I pulled down an ad at the vet's office today ..

[IliamnasQuest]

.. I don't typically do things like that but it just made me see red. It was an ad on the bulletin board in the entry, where anyone can put things up. I tend to glance at them and this one caught my eye - in big letters across the top it said "BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY". It's a guy who wants someone to be a partner in a dog breeding "business".

He's got fox red pointing labs (yeah, I had to look them up too). The male is 14 months, and he's got 2 females ages 10 and 12 months.

Right on this paper he states: "pups sell between $800 and $1800. 2 Females will average 32 pups/year. (Annual income $25,600 - $57.600)"

Doesn't that sound like he intends to start breeding his bitches every single season? All that was listed was a phone number, but I did a search online and found where he'd placed this same ad online - and then was able to go back and find where he lists his dogs on his website. According to that, he's got puppies due in December - which means he probably bred one of those young females.

Of course, at the ages of all three of his dogs, there's no possibility for OFA's on hips and elbows and given his emphasis on making money I kind of doubt there's been any sort of health certification done at all. It's obvious he doesn't care nearly as much about the dogs as he does the money.

Ack. I know I'm preaching to the crowd here, but man oh man - it just makes me sick. I know he'll find someone to help him who will be equally driven by money. Those poor females are not going to have any quality of life.

Melanie and the gang in Alaska

 

[ACooper]

I don't blame you Mel........I have wanted to pull down far less offensive ads at the vet than that one

I have often wondered WHY the vet helps these folks sell their puppies, or at the very least allows them to post it in a place where people SHOULD feel confident about the information they receive

 

[vanillasugar]

that's disgusting. No wonder BYB's are so common, if you know nothing about the ethics of breeding it must just look like easy money

 

[Barb04]

I'd say that vet better start looking at what he lets people post on his board.

 

[gradyupmybutt]

OMG! How sickening!! I agree that the vet should be more aware of what's posted on their bulletin boards.

I have a habit of ripping down all fliers I see for "Puppies for sale". If I see a flier for "Free to good home". If it's a purebred I'll find a rescue that they might want to contact. It may not help any but it sure makes me feel like I've done something.

 

[lilprairiemutt]

I would have pulled it down too. Did you bring it up with the vet? I would have pointed out how irresponsible it is for a vet office to allow something like that to be posted on their board.

 

[smkie]

Maybe you should call him and tell him what will happen to his girls

 

[Buddy'sParents]

I would have done the same thing. Good for you.

 

[Zoom]

I've done the same thing many a time. There used to be a bulletin board at the dog park and every so often I would just go through and clean out the stupid ads like that or "My dog needs a boyfriend!" ones.

 

[SharkBait]

Ugh makes me see red too! Good for you for doing that though!

 

[bubbatd]

No vet should promote those . Ours only put up rescue need and lost dogs and cats .

 

[IliamnasQuest]

Not making excuses for the vet, but it did look like a new ad and the way it's set up, anyone could walk in and put up an ad on the bulletin board. Maybe they would have pulled it themselves if they'd seen it. I may still call them and tell them how objectionable I found the ad.

I've debated as to whether to contact this guy and ask him about health testing, or try to get across to him how bad it is to breed a bitch continually. I just look at that ad and think "this guy has already made up his mind that he's going to make a lot of money breeding dogs". I'd probably be beating my head against the wall after two seconds of talking to him.

I thought about writing an article for the local paper, however. With Christmas coming up and people considering the purchase of pups as gifts, it might be a good time to get an article in the paper about "buyer beware" and the necessity for health testing, what makes a good breeder, etc. One of the members of my dog club is an editor at the paper and they may consider a public service announcement kind of article if I wrote one. They've published training pieces I've written in the past.

An article like that would certainly work against this type of business and maybe open up more critical eyes. Maybe? Whatd'yathink? *L*

Melanie and the gang

 

[Paige]

I'd still call him and explain to him how he is a dolt.

 

[gradyupmybutt]

Melanie, I think it's a GREAT idea!!!

 

[Sadie'smama]

I'm glad you took the sign down. Those poor dogs. I also doubt he'll get that much a pup when no health checks were done on mom and dad. No creditentials, no health checks and no good pedigree. Hmmm, someone would be a fool to pay that much for a pup coming from those conditions. Hopefully he will fail bigtime at this.

 

[noludoru]

I think all three of your ideas are great. Talk to him, talk to your vet and DEFINITELY try tog et an article published--IMO that will go the farthest in helping people. Then cut out the article and post it in your vet's office.