Pawrenting: Here are tips for choosing a responsible dog breeder
A hawker holds a puppy for sale along Peponi Road in Nairobi. Unethical dog breeders strictly keep dogs for the money and have no regard for their welfare or the health of the puppies they are selling.
When you see a post online, ask to visit the prospective seller and insist on seeing the puppies in person.
The physical site will always tell you if the breeder is legitimate.
If there is one thing that has gone out of control in the pet world, it is the rise of unethical dog breeders.
These breeders strictly keep dogs for the money and have no regard for their welfare or the health of the puppies they are selling. Most are amateurs, who mate two dogs, to bring extra income, and they have been kept in the trade by buyers who have no clue of the puppy mills they are funding.