Important information when buying a new puppy or kitten

Please be wary of buying a pet from a puppy farm. It’ll be pretty obvious from the conditions if you walk into a puppy farm itself, but puppy farmers usually sell to dealers, who will sell the pups on, either through newspaper/website adverts or to pet shops - so you can’t always know if a puppy sold in either of these ways came from a puppy farm or not.

To help keep this website free from puppy farmers we insist that you read the following information and then contact us immediately if your think that someone who advertises on our website is realted to puppy farming in any way.

Remember:

* Puppy farms can be unlicensed or licensed and the puppies can be Kennel Club registered, so it is up to you to make checks on the breeding methods and conditions used.

* Always insist on seeing the puppies with their mother. If a ‘breeder’ offers to meet you with the puppy, perhaps in a car park or motorway service station, steer well clear as this is a practice commonly used by dealers.

* If you’re not happy about the living conditions, or the state of the animals, do not buy! If you believe that the dogs are suffering physically as a result of cruelty or neglect, contact the RSPCA and let your local council know. Please also contact us, here at Pets4Homes with as many details as possible, so that we can remove the person from our system so that they cannot advertise any more pets on our site.

* Don’t buy a puppy or kitten because you feel sorry for it or to ‘save it’ – you’ll only be making room for more puppies and kittens to be bred.