I am currently looking for a mini schnauzer. any one has any idea of a good breeder for mini schnauzer?

Done some search on lowyat for responsible breeders but I couldn't find many threads talking about this.
This one does however it is an old thread.
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1648058/all, and the thread starter talked about Linggene Kennel, http://www.linggenekennel.com/Index.html

They carry 3-4 breeds of puppies at one time, eg shih tzu, mini schnauzer, toy poodle....
and they seem to be okay.

But I am still new and will be searching the forum for as much information as possible that I need to know before buying a puppy, and of course how to choose a responsible breeder.

advice would be much appreciated. thanks

This post has been edited by jjjia: Oct 28 2012, 06:59 AM

Thanks for the reply cyanide, the info are really useful. I do agree that it is difficult to tell a responsible breeder from a backyard breeder (BYB).

If a person carries 3 different breeds, but the dogs are all in good shape and taken care of properly does that make him/her a responsible breeder for taking care the dogs properly? Or does it make the person a BYB because he/she is having too many dogs at the same time for commercial purposes? or does it all depends on how the person selects the dam and sire of the puppies?

After a couple days of search I find most of the sellers on petfinder with puppies for sales do not seem to be responsible breeders as they have a lot of puppies for sale all year round, which I will stay away from.

Another thing I am not clear about is the MKA certificate. What does it signify? I checked the registration form from MKA, it shows the name of the sire and dam. does it mean that there would be no inbreeding? What should I pay attention to when I ask for MKA certificate from the breeder? should I insist on getting the MKA cert when I bring the puppy home from the breeder? because there seem to be some buyers who were still waiting for the cert after a few months of getting the puppies and later found out that they got scammed

Sorry I have so many questions but I just want to make sure what is right and I do not want to support irresponsible breeder and pet mills.

This post has been edited by jjjia: Oct 29 2012, 05:36 AM