Would it be wrong to breed my dog if iI find homes for all the pups?

My one dog having pups won't impact the shelter dogs if I find homes, right?If you don't agree please explain why.Ah, Bonnie, please do explain why this dog of mine should not be bred. You know, info to be read...

No

I don't agree. Let's say you lined up 5 homes for them. There is 5 people that might have instead chosen to adopt. You just took 5 potential homes of people wanting a dog off the market.

before i breed my bulldogs i get people lined up and offer a return if they can not keep the pups. that way they wont be dumped off or in the pound do to moving or loss of job.

YES! You are producing more low quality dogs, and are breeding for absolutely no purpose, you are now considered a backyard breeder, CONGRATS. You are still taking away homes for hundreds of shelter dogs and are not even giving them a chance for adoption.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0Ke4ebQREwADD~ I just saw your account too, you got me! I guess I just get heated about the subject(;

Shannah is spot on! I know for a fact you'd never breed your dog though:)

Yes. I believe it would be wrong. Even if you found homes for them, you would be taking away chances for the dogs in the shelters.

Your dog having "just one litter" can snowball pretty fast - say that you responsibly wait until she is two years old ans she has "just one litter" of average size (6 pups). Now let each of them have "just one litter" and so for a few generations, we'll even assume that each pup is only involved in ONE litter and that each owner is as responsible as you are to wait until the dogs are two years old... the math works out so that by the time your dog is 12, there will be almost 10,000 descendants running around! Even if you find GREAT homes for all of your pups, do you think that 10,000 pups will find great homes? The numbers say that about half of these dogs will spend some time in a shelter, and about half of those will die there. Your "just one litter" very realistically means 2,500 dogs that die alone and terrified by lethal injection or are gassed to death. And that's only in your dog's lifetime, the numbers get worse as the years pass on.The question you need to ask yourself is WHY do I want to breed? Most of the reasons/goals that pet owners have actually won't be reached by breeding - the "miracle of life" to show your children can get pretty graphic and mom kills and eats a sickly puppy, the pup you kept to be "just like your dog" will probably be nothing like her because you didn't do pedigree research and pick a stud that would compliment her pedigree, making money is a pipe dream - many people LOSE thousands when they underestimate the costs, buyers fall through or demand reduced rates, or there is an emergency medical problem, and your dog has NO NEED to breed to be "fulfilled" or anything of the sort - dogs are wired to love being with US not to be obsessed with carrying on their own genes!A REPUTABLE breeder has invested years of research into their breeding program - they know pedigrees, health concerns, genetic and environment influences on temperaments, and much more. These breeders ONLY breed a dog when the pups have a very, very high chance of being very, very healthy, temperamentally sound, structurally sound, and ideally suited to fill a certain role - the ones that are almost-but-not-quite perfect go into pet homes where they are exceptional pets, and the others becoming working dogs and competition dogs. In contrast, the dogs produced by breeding two pet dogs may make OK pets, but since the "breeder" hasn't invested that time (much of it spent in formal testing and showing to get outside expert opinions) the tendency is to get dogs that are really no more suited for anything - even being pets - than any of thousands of dogs in shelters and rescues. Thus, anyone getting a "just pet" puppy from "just pet" parents could be saving a life instead.We ALL think our dog is "the best" but until someone with a lot more experience (dog show judges, trained temperament testers, vet specialists analyzing health test results) agrees with you, then you probably just have a great pet who should be enjoyed as a great pet and not put at risk through a pregnancy that will probably not produce anything all that amazing.

Good job we know you..however for those that don't and think it would be right then 4her4life's answer gives a good reason. I like this link as a reference..http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/breeding.htmljust to add to anyone that does think like OP's question... why does everyone think that it won't be THEIR pups that end up in rescue... lol.. yeah right... it is exactly their pups that end up in rescue.