Just discovered my pups mum has been bred again

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I just feel quite sad and cross about it really.

The advert isn’t available anymore but the timing coupled with the fact my boy is almost 7 months old now, I assume she’s been bred straight away on the next season again.

I feel bad for the bitch but I feel quite personally betrayed and a bit stupid/naive too.

My boy came from a local couple/hobby breeders, just having a few litters from their family pets (I was told that they were undecided whether this would be the bitch’s last litter or if they would have just one more then spay her)

I wanted a puppy from two loved family pets that had been brought up in a home environment, I know without a doubt he was definitely born and raised in their family home, as were this most recent litter I’ve found photographs of, the breeders were quite chatty to me and very forthcoming with regular photos and video clips and I really felt that they really loved their family pets and cared about the puppies and where they ended up, how they got on.

I sent quite a few messages and photographs to his breeder with updates as my boy got older as I thought they’d like to see how their puppy was getting on but after a while I did get the feeling they weren’t really as interested in how his looks had changed or what new tricks he’d learnt etc as I thought they would be.
Despite that, I really was silly enough to put that feeling aside assuming they were maybe busy with work or similar and felt that we all liked and respected each other and they appreciated knowing at least one of the pups definitely had a lovely home.

MIL is really smitten with our boy and I had told the breeder this and asked them to let me know if they decided to have a final litter (before I knew they were back to backing obvs) as MIL would really like a puppy from the same parents and they assured me they would, now, on finding out they’ve bred her again and not bothered to get in touch with me (not that I would have told MIL knowing what I know now) I feel like they are basically viewing their bitch and these puppies just as living money and probably didn’t contact me as they knew they shouldn’t be doing what they are doing and thought I might report them.

I’m questioning now if they were ever bothered at all how my lad was getting on or if it was always purely about the cash.

Im feeling pretty stupid.
I remember my DH rolling his eyes when I mentioned to him that the breeder had said that they might have one more then spay and I had told him not to be like that, they were lovely people and not just breeding for the money. Ugh. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I have ‘good’ friends who regularly have a litter for sale from the 3 ‘family pets’. They have horses too and basically sell the puppies to fund the horses.
It’s grim and has really made me view them differently.

Sorry you have been taken in by these but it is the reality for many bitches that they are money makers regardless of how much people insist they are breeding for good reasons.

Make dog breeding non-profitable. All breeders pay a flat fee of 7k (for example) which goes to dog charities and then just see how many still breed for the virtuous and ethical reasons when there is no money to be made.

I know someone who rescued an ex breeding bitch around 6 months ago. She was dumped at the rescue after getting to old to have any more litters. And honestly after meeting her I would never buy a puppy again or recommend anyone else does. She is a gorgeous dog but she trusts nobody, she doesn't even run and hide if anyone tries to pet her she just freezes and wees herself. She looks so haunted and afraid all the time, its obvious she's never known love she has just been used her whole life. And as much as people say (and I have had my dog from a pup so I've said it myself) that their dogs came from loving homes the reality is that you just can't know this for sure. Puppy farmers put on good fronts as you have found out and my friends dog is the collateral damage of what people are prepared to turn a blind eye to so they can get what they want. She will most likely never recover from what she went through, she suffers every day and has no life. That's the industry we prop up every time we buy a puppy and I include myself in that. Its heartbreaking.

Hi, regardless of the amount of litters, one or six, any person acting in a commercial nature of selling puppies or dogs will need a home visit to see if good practice is being followed and a licensed issued my their local authority. If you have concerns, contact the local council where the breeder is based to see if they have a licence, thanks