It helps greatly to hear from veterans who have been in the trenches in these pet store battles. There are so many fronts: educating consumers, promoting responsible ownership, shutting down the supply, helping the victims (Berner and human), ... It sounds a pet store packet on Berners might help. Problem is that the material I've seen (BMDCA info series, posters, etc.) is just perfect for people interested in responsible ownership but way too forthright for pet stores. IMHO a chain that sells mill puppies is not going to hand out realistic information to educate sales prospects about temperament, health challenges, longevity, etc. They want that cute little puppy sold way before it starts growing adult teeth and they sure don't want to promote any mature consideration. I'm pulling together some nice neutral information about the breed with references to BMDCA and similar links for more information and a contact phone number or email address for help with the inevitable problems. Now that Gelli is sleeping through the night and is house trained I'm finally getting around to designing his web site. It sounds like a link to a downloadable pet store packet might be just the thing to help out. Suggestions are welcome.
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