Ideas In Wording A Notice To Byb's

[Boronia]

In the suburb I live in there is always ads on the jetty noticeboard for cute x-bred swf x2ⁿ fluffy pups (as well as staffy/mastiff/ridgie/cross-anything). There was a couple with a swf this morning discussing how they were going to breed her next season to the small black dog up the road, so they can make some money.

Can any DOLers direct me to a site that I could copy some relevant notice about pregnancy problems and advantages for desexing...not too long or detailed, that I can laminate and then pin to the noticeboard.

if it stops one byb'er it'll be worth it.

Edited August 9, 2013 by Boronia

[Pjrt]

I don't have a link but from experiencing this frequently in my salon, owners expressing they want a litter from Precious because everyone should have a Precious etc...... besides all the talk on costs etc the one fact I look directly at them square in the eye and ask 'would you cope if Precious was to die pre/post,during whelping due to complications?'. That one thing sends them reeling to the vet for desexing. I relate true stories of other owners who have lost their Precious and they can't change their minds fast enough. Of course if we are talking about people who want to breed multiple dogs for profit, this probably wont bother them, they will just get another dog.

[sparkycat]

You could also add some statistics about the number of pups/ dogs that don't find homes and so get PTS every year.

[persephone]

http://members.ncats...ur%20bitch.html

http://canine-truth.webs.com/breedingbackyardbreeding.htm

Edited August 10, 2013 by persephone

[Boronia]

http://members.ncats...ur%20bitch.html

http://canine-truth....ardbreeding.htm

Thanks Pers, that is the type of info I want I have now printed out a notice, hopefully it'll get through to some of them.

[persephone]

:)

[Little Gifts]

Good on you Boronia!

[tdierikx]

I don't have a link but from experiencing this frequently in my salon, owners expressing they want a litter from Precious because everyone should have a Precious etc...... besides all the talk on costs etc the one fact I look directly at them square in the eye and ask 'would you cope if Precious was to die pre/post,during whelping due to complications?'. That one thing sends them reeling to the vet for desexing. I relate true stories of other owners who have lost their Precious and they can't change their minds fast enough. Of course if we are talking about people who want to breed multiple dogs for profit, this probably wont bother them, they will just get another dog.

The bolded question has been used by me too... and it works really well... especially when you then reinforce it with how that can happen...

T.

[Boxbright]

When someone tells me they want to breed to make some money, I always tell them about the $2500 I had to come up with on the spot to pay for an emergency caesarian.