To me they are often counter productive.
Accepted breeders and practices go something like this:
Hobby Breeder.
Titles potential breeding stock themselves.
Breeding stock and lineage should be titled.
All should be health tested. Hips and elbows and other health test such as for DM.
Working line preferred.
A few litters a yea.r
This is a short general version of the more acceptable forum dog and breeder.
The problem is there are not that many breeders like this and not everyone is interested in these things anyway.
Among the general population most don't know or care what IPO is.
When they come on here the quickly learn that their dogs suck because they don't fit the criteria and worse they may have even purchased from a BYB.
Often then they disappear to not be heard from again.
There must be a better way than insisting there is only one kind of breeder and one kind of dog that is acceptable.
On another note. There is no breeder bashing allowed. So the solution to that is for someone to announce that they have PM'd someone. Which is board speak for "your breeder stinks".
Has to be a better way. This way it is not very welcoming or understanding of about 90 percent of the GSD owning population. IMO.
Accepted breeders and practices go something like this:
Hobby Breeder.
Titles potential breeding stock themselves.
Breeding stock and lineage should be titled.
All should be health tested. Hips and elbows and other health test such as for DM.
Working line preferred.
A few litters a yea.r
This is a short general version of the more acceptable forum dog and breeder.
The problem is there are not that many breeders like this and not everyone is interested in these things anyway.
Among the general population most don't know or care what IPO is.
When they come on here the quickly learn that their dogs suck because they don't fit the criteria and worse they may have even purchased from a BYB.
Often then they disappear to not be heard from again.
There must be a better way than insisting there is only one kind of breeder and one kind of dog that is acceptable.
On another note. There is no breeder bashing allowed. So the solution to that is for someone to announce that they have PM'd someone. Which is board speak for "your breeder stinks".
Has to be a better way. This way it is not very welcoming or understanding of about 90 percent of the GSD owning population. IMO.