When I sent a pup to Oz in joint ownership, their rules stipulate I have to be a member of theor NSW canine assoc to be a joint owner, and in turn that means I get their monthly mag. its like the KC gazzette and BRS all in one!!
I notice there is one guy, a mr DA Mc Dougal in the USA, who has bought 23 whole litters of many many breeds (23 different breeds in fact)!!!!! Im astouded and wonder where on earth they are all going to???

> Im astouded and wonder where on earth they are all going to???

probably small pens in which to have litters or to pet shops :( how horrible

If you google him it seems he is the buyer for a chain of pet shops in Hawaii.  Apparently he buys from Australia due to favourable quarantine rules. 

sorry sam off subject here but was it you who had to take one off your litter back the other week i was just wondering hows he was doing x

oh yes just found warnings about him on a forum!!! Apparently on the days he ships them out from sydney airport, its a distressing sight!! Im not surprised....he bought over 200 pups last month! :(

yes chelzeagirl it was me and hes really doing well and just runs as one of the pack now :) Now all I need to do is find him a great home before he gets too settled here and attached to his new friends.

No doubt these poor pups are destined for a life in a pet shop, then sold to anyone who comes along with the money, or a life in a small cage with litter after litter till they are to old or tired to have any more, then !!! Who knows what happens then??
Austrailia along with other places need to tighten up thier act..as do we in this country and many more who treat dogs and puppies like money making machines.
Aileen

PS did anyone see the programn about pig farming on TV last night? makes me shudder, never again will a packet of Richmond sausages pass my front door...british only!! (I very rarely bye anything not British but will be even more carefull now

We kept pigs as children and we rode them!! I could not watch the program we had them as pets and they are very intelligent its shocking a non sausage person here as well.