But thereās a LOT of people who donāt care about doing dog sports or conformation shows or any of that and just want a good family companion. There needs to be breeders breeding those.
Yes, but there can't be a breeder ethically breeding dogs as simply companions. Not every dog out of a show litter is going to make the cut (most won't) those go to pet homes. Same thing, not every herding dog will be good at herding