#responsible breeding ethics

[emzdollzragdollsandscottishfolds]

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Emzdollz Ragdolls & Scottish Folds, based in Brisbane, Queensland, specializes in breeding high-quality Ragdoll and Scottish Fold cats and kittens with outstanding personalities and temperaments. The business focuses on health, temperament, and adhering to breed standards. As a registered breeder, Emzdollz ensures all cats are DNA tested and vet certified, providing a comprehensive approach to animal welfare and customer satisfaction.

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[darkwood-sleddog]

“Ethical breeders have too many expectations placed on them for anybody to want to do it.” *proceeds to explain how expectations should be lowered.

How about no.

[wolvebonez]

theres no ethical way to own exotic pets btw 👍👍

[ibizan-hound]

adopt or shop responsibly

for this, any breeding I talk about is ethical breeding and leaving out BYB dogs - that's a topic for a different day

breeding dogs preserves ancient breeds and improves new ones

breeding gives us reliable working dogs, don't expect a shelter dog to do good work

most dogs that come from shelters will be mixed and when your mixing breeds, your mixing temperaments and not everyone wants that

ethical breeders have contracts saying if the dog is unwanted or it doesn't work out that you need to bring the dog back, an ethical breeder will always take the dog back and do not contribute to shelter population

[falinscloaca]

my sympathy for vegans getting a flood of “DEBATE MEEEE” comments versus my frustration that their explanations and reasoning for vegan-ness still being fucking shit

[apotelesmaa]

I hate selective breeding for cute quirky features in pets I hate it so much. I cannot fathom how unbelievably selfish you have to be to place breed standards and having a unique cute pet over the well-being of an animal you chose to be responsible for. “It’s fine if my pet suffers because I think it looks cute” just say you wanted an accessory instead of a pet.

[dirtbag-linecook-kyloren]

Okay it was quite an hour so this is an end to poodle period

With a reminder that doodles are unethically bred nightmares and if you paid multiple thousands of dollars for one ur a nightmare and I STAND BY THAT BESTIES ❤️

[lilypucks]

favorite cat breed and/or pattern/color?

CALICO CATS!!! definitely calicos they r my dearly beloved

and then as far as cat breeds go i'm a fan of ragdolls, abyssinians, and turkish angoras that's as far as i'm able to narrow it down </3

[missbaphomet]

Not to mention that dogs rescued from puppy mills are generally going to be difficult cases. These are dogs that have been mistreated and traumatized for their entire lives and being forced to have litter after litter until they physically can't anymore. They are significantly more likely to have behavioral issues or exhibit undesirable behaviors because of their trauma and lack of socialization. These dogs are not appealing to private shelters because of this. Kill shelters give them the best possible chance of recovery and finding a happy home, and even if they can't find that, they are humanely put down instead of being left to fend for themselves until they die

I think this is super important to remember.

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[two-calicos-in-a-trenchcoat]

Man distracting a dog from the thing theyre barking at works so much better than yelling at them for barking

Who woulda fuckin guessed /s

[felinefractious]

hi, you say you put links relating to health issues common with certain breeds, why do Persians, Exotic & British Shorthairs, other flat-faced breeds not have one? maybe I'm wrong but I thought they're pretty well known to have breathing and oral problems? /genq

There are different grades of brachycephaly and moderate - severe is generally where we see significant issues.

An appropriately bred British Shorthair (and similar breeds) shouldn’t present with a degree worse than mild… although unfortunately there are breeders who breed for extremes or overlook them in pursuit of a different desireable trait (looking at you dominant blue eye).

But the reason I don’t include a link to relevant cats is because I didn’t feel comfortable deciding where the line was for me to include a link.

This British Shorthair [source] has a nice muzzle length and well-balanced features. I wouldn’t say it’s much more severe than this Ragdoll [source].

Or what about breeds that aren’t brachycephalic per their standard, like the Devon Rex [source] but some breeders [source] are selecting for that extreme type anyways?

With the other breeds the issue is universally relevant, there is no room for me to make a decision on which individuals to mention it om and which deserve a pass.

Brachycephaly is horrible and those who breed these sickly cats are rotten but it’s an issue that can be worked out with ethical breeding. We can breed for longer muzzles and retain other breed traits.

The same can’t be said for the sebaceous cysts in Lykoi which are directly due to the abnormal formation of their skin responsible for the signature werewolf look. The same can’t be said for the Scottish Fold whose folded ears are exclusively caused by defective, weakened cartilage that effects their entire body not just the ears.

[kedreeva]

I saw tags just now that stated the user doesn't trust people who buys bred cats and dogs, with the implication being, I have to assume, that any (purebred) cat or dog that was bred is owned by someone that has done wrong specifically by sourcing their animal from a breeder (as opposed to a rescue).

Friend, this is not the case at all. Reasonably bred cats and dogs from pure breeds are not the problem. Mill breeders and "backyard" breeders that slap together any two animals to make a profit with no regard for the health of the animal are the problem. People not fixing their pets or not properly containing them during heats are the problem. People who perpetuate unhealthy mutations (like the Scottish fold, like brachycephalic animals) are the problem.

Responsible breeders producing reasonable numbers of healthy, well-bred animals from quality stock are not the ones filling shelters or putting strays on the streets. A person who researched their breeder and engaged in a responsible pet purchase of an ethical breed from an ethical breeder rather than an unknown animal from a mill, backyard breeder, or even rescue (which often are full of offloads from the other two) is not untrustworthy for this act.

In fact, they're doing it exactly right.

[theygender]

I feel like these tags are an important addition

There's a lot of dumb ass animal cruelty takes in general but my favorite is the people who think you need to force sled dogs to pull.

Have you ever walked a dog before in your entire life? They love to pull. They're the pullingest damn things you ever saw. They'll merrily rip your rotator cuff in half like a phone book for the chance to stick their own face into a pile of old feces. They'll drag you down the road while you go through all 5 stages of grief trying to make them stop.

There are hundreds of products on the market promising to get ordinary non sled dogs to stop pulling their hapless owners down the road and spilling their iced coffees. People have gone so far as to use electric collars to try and zap sense into their poor stupid labradoodle that wants nothing more but to suicidally pull itself and everyone it loves into the snarling maw of the nearest leash reactive pit bull.

A dog that's allowed to pull, nay, encouraged to pull, is probably the most self actualized animal on the planet right after seagulls that live somewhere with food stands outdoors.

[doberbutts]

Do you think it is possible for cross-breed dogs to be produced ethically? I have heard that mixes are unethical as the temperament and structure of the offspring are unpredictable.

I don't think it's impossible to create crossbreed dogs ethically or responsibly. I think that it is very difficult to do with today's purebred politics, and I think that the significant majority of people producing mixed breeds are not doing so responsibly (similarly, I think the same of purebreds 🤷‍♂️)

There's a bunch of mixed breed projects that I'm somewhat interested in. Unfortunately, the sports I'm most interested in don't play nicely with dogs that aren't purebred, so I continue to have purebred dogs.