How do you know what a 'reputable breeder' is?

That's a good website page - it explains the situation with puppy mills versus real breeders. I know, my aunt was a reputable breeder. It took her years to find the right dog and when she finally did breed (very few dogs) she did it with all the love and care and respect that a dog breeder should. I just have one more word: Pet stores get their dogs from puppy mills, and I'd really like it is people would cease purchasing dogs from pet stores. If we could put the mills out of business, we'd being doing a lot for the dogs.

The site is good. It explains the pitfalls very well. I breed dogs for 15 years. I am in a club, in the FCI (that is the world association) and in VDH (that is the German association). That means first class papers, showing dogs. Fancy stud dogs, at times worldwinners and it means health tests and inspections of the puppies by the club until the papers are issued. It means healthy parents, decent food, lots of TLC , worming and vaccinating. For me it also means not to breed often and keeping my personal dogs until they die. It means to see that no puppy from my kennel ever has to be in a shelter. It means to answer to every question a dog owner asks for the life time of that dog. But not everybody wants all this service.