Legality on Guardian Ownership
So I have a question about my friend's dog breeding business in Iowa. For context they started this business less than 2 years ago.
Basically they are having this program where you get to own the dog but then you have to bring them back to let them use them for breeding and then when they are done using the dog for breeding they would get them spay/neutered. Also no breeding outside of this program. Which, I wouldn't question this if someone willingly signed a contract to do this when getting a dog.
But my question is, is this "Guardian Ownership" program common with dog breeders? To me, it seems that it is just a way to cheat the system and put all of the regular cost of business onto your customer without them really getting any benefits from this program to begin with.
For clarity, I'm not a dog breeder, rather just a concerned friend of the person who runs this business. I firmly believe that if you want to be a dog breeder you should do it with responsibility and have some standards.
It's not really a big deal like the animals being mistreated or anything like that. To me, this seemed like such a weird way to run a breeder business.