out of respect to LadyDove.

Originally posted by wolfsoul
Yes I did. Infact you reacted to my posts and quoted them.

Twisterdog, I know that culling is still done in many places by many people, but it is frowned upon, that is what I meant. A responsible breeder would never cull. Neither, like it has been stated, would they use terms like "teacup," and even though both culling and "teacup" frowned upon, it's still there, and it still exists.
Ok I am going to bed, I swear.
But first I have to respond. (Yes I am like my sheltie I can never keep my mouth shut).

Responsible breeders do cull.

First of all they cull by selling their pet quality dogs on spay neuter contracts. Secondly they might cull at birth if the dog is born with a severe genetic problem.

I don't see anything wrong with this.

cull
tr.v. culled, cull·ing, culls
To pick out from others; select.
To gather; collect.
To remove rejected members or parts from (a herd, for example).

n.
Something picked out from others, especially something rejected because of inferior quality.

You are right though in that responsible breeders don't use terms like tea cup.
And I think responsible dog owners shouldn't use those terms either. Instead they should go about educating the public so they don't buy into this well known marketing gimmick. That was the intent of my original post in the original thread.