It is such a minefield. I know a lady whose daughter bred her spaniel. As far as she was concerned, she had found fantastic homes for all the pups and one went to a "friend" who lived on a nearby farm.
A few months later, the daughter was asked to pop in and feed the dogs, chickens, ducks etc on the farm as the owners went away for a long weekend. She turned up to feed them and found a couple of dogs, but not the puppy she had bred and sold to them.
She fed the other animals and decided to have a little look round the out buildings.
Thank heavens she did - in one of the buildings, she found "her" home bred pup, all by itself, filthy dirty, no fresh water and laying in straw. The pup was naturally delighted to see her and also to be let out.
She took the pup home with her. Went back the next couple of days to feed the rest of the animals.
The worst thing was that when the "owners" returned, it was over a week before they actually asked her if she had seen the cocker pup. Which made her think they maybe hadn't even been out to the shed to see the poor pup.
Needless to say, she had very strong words with them and has kept the pup - who although now well fed, loved and healthy not surprisingly has terrible separation anxiety.
Words fail me that someone she knew could do this to a puppy. What would have happened to that poor baby if she hadn't saved him?
That is what worries me about anyone who thinks of breeding. With the best will in the world, you cannot be 100% certain about the new life you send your puppies to. We often wonder what happened to the litter mates of our dogs. Who knows where they all ended up? Are they happy? Healthy? Still in their original homes? Who knows?
I just couldn't let puppies go so could never, ever breed (even if I had a bitch! LOL)