To wonder why on earth people still buy from puppy farms?

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Why oh why do people buy puppies from the likes of Kelly's Kennels and Douglas Hall Kennels?

This is where the poor puppies come from. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-32308177
Surely people know that you need to see the puppies mother before buying? Never mind the fact that these puppies won't be dna health tested.

It’s not a rule, just me saying if you can’t afford 1k for a well bred dog, realistically you can’t afford a dog and it’s a weird argument because
badly bred dogs are usually more to buy anyway.

There absolutely are people breeding KC registered dogs who are businesses making a living from it, there are puppy farms selling KC registered dogs in fact.

KC registration does not make a good breeder, it doesn’t mean a dog is well bred, it means nothing other than a dog is registered as being that breed.

@Coucous a well bred dog is one bred from health tested parents. (Specialist tests needed for different breeds.) From a carefully matched pair. (Not a couple of pets breeding indiscriminately.) From a bitch who isn’t being bred season after season. By a breeder who cares about animal welfare, chooses owners carefully and offers support and advice.

@nancydroo Some of us don’t have children or a long term relationship. Having a cat makes us feel someone loves us best. My cat leads a life better than some children.

The dna tests for a rough collie cost approx £200, then there's the hip score test for parents at approx £250 each. There's also the cost of rearing a litter and associated vet bills e.g. ultrasound, litter eye test etc. If breeders were to sell at the amount you suggest they would be making a loss.

A well bred dog is bred with purpose and care, by someone who cares about the health and welfare of their dogs and the puppies produced.

3 or 4 years ago you could easily get a well bred dog of lots of breeds for between £500 and £700, but, when everyone wanted a puppy during lockdown puppy farms ramped up production and prices... while good breeders held off their planned litters until they knew they’d be able to travel and access vets and stuff like that. Now they’re selling for more because they’re worried people will buy their puppies and sell them on for profit, or breed them for profit. So they’re more like 1-2k, which is still cheaper than badly bred puppies of the same breed.

People pay much more than that for dogs that are more likely to come with hugely expensive, heart breaking and life shortening health issues and more likely to come with behavioural issues that make them unsuitable as pets...

This explains why they are able to get away with it in the UK.

Lucy’s Law bans the third-party sale of puppies in England, Scotland and Wales it does not apply in Northern Ireland. This means that English businesses can register as pet shops with licences in Northern Ireland. This enables puppies to be transported to the UK using a loophole in the legislation.