Originally posted by stacwase
As for getting your dog from the "backyard breeder" - I doubt they bred their dog on purpose. Nobody with half a brain interested in making $ would breed mutts (other than the designer mutts everybody's paying big bucks for). If the dogs aren't taken from the newspaper ad then the people will put them in the shelter. So what's the difference between taking the puppy now and taking it after it goes to the shelter?
And why reward someone who had an "oops" litter? Maybe if they have a difficult time selling their litter they will be a little more careful about their dogs in the future...maybe even get at least one of them altered.
And the people who do this rarely have more than half a brain. So many people think it'd be easy to just throw 2 dogs together come up with some cute puppies and make a quick buck.