You know your a BYB breeder when.......

-because of your poor breeding practices you end up with a couple of pups that are an unacceptable color for the breed so you call them "rare" and charge twice as much!

you market the pups almost exclusively at the end of the Walmart parking lot

If the pups dont sell at a certain prices you continue to lower the price until they do sell. Hey at least you got some money out of it. 

You know you're a BYB when I come over and offer to rescue all your dogs..........lol

Some I have seen (in bold) and why I think they are BYB-worthy (in italics)...

• When someone asks for "health certificates" you show them a receipt for a puppy wellness vet exam (OFA? CERF? MDR1? vW?..)
  
• You let anyone who will simply pay a deposit "pick" a puppy (no interviews, screening buyers, helping match the pup...)
  
• You don't see anything wrong with releasing a 6.5 week old pup (illegal in some places, ruins socialization opportunities for the litter)
  
• You advertise pups as having solid temperaments because "the daddy is nice to everyone and the mommy doesn't let bad guys in the house" (no true tests of temperament like TT, SchH, other tests specific to the temperament and working ability of the specific breed)
• You markup prices based on color, like an all-black GSD or a "fox red" labrador (these two breeds have no preference for color, one is not any more rare or desirable than another)
  

someone asks you why you decided to breed your dogs and you give one of these replies:

1. So my kids could see the miracle of life

2. Because fluffy is the sweetest dog ever!

3. Decide?? I just couldn't afford to get him/her neutered/spayed....

If all the pups aren't sold and gone by 5 weeks, there's always the shelter!

Because you want to "make back your money" on your initial purchase. 

Your dog doesn't participate in anything but humping or birthing to make you money.

You can't even spell "whelping box".

"Healthy" pups means you bought some wormer at Walmart.

You think your dog has special qualities that need to be reproduced because it excels at agility, flyball or chasing frisbees.

 when you don't know where the puppies are, if they are safe and cared for,  or what they are doing after they leave your house at 6 - 8 weeks old.

I have to post some breed specific ones because ......well we all know pit bulls have some of the most ill educated breeders on earth, LOL

-you think blue or red nose is "rare" and a reason to charge more

-you advertise the dogs are going to grow 100lbs or more

-you advertise 'massive heads, short, low to the ground, stalky"

-you think merle is a cool new pit bull color

-you spell it pitbull-one word......without the American Terrier in the description

-I once saw American Pit Bull Mastiff-purebred

-UKC champion-no papers-$900

You breed your female because everyone in your family and friends circle want your dog so you give them her pups instead.

I say this because everyone I know has a fit over Kujo and wants her. Apparently she is the littlest Chihuahua they have ever saw, she weighs 2 lbs and can sit in the palm of your hand. So I should bred her and give everyone her puppies. NO THANKS!!! I will have to pass on that. 

AuroraLove

I have to post some breed specific ones because ......well we all know pit bulls have some of the most ill educated breeders on earth, LOL

GSD specific ones...

• You try to pass off a husky mix as a Panda Shepherd
• shepard, sheppard....need I say more?
• You think an all black is rare so you raise the price
• You specialize in "old world" GSDs (ie, fat dogs with sagging stomachs and plush coats)
• You think GSDs are closely related to wolves (GSDs are one of the newest breeds!)
• Potential buyers can't meet the puppies' parents because they will bite their hands off!
• You think the dogs have a great pedigree because "they go back to Horand!" (Horand was one of the original GSDs, lol, they ALL go back to Horand!)
• You are proud of the fact that your stud dog weighs 120lbs
  

AuroraLove

-I once saw American Pit Bull Mastiff-purebred

-UKC champion-no papers-$900

LOL! I feel your pain!

Last Sunday I saw an ad in our local paper.....

-"Great Bernese, Great Pyrenees/Berenese Maountian Dog Designer Dog, beautiful new breed, Champion lines, AKC reg. $1200 get yours before their gone"

[quoted directly (found it to make sure) spelling mistakes and all!]

You know yer a BYB when...

the cost of puppies helps cover the cost of the newspaper add

you give the buyers the collar and matching leash...for free 

you describe one of the parents as "a reel good huntin' dawg"

you ask for cash transactions and will "send you the papers later"

"Hip?  Oh yeah, her hips are great!"