Why give dogs away

I never thought we were speaking of giving away dogs out of the breeder's fear to cull. As I posted above, I am speaking of people who understand that trust and really knowing the person you are giving your pup to rather than giving a pup to someone because they answered your ad in the paper and have the $$$ is a smart choice. If anything I think the person selling to someone they don't know or trust devalues the breed more far more than someone giving a pup away to a trusted friend does...

Maybe I am wrong but to me farming out means you are temporarily placing the dog or you retain some sort of breeding rights, or the dog is going with a kennel partner a sale is a final transfer - I didn't consider farming out as part of this conversation.

 

I'm not talking about culling healthy pups and theres postings all-over this site about placing dogs giving dogs away etc and i don't believe for a second that all of the street dogs are the product of 50 dogs i think a lot are the result of people breeding registered dogs then finding out they couldn't sell them because a-lot of people that want these dogs won't pay top dollar or any dollar and they have more dogs than they can take care-of so they give them away .I have no problem with how many dogs someone has as long they takes care of them

 

Adivina:may-be farming-out wasn't the right term to use but if you trust some-one enough to give them a dog is that where your interest in that dog and them ends ?you no longer have no contact with them? you woudn't take the dog back if they were unable to care for it ?you woudn't get mad if they were breeding it to every cur they came in contact with? that might-not be considered farming out but having read some of your other postings and respecting them and while not noing you personally i think you would mind and probably try to get the dog back.I'm not talking about you and naustramous and some of the other frequent posters on this site which i respect but when i started this thread i was talking about the posts i'v seen with the cavalier attitude that i'll just give it away and to me just giving a-dog away with no expectations and no condition is-not-right.thats what i meant and i should have been a little clearr er and for that i'm sorry sometimes i post without clearly stating what i was trying to get at

 

I think maybe I didn't express myself right. I agree with what you are posting here exactly. And I certainly did not mean your interest in the dog ends, but more that the dog becomes the property of someone else where as farming is a more temporary situation with an expectation of return and not just saying you will take the dog back if they do something wrong/can't keep it, etc like you would if you were selling. I agree with you and I think we are just both reading each other wrong.

 

I get what you mean now. Sorry mate.

 

i have givin away 3 times as many pups as i have sold, i dont breed unless i wanting some for myself, i will not just give a pup to anyone, im sure i have placed pups in the wrong hands before by accident but i am pretty choosey about where my pups go, if i dont feel that u are not a good enough dogman to be honest with yourself and the dog i wouldnt offer u one, plus if u give me a pup and he turns out, well then we are both winners because i got a good dog for nothing and u have breeding rights or a free pup out of him or her coming your way if u want. if i buy that pup from u and he turns out then oh well, u can buy a pup from me if i want u to have one.its just a respect thing to me, everyone seems to think its all about money, JMHO.

 

whether giving them away or selling,the most important thing is the person doing the receiving of said pup.are they worthy/capable of having that pup,whether they have paid good money or not.