Buying A Puppy From A Pet Shop

[Gayle.]

When I was a kid, my family managed to find our rare Irish terrier breeds without the Internet. I just rang my Mum and our irish terriers were advertised by the breeder in the Geelong Advertiser; our kerry blue was advertised in The Age or Herald-Sun. Both advertised as litters.

When I was a kid, this is how my parents bought our Old English Sheepdog.....the litter was advertised in our local paper, the breeder was in our town. But I never see VCA registered breeders advertising there now. Lots of Malti-shits, loads of staffies, labs, JRT's and an abundance of crosses, but very rarely anything with a registered pedigree. Same in the Herald Sun......mostly pet shops advertising their current stock.