Westies from Wales???

[Rabbit24]

I'm looking to buy another Westie and there seem to be more than normal the amount of breeders in Wales. Does anyone know if this is a particularly bad area for puppy farming or is there a genuine reason for so many in that part of the UK?

[fivedogstofeed]

It's because of puppy farming, yes.

[Raphael34]

There’s a huge number of puppy farmers in Wales. Mostly of small breeds like westies. I lived near a rescue in west wales who used to specifically take in and rehabilitate ex breeding bitches to stop the puppy farmers dumping them. All around 3-4 years old, unsocialised, not house trained and couldn’t walk on a lead after spending their life in a cage. Puppy farmers are rife in rural areas where they can keep under the radar

[AvocadosBeforeMortgages]

Wales is full of puppy farmers, especially but not exclusively in West Wales

[spiderlight]

Yup, Carmarthenshire in particular is crawling with puppy farmers :(

[Walney]

We have a basset hound and I'm always seeing adverts for basset puppies in Carmarthenshire, it's very sad.