We’ve been campaigning against this for years. I’m only surprised that it seems so unknown to so many people still. The worst thing they ever did was getting rid of the six months quarantine for all dogs arriving in this country, a high price to pay for pet passports so people can take their pet abroad on holiday.
The craziness of the lockdown puppy madness has just made it so much worse, one of the main reasons genuine breeder/ exhibitors have refused to start litters during it. Or if they do, to maintain their breeding line, will only sell to others in the same breed or people who have had previously had a puppy from them & refuse to charge the inflated, ludicrous prices. If you sell a puppy at your normal price to anyone else you know there is a huge risk it will be sold on at a higher price & you’ll have no knowledge of where it ends up.
Some of these puppy farmers are very devious. Paying people to pretend they own the bitch & puppies so buyers can come to see them “ in their own home” so that’s no guarantee.
The safest way, as we’re always saying is to go through the breed club secretaries to find long time members & exhibitors & go on their waiting lists.