Where did your dog originally come from?

[wolfsoul]

According to statistics, about 65% of the dog population comes from backyard breeders. Second is puppy mills, and the smallest percentange of our dogs come from reputable breeders. I would like to compare these statistics to our own dogs at PT.

So where did your dog come from? I'm not talking about shelters or petshops or anything, but what it was born to...a puppy mill, a backyard breeder, or a reputable breeder.

[aly]

My dogs were from shelters so I don't know where they were born.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Both were from BYBs. Molly's breeder could have even been a Puppy Mill.

[micki76]

Chester is from a BYB. Millie and Aneko are from shelters, and Abby obviously is, too.

[apcrs5122]

We got Alex from the shelter, but we know a lot about his history, but not where he was born. Since he's a mix, probably not a good breeder, most likely from a BYB or an accidental liter.

Our RB Akita, Luther, came from a responsible breeder, we checked them out very thouroughly before getting him.

[catnapper]

I don't quite fit the poll. I know where Nicki came from... a nice lady had a mutt that got pregnant one night by the neighbor's Bull Mastiff. Sure, it was in a backyard that the event happened

[wolfie]

Originally posted by catnapper
know where Nicki came from... a nice lady had a mutt that got pregnant one night by the neighbor's Bull Mastiff.

Really, Nicki has bull mastiff in her? I never would have though! Just goes to show you that mutts can have anything in them - even breeds you can't tell. Maybe Daphne even has poodle or something in her. You never know.

[CamCamPup33]

Im pretty sure cami came from a puppy mill.. We bought her, and petland is supposed to be the ones who get their dogs from PM's..

I hope not though..

[RubyMutt]

I got Ruby from a shelter and have no idea where the family who had her before got her. I guess I always just assumed just she came from someone who's unspayed dog had puppies. I mean, she's not a purebred, so I don't see why someone would've been breeding her parents in hopes of making good money off the pups I dunno...

[SuperLab123]

one of my dogs came from a yellow lab breeder.. and the other we adopted from abusive parents whom were moving.. so i chose reputable breeder

[lovemyshiba]

This is a tough poll, since 3 of mine came from shelters, and I have no idea where they originally came from.
Kito was definitely bred through a reputable breeder, as he was supposed to be a show dog. Unfortunately, the woman who owned him and his sister got very ill, and had to rehome them.

Abbey came from a rescue, who got her from a shelter in Ohio.
Riley came from the parking lot of the SPCA, and I have no idea where the woman who gave him to me got him.
Jada came from the SPCA as well, and they had no information whatsoever on her.

[catnapper]

Originally posted by wolfie
Really, Nicki has bull mastiff in her? I never would have though! Just goes to show you that mutts can have anything in them - even breeds you can't tell. Maybe Daphne even has poodle or something in her. You never know.

You can tell by her broad chest and her "thick" tummy. People have always told me that she is too "fat" but when you rub your hand under her belly, you feel solid muscle. She is one strong dog and could probably knock a human down.... that is if she wasn't such a wimp! As it is, the most dangerous thing about her is her wagging tail. Her mom was this tiny thing - only about 25-30 pounds.

[trayi52]

Buffy, my Chihuahua came from a reputable breeder. Dana came from a backyard breeder, I'm sure that the woman was a backyard breeder. My daughter and son-in-law picked her out for me about 3 or 4 years ago, never did get the papers on her. But I love her and I wouldn't take nothing for my sweet Rottweiler, she is just adorable with all people.

Buffy came from a very reputable breeder, I could not have asked for a better one that the lady that I got her from.

Willie

[binka_nugget]

Kai's breeder was somewhat responsible but some things still irked me. He made us sign contracts, gave us lots of advice, told us that he'd take the pup back if we ever decided that we didn't want him anymore (HA! Like that'll happen), took really good care of his dogs, actively shows his dogs and also judges for the ckc as well. One thing that 'irked' me was that he didn't send us our CKC registration forms yet. It's been way too long so I'll have to give him a call and ask. Maybe he simply forgot.. who knows. But if I were to choose byb or reputable breeder, I'd say he's way closer to a reputable breeder.

Kaedyn, was from the pound. I think he would have either came from a byb or petstore/puppy mill though. The pound and the neighborhood knew the family didn't want Kaedyn anymore and if they had gone to a reputable breeder, I'm sure they would have returned him back there. So my best guess is a byb or puppy mill.

[mugsy]

There is no option for ours....shelters, streets, etc....