I'm sure that there are lots of breeders in the UK and in the US who keep the dogs who don't pass health testing, and dogs who are now retired from breeding. However, there are also a lot of breeders who place these dogs into pet homes so that they can make room for pups that they keep, or new lines that they bring in. When we decided to phone the breeders of the dogs in some of our pedigrees to ask what they knew about the hearts of these dogs, we found that many of them had been placed into pet homes as they had passed their breeding prime. They were helpful and gave us what information they could, but often hadn't seen the dogs for years. I know breeders who place dogs into good homes for a variety of reasons. They, like us, have limited space, limited energy and limited time and want to be able to let their dogs have a life of being the only child. It may sound unloving to some, but it is often the most loving thing you can do. I'm not sure why people would be criticized for doing it.
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