Thinking of buying a puppy?

[lankeela]

Then please read this Kennel Club press release regarding 'trafficking' of puppies.

As they say, if every puppy buyer saw the puppy with its mother in the home in which it was bred, this practice would stop overnight.

Please don't buy from a puppy farmer.

[woofgang]

lankeela I absolutely agree....and if every breeder was SURE that they had homes for at least half the expected litter before breeding, there would be even less of a problem...
but there's no link on your post :-)

[lankeela]

And the winner of this week's 'spot the error' is woofgang!

http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/1925/23/5 /3

[garner]

It was also on This Morning television, the R.S.P.C.A were talking alot about it but in my opinion they do not put much force behind this terrible situation.I'ts been going on for too long.Apparently the largest input is from Ireland.g.

[lankeela]

But if the dealers and puppy farmers in this country did not have customers for them they would not have an outlet. Pet shops and puppy farms often buy whole litters from Ireland,
I know someone who worked at an airport and there was a crate containing fifteen Westie pups addressed to a well known puppy farmer in Norfolk. How on earth he knew which puppy was which or from which litter who can tell (that was before microchipping was commonplace). Breeders are not 'experts' just because they breed lots of dogs or have lots of different breeds. Choose a reputable breeder recommended by a breed club.