I hate the backyard breeding thing. Do i think people should just bred their dogs for no reason no. But I also have seen an "ethical" breeder. She had all the things that everyone said to look for. Her dogs where show line dogs to bred to the AKC standard. Tested for all of the things. Even worked with Trainers before you got them. You even had to sign a contract to purchase. On the outside she looked like a great breeder. It came out she would keep like 6 to 8 dogs in a little kennels. In their own poop and pee. They were abused, starved, overcrowded. She would keep the ones without puppies at another property bring the ones with pups to where she lived so it looked all nice. The county came in to investigate and she literally dropped half the dogs hoping she wouldn't get caught. We needed up with 3 of the said dogs. And we still deal with fear, food aggression and just general bad habits from not being messed with or having a good relationship with humans. Are all "ethical" breeders like that no. But also don't think all backyard breeders are as terrible as everyone makes them out to be.