ABOUT BREEDERS
Big Brew Bulldogs is dedicated to educate about "Breeder Awareness". Please know where your money is going. Do not keep unethical Breeders in this business by buying puppies from them. It is important to know the differences between the different types of breeders: puppymills & brokers, backyard breeders, hobby breeders, and reputable breeders. For a healthy sound puppy of the highest quality, you should only buy from a reputable breeder.
PUPPY MILLS
Most Puppy mills are USDA licensed. There is no reason to be USDA licensed unless your a Puppy mill.
A puppy mill will create a litter of puppies for the sole purpose of making money. While these are typically thought of as large operations, the term puppy mill can apply to an individual as well. Puppy mills sell their puppies in pet stores, dog magazines, local newspapers, to brokers, and have recently found their way on to the Internet. Most puppy mills have more than 20 unsterilized females. Some puppy mill owners even have fancy web sites! Puppy mills raise their puppies in very poor conditions, that's why most of them are in states that have very few regulations, if any at all.
When you buy a puppy from a pet store or dog broker, you are keeping these puppy mills in business! You buy the little puppy from the pet store, because it's so cute and you feel sorry for it, and you don't have to see where it came from! Please stop and think about where that puppy came from. A kennel that houses hundreds of dogs in small cramped quarters, with no love and attention given to them, put there to mass produce puppies for profit. Those puppies are raised without proper socialization, care or love, and most likely in unsanitary conditions, from unhealthy breeding stock. The puppy mill owner sells his puppies for cheap, because the brokers and pet stores need to make a profit, so there isn't much money for the puppy mill owner to invest back into his breeding program, the more puppies he can pump out the more money he can make. Unfortunately now with the internet, some of these puppy mills have found they can make more money selling directly to the public.
Puppy mills produce puppies of the poorest quality in terms of temperament, ability, genetic soundness and physical conformation. Buyers Beware!
BROKERS
Brokers are people that buy puppies from puppy mills and re-sell them. Good breeders would never in a million years sell their puppies to be re-sold! Good breeders want to know every single person that buys their puppies. There are many brokers advertising on the internet! Buyers Beware!
BACKYARD BREEDERS
Like a puppy mill, in most cases a backyard breeder will produce puppies of poor quality. The difference between a puppy mill and a backyard breeder is that a backyard breeder is usually a nice person with good intentions. They create a litter of puppies because they think their dog is just wonderful, and that a litter of puppies would be so much fun for the kids! The backyard breeder will find a mate nearby and have a litter of puppies. Backyard breeders usually have no clue as to the standards for their breed. Most will want "Cash Only".
Buyers Beware!
HOBBY BREEDERS
The term Hobby Breeder or Hobby Kennel is used to make the perspective buyer believe they are a small kennel with just a few dogs and therefore not a "True Business". A hobby is collecting dolls, or trains, not selling dogs! In reality "hobby breeders" are simply a kennel without meeting the requirements of the law such as required inspections to ensure a clean, safe environment for the adult dogs and their puppies, ultimately your puppy. AND, a Hobby Breeder is quite simply skirting the law by not claiming the income of their sales.
They do NOT pay taxes!
Breeders will make excuses, like they are only private parties, or hobby breeders, or very small kennels, having only one or maybe two litters in a year, but did you know that many states require that even if you have only 1 litter a year, you still must have a breeding permit from animal control! And all the states that charge sales tax, also require a "Seller's Permit". The only animals that are exempt from sales tax are animals sold for food consumption "farm animals", not pets. To sell a pet and not to charge the buyer sales tax is a misdemeanor to a felony! Hobby Breeders will so often claim that they are not making a profit from breeding. Yet they have multiple females and males for breeding and have built kennels to house them.
Buyers Beware!
REPUTABLE BREEDERS
A Reputable Breeder creates a litter of puppies with a goal in mind: TO IMPROVE THE BREED. More often than not, the reputable breeders will keep the "pick of the litter" to add to his breeding program, if he succeeds in what he intended to produce. A Reputable Breeder is familiar with the standard set by the American Kennel Club for their breed (or breeds if they are combining).
A link to the AKC has been provided on our "Links" page, there you can view the standard for The French Bulldog.
In planning a litter a Reputable Breeder selects a mate that best complements his dog's strengths and weaknesses and particular attention is paid to avoiding genetic diseases.
A "Reputable Breeder" is in full compliance with the laws of their state, county, and city. A "Reputable Breeder" wants to do everything the right way. Each state, county, and city, have laws for breeding animals. A Reputable Breeder is proud to share that information with you. A "Reputable Breeder" pays taxes!
ONLY buy puppies from a Reputable Breeder!
"What's done in the light is done right!" by Pastor J. Laborg
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