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Originally Posted by fannie

Just because they have the word Farm in their kennel name doesn't really mean anything. I know very reputible breeders that have it in their kennel name or on their dogs. For instance, Chuck and I have C&S Farms. Because we own a farm. My dogs are C&S Sweet... whatever their name is. When someone lives on a farm it is common to use the farm name. We're proud of it! (and no, it doesn't mean our dogs are livestock either)

I apologize. I shouldn't have been so general. Coming from KS I would have to actually see the 'farm' or 'kennel' to assure myself that it was okay. I tend to be very leery of puppies raised here in KS. We had a mill just a few miles from us and another byb about 8 miles from us who raise many different breeds of dogs although their kennels tend to be clean and well taken care of. This kennel sells to pet stores. The mill was horrible but it has just been shut down after several years of being in court. We have laws that have way too many loopholes in them. They even let their horses die. Their dogs ate the corpses of other dogs because they were so hungry. The filth was horrible beyond words. And would you believe that they showed some of their dogs that they deemed good enough. They claimed to raise show dogs. Being so close to something like this has even made me leery of people when they say they raise show dogs. May all these tortured doggies rest in peace. ~Joanne~