $*&# about pits. I've got the best *&^$*($ bloodlines out there." Yeah I know nada about dogs, or breeding for that matter. I don't care about bloodlines- good bloodlines do not make a good dog in some cases!
OH THE NERVE!

Seriously though, we need to find out how to set up a law for someone to look at- and try, try, try to get it passed!

Some people suck, I am sorry you had that experience. Mikey's breeder seems like a good enough breeder for pugs and beagles (her two "specialty" breeders) but honestly just the fact that she breeds mutts pisses me off. It's sad that people who buy puppies from these places now-a-days don't do research on their breeders Breeders use the words "Champion Bloodlines" too freely. Champion bloodlines for some breeders could mean literally over 20 years or the dogs great, great, great, great, great grandparents. People also enjoy the words "registered with the AKC" and "Purebred. It sucks, it really does. I looked up Sassy's breeders once, her grandmother had won maybe two "Best In Shows", "Best of Breed", and I believe even some agility titles. Her mother had won a few "best of breeds" if I remember correctly.

[Alysser]

I just thought'd I'd update to say they have yet to e-mail me back. I am hopeful that they are just busy with other e-mails or something, but it makes me wonder if they put my e-mail into the trash since someone suspected them of something. I don't know, whenever I get a reply, I'll let you know. I even checked the status - but it says the e-mail address with 'internet' at the end of it I don't know what that means. I will not be at all surprised if I don't get a reply, though.

[*LabLoverKEB*]

Yeah I wonder if they did just not even read it.... see the thing is, most people like this know they're doing SOMETHING wrong, so they get all freaked out and quiet when you ask them.
Thank you for keeping me/us updated! I'm curious to what they will say...?