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Colorado Mountain Dog
REGISTRY BYLAWS

Section 5. …
c. The CMDR reserves the right to refuse its services to breeders of many breeds of dogs, or breeders who raise many puppies (puppy mills), or work in an excessive number of partnerships (puppy mills). We expect active genetic goals and involvement in the development and improvement of the breed.

Large Scale Puppy Production
Any breed destined to relate to people needs personal attention from the person who raises them. This not only affects the dog, but it affects the lines of the dog.

The bylaws regarding animal production are so the registry can deem that a situation is not heathy for the animals or the breed, in an attempt to screen out mill breeders, or educate and improve their situation. Having a lot of animals doesn't mean a person is a mill breeder. Having multiple breeds (only a few), doesn’t mean a person is a bad breeder. Mill breeding happens, either with one breed or many, when the volume of puppy production begins to compromise the quality of the genetic selection, the love and socialization (which is very much a part of the genetics), and the care of the animals.

Whether a person raises one breed or multiple animal breeds, if the destiny of the animal involves people, personal time needs to be spent with the animals, and even working with partners means you don't personally experience the animals. So even this way of working should be limited, and include trusted relationships.
Doing genetics takes a lot of physical space. That is why in general, most legitimate breeders who are doing a good job with genetics, have few breeds they are working on. This refers to breeds of dogs and breeds of livestock. This is a situation created by genetic facts.

Although our bylaws are a relatively new draft, our policy regarding large scale puppy producing has always been the same. It is something we've always educated about. This is in protection of the CMDR Colorado Mountain Dog breed, the work of its clients who are legitimate breeders, and also in protection of the quality of life each dog has.

A breed like the Colorado Mountain Dog is a target for mill breeders, or people wanting to use animals to make money, without taking genetics into account. Solid breeders may have a few breeds of dogs, or a few breeds of goats, or a few breeds of sheep… but there is a limit to the genetic quality of a program when animal production gets out of hand either by a multiplicity of breeds, or by overproduction of one breed.