Public duped into buying 'farmed' dogs

RE: Public duped into buying 'farmed' dogs

Hannah Wynne Richards — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:57:01 GMT

No problem with people responding to adverts , as long as they use their brains-don't reply unless full name and adress of breeder given, only one litter advertised, breeder willing for potential owners to visit, see pups with mother, etc. The problem is many potential owners don't know which qestions need asking-that's how they are duped into supporting this vile industry-anything which increases awareness has to be a good thing

Wynne

RE: Public duped into buying 'farmed' dogs

Gillian Mostyn — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:15:42 GMT

I'm confused. People aren't supposed to buy pups advertised in newspapers, on the internet or suchlike. How are breeders supposed to advertise their pups???

As Vikki has said, the list of diseases are common to all pups - whatever their background.In fact I'd say that genetic diseases are probably more common in the pampered 'future show dog' puppies!

RE: Public duped into buying 'farmed' dogs

Vikki Halliday LLB — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:51:17 GMT

It's not a problem that is restricted to puppy farms, I had an 8 week old KC reg Springer in yesterday, from a reputable breeder, which had never been checked before, came in for diarrhoea treatment however has a grade 3 tricuspid murmur, which I suspect will need treatment soon as the pup is already failing to thrive. Some of the Kennel Club breeders are just as bad at breeding as the puppy farms!