Puppy Mill Puppy?
A local store was advertising a long list of puppies for sale including a Berner puppy. I called and was told that the puppy was a male, 11 weeks old, AKC registered with no OFA or other certifications for a price of $1500. I asked where the puppy was bred and given the name Dick Lawson at 62781 E140, Miami OK. Does anyone know if Lawson is legit or a puppy miller? Is there anything I can do? Thanks Betsy Rich
Re: Puppy Mill Puppy?
First I will say that anyone who has their pups being offered for sale in a petstore is not legit regardless of whether he is a commercial breeder or not. Remember NO RESPONSIBLE BREEDER WILL SELL HIS PUPS VIA A BROKER OR PET STORE. Dick Lawson is a USDA breeder. As to what you can do you might ask the petstore if they will give the buyer information on Bernese Mountain Dogs. You might print out some of the info on your local regional club, the BMDCA and/or some of the info from the info series offered by the BMDCA on raising and caring for a Bernese Susan Ablon Gweebarra BMD Balch Springs, Tx http://www.pageweb.com/gwebara On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:32:51 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A local store was advertising a long list of puppies for sale including a Berner puppy. I called and was told that the puppy was a male, 11 weeks old, AKC registered with no OFA or other certifications for a price of $1500. I asked where the puppy was bred and given the name Dick Lawson at 62781 E140, Miami OK. Does anyone know if Lawson is legit or a puppy miller? Is there anything I can do? Thanks Betsy Rich
RE: Puppy Mill Puppy?
Betsy, I have a pamphlet that a nameless hard worker put together for me, it's intended to be given to a pet shop in hopes that they will give it to whoever buys a Berner puppy. It doesn't say anything at all about where puppies should be bought, but it is an attempt to reach out to new Berner owners to get them a bit of support so that they don't add to the rescue burden. If we can get them into a regional club or onto the Berner-L (and we WELCOME them with open arms!), then they'll have somewhere to turn for help when their adolescent isn't quite so cute jumping up on them. I can email it to you for you to print, it's a PDF file intended to be a tri-fold with space on the back side for a local area contact. It's a start! Pat Long ( Luther) Berwyn PA
