Maybe I wasn't clear enough...

I meant *responsible* breeding

Ok there seems be a little confusion about my last piece, so I made a couple edits and added a note at the top to clarify some things. Here’s the note:

EDIT: This is intended to be a companion piece to my recent National Geographic story about small-scale breeders focused on health, who take responsibility for their puppies for life. I’ve tried to edit a little to make that more clear—I should have made a greater distinction. This is not at all an endorsement of puppy mills or other breeding operations that do not take health and welfare seriously.

I’m truly sorry if this was not clear in the original piece!