Irish Setters in pet store.... again!

[Krista Dennis]

Went in the shopping centre today and saw 2 Irish Setter puppies, apparently a breeder sold them and gave them papers etc!  And guess what? At the same pet store that Ruby was from!!!

 

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[Eunice Marott]

you are on the case and hope to get to the bottom of this.

[Carmel Stringfellow]

Hi Ricky,

I agree with you and do not patronise any shop that sells puppies. Luckily, where I live there is only one shop that does it now. I have just joined our local Kennel Club and we have all become Regisitered Breeders with our  local council so I will bring it up at the next meeting to see if we can put pressure on the local council to stop the practice altogether.

The Limited Register, in my opinion, is absolutely useless when it comes to puppy farmers. I also have Tibetan Spaniels, a small breed, and very popular with puppy mills. I am always worried letting any of my pups go....Irish or Tibbies. But early desexing also brings complications as someone I know in Sydney lost 3 puppies to early desexing.

Caught between a rock and a hard place!!!! You can't keep them all and unfortunately, the honest truth, is that once they leave your property, you have no control over what happens to them.

I have heard that some breeders withholding the papers until they have proof of desexing but that is against our Canine regulations. I offer a refund to my buyers when I have proof of desexing and that works fairly well. I know that Irish shouldn't be desexed...but perhaps advice and support over coat maintenance is better than pups in pet stores.

Cheers,

Carmel

[Peter Hennig]

I have written to Dogs NSW and given them as much info as I can in the hope that they may have some link to the breeder hoping that they are registered with the organisation if they are not registered there is little that can be done officially, as it is not against any laws in NSW