Why Is It So Wrong To Make Money Breeding Dogs?

For some reason or other, which totally eludes me, there are still breeders who see making money on selling puppies and dogs, as unacceptable, as taboo, as something dirty and nasty.

I don't get it.

Why is it so wrong for purebred dog breeders to make money on the product they produce?

Is it a fear that you may be branded as a Puppy Farmer?

Is it a case of those who treat it as a hobby and quite possibly have to give up something which they really do not want to give up, to be able to continue to breed?

Is it a case of sour grapes towards those breeders who are successfully running a breeding business, exporting dogs to other breeders, winning in the show ring, gaining titles . . .

I believe the answer will elude me for some time to come.

See I don't get it. I mean why are hobby breeders so pissed at the Puppy Farmers?

The two are totally different;

Dictionary.com offers the following definition for 'HOBBY'

1. an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
2. a child's hobbyhorse.
3. Archaic. a small horse. —Idiom
4. ride a hobby, to concern oneself excessively with a favorite notion or activity. Also, ride a hobbyhorse.
   

Dictionary.com offers the following definition for 'BUSINESS'

1. an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
2. the purchase and sale of goods in an attempt to make a profit.
3. a person, partnership, or corporation engaged in commerce, manufacturing, or a service; profit-seeking enterprise or concern.
4. volume of trade; patronage: Most of the store's business comes from local families.
5. a building or site where commercial work is carried on, as a factory, store, or office; place of work: His business is on the corner of Broadway and Elm Street.
6. that with which a person is principally and seriously concerned: Words are a writer's business.
7. something with which a person is rightfully concerned: What they are doing is none of my business.
8. affair; project: We were exasperated by the whole business.
9. an assignment or task; chore: It's your business to wash the dishes now.
10. Also called piece of business, stage business. Theater. a movement or gesture, esp. a minor one, used by an actor to give expressiveness, drama, detail, etc., to a scene or to help portray a character.
11. excrement: used as a euphemism. –adjective
12. of, noting, or pertaining to business, its organization, or its procedures.
13. containing, suitable for, or welcoming business or commerce: New York is a good business town. —Idioms
14. business is business, profit has precedence over personal considerations: He is reluctant to fire his friend, but business is business.
15. do one's business, (usually of an animal or child) to defecate or urinate: housebreaking a puppy to do his business outdoors.
16. get down to business, to apply oneself to serious matters; concentrate on work: They finally got down to business and signed the contract.
17. give someone the business, Informal.
18. have no business, to have no right: You have no business coming into this house.
19. mean business, to propose to take action or be serious in intent; be in earnest: By the fire in his eye we knew that he meant business.
20. mind one's own business, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others: When he inquired about the noise coming from the neighbor's apartment, he was told to mind his own business.
    

So I have to ask again, why are 'Hobby' breeders so pissed at the 'Business' breeders?

Why can't a dedicated and responsible breeder also breed for profit?

One day perhaps the purebred dog world will come to terms with the fact that if it wants the cake AND eat it too, it's going to have to play on the same playing field and influence changing the rules so the purebred dog wins, until then quit whining!
smile-wailful