breeders giving out wrong advise?

just had my sister on the phone,two days ago her husband went up to Surrey to pick her a 8 week old Cocker Spaniel pup(sorry i know its not a staffie)but im really cross at what she has been told .the pup came from a kc reg breeder who has been breeding for years.yesterday the pup had a runny bum so my sister phoned the breeder for advise,she mentioned to him about the pup crying at night,the breeder told her to come down stairs with a rolled up newspaper and smack it on the bum with it .im totally apalled by this advise,surely its not some thing a breeder should advise doing??

Omg that's shocking advise!!!
Laughable really but imagine how many people she's told that to, and all the pups who've had a newspaper bashing!!

That is horrible advise

it just goes to show there are breeders and there are breeders

im just going up for a visit in abit prob not a good idea as im going to get all broody over the new pup!,do you think she should report him for giving advise out like that?

I don't know if that would do any good really. I don't think breeders are required to have a license and very few people do any type of research before chosing a breeder. If there is an organization that you could report him to that would make an impact than I'd be all for it.

That is terrible and should be reported.

Its frightening the amount of people who think slapping a dog works to train it.

just got back from visiting them,poppy is adorable and i hate to say it but i think they been ripped off,i may be wrong and i really hope so.they showed me the papers they got and there is no mention of kc,she has a certificate that has the names of the sires and dames/grand parents ect,they were made to sign a contract to say they would have her chipped,would not breed from her,would get her spayed and would not show her!they were not shown the mother of the pups,and the pups were kept in a stable with a small window.they are so glad to have her i did'nt say what i thought,she still has a runny bum so are going to take her to the vets tomorrow for a check over,poor little girl

I think someone should go round a nd whack the breeder with a rolled up newspaper see how they like it

If the pup was kc reged they should have kennel club papers?? Perhaps they have sent them off already to get the pup re regostered in their name?

OMG i'm speechless

GRrrrrrrr, stupid , the man shouldnt be breeding, im sur the KC would be very intrested to know

Puppy farm come to mind, are check up with the vet would be good, then a phone call to KC

I don't think the contract (to chip, not to breed, whether or not to show and to spay if not showing) is all that unusual. And at least here in the US, we didn't get AKC papers for a few months--our breeder cautioned us that it takes a while. Not sure why they couldn't meet mom, that doesn't seem right.

I obviously don't agree with the newspaper part at least the puppy has a loving family now.

Dave wrote:I think someone should go round a nd whack the breeder with a rolled up newspaper see how they like it

or with a paper mached brick