MMM - you don't know about puppy farms???
Hmmm..... ok a puppy farm: A place where someone has lots of outbuildings/barns/dog cages/pens/whatever they can cobble together.... then they get several bitches of several breeds & usually one dog & mate the bitches as often as they possibly can, pushing hoards of pups into the dog world.
They usually don't have much of a worry about the dogs health & welfare - if a dog gets poorly, well they will replace it soon enough, no need for vet bills. They have no regard to the genetic problems of the breeds, as long as the dogs are mating & pushing out litters, that's all they're worried about.
Some puppy farmers give the buyer the relevant 'paperwork'... on closer inspection, the buyer will find it's not actually affilliated to the official kennel club.
The pups are sold in high quantities & at a cheap price to get them gone....
Ireland is probably one of the worst countries for its high levels of puppy farms all over the place & has a disgusting reputation for dog welfare.
On one of our online advertising sites, you can see scores of photos of cute young puppies.... funny how the same backgrounds, or sofa, or baskets are used in these photos & will indicate a puppy farm.
They sometimes use the same phone number as well, but nowadays they will have separate mobiles for the different breeds.
Anyway, the 2 boys that we are getting are brothers from a puppy farm & past their sell-by at the age of 4!
They are coming to stay with us to see if they fit in with us - it's very hard to rehome pairs of dogs, but they are a bit bewildered at the moment, because they know nothing about living in a home with 'humans'!!
If they are ok with us and us with them, then can regard this as their forever home & can hopefully have a happy and normal home life at last.
Fingers crossed!
on here soon!!
(thanks)
