It is being shown in Scotland........
25 Feb 2009, 19:30 on BBC One (Scotland only)


and is on i-player.....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ht44f

The problem is Joe Public is not aware of what goes on in these places,not only in Wales, what needs to be done is to educate and do everything anyone can to achieve it. It also needs people to protest against the authorities that allow these thing to continue.

So if anyone was horrified by these things look at the community projects against puppy farmer and get involved - please!

Apart from at the end where they promoted rescue (which was great), I really felt they missed the opportunity to educate where and what to look for when buying a puppy. It's great they mentioned seeing mum with pups but what about the rest like condition of mum, health certs, how many breeds the "breeder" sells, how well the breeder knows the breed, contracts etc etc? I also thought they were a bit too jokey with a subject that really has no room for that.

Sorry to sound so negative. It's good this was put out at primetime and hopefully will make some people think twice.

I suppose every little bit helps. They got the message over that seeing mum with pups was important.I also think the stress on the ill health of the pups bought from these farmers was well done. I would however have liked even a bullet pointed run through of how to do it right....

I agree that there should have been more information about what to look for in a healthy pup. I felt that too much was made of the fact that only reputable breeders vaccinate so that was a way to check the health of the pup. IMO its more important to see the mum and littermates of the pups.

I also felt that the subject was taken too lightly, but to be fair its only a short programme and if it was too graphic people wouldnt have watched it. Lets hope that it generates as much comment as the programme about pedigree dogs did.

If you watch it on i-player or look at the link there is info......

http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/consum...arms_pic.shtml

A bit basic but better than nothing. Should've been mentioned bullet point style in the programme itself.