Originally posted by lute
i don't think this counts as a BYB unless they are breeding them on purpose and/or selling the pups to whomever comes along and just don't care.
bah. I dunno. I didn't mean to offend anyone, thats just how I feel about it. To me. . if you have an unaltered female, and you know or kindof know she's *possibly* coming into heat, and you allow her to be with an unaltered boy. . that's a BYB situation. They basically "bred in the backyard" and 99.9% of the time it is allowed to happen, even if they do call it a "mistake". I'm really guessing they did this on purpose, since the pups ARE "1/4 chihuahua, 3/4 rat terrier". They probably thought that combo would be cute (they're probably SUPER cute!), and almost a full Rat Terrier, and that everyone would want a pup. I do hope they find awesome homes and the sire and dam are altered...