They are the OP's animals...and he can do with them as he chooses, so long as it is legal. I respect his frankness with regards to his practice. I'm sure there are other breeders out there who do things with their animals that we would find distasteful or even abhorrent, but they wouldn't dare admit it so openly.
But the OP DID bring it up...and challenged folks to debate and discuss...and therefore, I feel perfectly free to make my feelings known about what I think of his practices.
The world is filled with back yard breeders and puppy mills and and greedy snake breeders....most of whom operate within the bounds of the law...even if just barely. That doesn't make what they do right. And just because some people do that doesn't mean the rest of us should throw up our hands and say, "Oh well...world sucks, so why bother trying to do the right thing with my own animals?"
So yeah...the guy can do whatever he wants with his animals. But you can be darned sure that he won't ever make a sale to me, or to just about anyone I know. All I can do is be responsible for my own animals....AND I can make responsible, educated choices about who I choose to give my money to.
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