As I said, I edited, with the OP's full consent, comment which could be harmful to specific dogs and also general chit chat which would muddy the water and detract from what turned out to be the OP's (and other poster's) main concern, which is spotting a puppy farmer.
If any of the posters on the original thread would like me to pm them what they said wrt "off topic" matters, such as shedding, buying a Poodle, links to a rescue, etc so that they can re-post those remarks I'm more than happy to provide them with an email of their verbatim remarks, taken from a copy and paste of the original thread and then they can do so.
I will NOT under any circumstances forward the links/info which could identify certain individuals and thus put dogs at risk.
Thank you Dita and Grimma, amongst others... I am passionate about dog welfare and I have on this occasion, as I always do, worked for the dog, not the owner nor the prospective owner and not for myself. I'm sorry that I cannot be more transparent than this. I apologise if I have offended any posters upon the original thread and will, as I've said, make efforts for them to put me straight on that and to repost their comments. I will not, although the OP here is clearly doubting my motives, jeopardise dogs lives.