Alot of people don't care about where or what their dog is, and thats fine, but thye folks that breed that take the time to keep records and do the best they can to produce dogs that are better that the generation before, are doing it with purpose to produce better dogs. Many of those are culled to simply keep them in the wrong hands or being passed around and end up who knows where. tHe only way to get better is to take the time to keep up with thyem and find out what can be improved upon.
When someone is offered a free dog that was accidental that takes up a home and feed that could be taking care of a pup that has a real high percentage of being a good dog. Someone breeding the dog has a backgroud info and almost predict down to the day when the dog will turn out, how they will behave and when the will mature. Scatterbred - two unrelated dogs without recorded backgrounds, you are guessing and going with the flow to see what happens.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU BELIEVE REALY FIND "HAPPY" HOMES FOR THOSE PUPPIES, when they are given away?
How many end up on the side of the road? or taken to the pound? they go to the pound or a shelter they have a 75% or better chance of being put down, so whats easier and more responsible? Culling at birth or letting the course run?
I happen to share this same opinion.
Good dogs are hard to come by even with planned breeding's. Feeding accidental/unplanned pups will usually just cost you a lot of money in dog feed and dramatically up your percentages of culls and "sub par" dogs in the end. Why would folks want to do that?
Everyone produces culls but the odds on ending up with a good dog dramatically get better when you stop counting on luck is all I am saying.
A person (kids included) can and will build resentment in the people that distribute them enough culls.
Just to clarify, I am not speaking of untimely, and experimental crosses here. There is a big difference and a different topic all together in my opinion.
I have gone one enough about this for now. People feed what they want to feed.
Hey! Lets not forget what the song says:
Old Yeller was a mongrel. A rotten, lopped eared mongrel. But still the best doggone dog in the West!
