Backyard Breeding. We have the people on the left. Backyard breeding is the practice of mating dogs with very little planning, preparation, and care for the future progenies.
Those who become backyard breeders purely for the love of koi find the process very rewarding and some even manage to sell enough koi to break even. What separates backyard breeders and genuine, responsible breeders is the standards the breeder meets whilst caring for the dogs and litters. Puppy Mills, Commercial and Backyard Dog Breeders.
You can't just breed any two koi or you will end up with brown ugly mutts.
Backyard breeding is a term used to describe irresponsible breeding of animals.
What if instead of banning the breed, we ban the people who exploit them? Ligation is a form of desexing. Backyard breeders may appear to be the nice neighbor next door-in fact, even seemingly good-intentioned breeders may treat their breeding pairs as family pets. 'Backyard breeders' import commercially bred pups, skirting spirit of new law California's puppy-mill ban affects pet stores, but hobby breeders may be passing off "puppy mill" animals.