We have recently bought a puppy. We have been planning this for at least 2 years and I was very aware of puppy farming and determined not to support this disgusting trade.
I started looking for a puppy about a month ago, spoke to a few KC reg breeders and rejected a couple that I felt didn't seem quite right. I spoke to one breeder who seemed really good, she asked me lots of questions and insisted the whole family come to meet the pups. We went over and it was a domestic setting with the 2 pups that were remaining and their mum ( who was lovely) and children in the house and the pups seemed really well socialised. The breeder gave us a choice of the 2 left from a litter of 13 and we chose one.
We agreed that the pup shouldn't come to us until after Xmas/New Year to make the transition for him easier and I spoke to the breeder twice more on the phone before we went to collect. She has also gave me a list of suggested supplies/food etc.
When we went to collect the breeder seemed in a bit of a rush, she had her coat on. Mum wasn't there just our pup, breeder said mum had gone to stay with a relative so pup got used to her not being there. We got the kC papers along with a receipt, list of his likes and dislikes, a vaccination record and the breeder give him a big kiss and cuddle before handing him over. She texted me the evening after we collected him to ask if he had settled in too.
All good so far but yesterday I got out the KC reg papers to change ownership and pup is 9 days younger than we were told, this means that although he is over 8 weeks now he was just 6 weeks when we first met him so all of his siblings should still have been with him. Also, the breeders address is in South Wales, several hundred miles away from where we got him.
He's healthy and happy and will be getting vet checked today but I have a nasty feeling the house where we got him from was jus a front. I feel awful about it but I realise there isn't a lot I can do now.
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Have I bought a farmed puppy?
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Hoppinggreen · 04/01/2016 08:24
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