Hello. We purchased a westie back in 2004. Our first dog. We could not find a westie breeder in michigan (that we could afford)-that means less then $1500. We tried to go through rescue (like myself) but since we do not have a fenced in yard (sub rules say we can't w/o a pool) we could not adopt a westie w/o a fence! So we had to turn to a breeder. I was 17 years old at the time, and looked for about a year previous for a westie. I came accross BCK-it seemed good. We contacted them through phone, and asked tons of questions (how many times to you breed a female, are your dogs outside/inside/caged, are they tested for genetic soundness..etc..) I had actually bought a book from a web site on everything to ask a breeder. Well, ehen everything came down, and $850 later, we purchased a little 10 week old westie pup. Took him home..nothing wrong..and we have been lucky!! I feel terrible for people who have bought dogs from BCK-and things have gone wrong. I had actually just found all of this out about BCK this evening and can't beleive my eyes! I would never go to a pet store b/c of puppy mills..but i feel bad b/c we were a victum of what sound like backyard breeders. Please don''t attack me...im no breeder lover-i would honestly love to adopt a homeless dog, and thats where my next dog will come from. But, so far we have been lucky with our westie, came home fine, no sickness, no allergies...only a little IBS everynow and then, but thats when we go out for a walk and he gts very excited!
