Hi Everyone There is a major problem in BC (Canada) with people advertising X > >bred and unregistered Bernese puppies in the newspaper, most of them are > >from the Lower Mainland and Interior of BC. There has been a dozen ads in > >the last few months, from $450 to $2000, none have done any health testing > >or clearances and all are giving out false information about their dogs and > >the breed. Some have had "accidental" breedings most have done the breeding on > >purpose, every six months they are back in > >the paper again. All of these > >people have one thing in common, their only concern is to make as much > >money as they can from the sale > >of the puppies. There was one woman even brokering dogs in BC, I think we > >have convinced her to stay away from Bernese, time will tell on that one. > >I do not know where all the dogs are coming from, I do know a few have > >imported their dogs from Switzerland, (we are trying to get the pedigrees of > >the dogs and send them to the Swiss club), some have come from Ontario as > >well as Washington. > >Please feel free to contact us if you are planning to sell a puppy in our > >area (Vancouver Island) we are happy > >to check things out for you. The really scary thing is that in the next > >while all of the offspring could be out there breeding as well. > >We have contacted the Canadian National Club, they have put a couple counter ads in > >the paper but they are not able to put it under pets for sale so I am not > >sure how much feed back they are getting from the ads. > >We are going to be running some ads in the paper with an email information > >contact that will automatically send out information about the breed and why > >you should buy from a "reputable" breeder, why you should not buy unregistered > >puppies. I am looking for some good information and articles to include in > >the email for education purposes, > >if anyone has anything you think might help and you don't mind if we use > >part or all of it please send it to us > >right away. I don't want to put our email address or phone number in the > >paper, as it is we get too many calls inquiring about the breed and puppies > >as it is, this is to help educate people about our breed and what is a responsible breeder only. We are > >going to keep track of how many emails and inquiries we get from these ads. > >Look forward to hearing back from anyone with some ideas for us. > >Madeline and Geoff > > > >Swisskiss Bernese Mountain Dogs > >'Loyal Loving Companions' > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://www.swisskiss-bmd.com > >Don't Breed If You Don't Rescue! > >
