[kjcmsw]

This is an off shoot of the posting regarding the billboard ("Bob") selling puppies. Which got me thinking... I'm sure he's probably disreputable, but that's neither here nor there for this question...what is the "proper" way to "advertise" you're selling puppies? If you sell puppies to someone, i.e., an exchange of money for something...you're in business whether you want to call it that or not (try telling the IRS you're not a business if you disagree), thus how does one go about letting someone know they have something to sell if not through advertising...be it a billboard or newspaper ad? Surely, no one invests a lot of money into Yorkies (or anything) with the intent to sell them and post birth sits and waits hoping someone will "notice" they have something to sell. I know in my area the newspaper is where you find out who has Yorkies to buy...but like all things advertised it's up to the buyer to make the right choice with all things considered. I heard some say those that advertise in the paper aren't respectable breeders...why is that? Who decided that the newspaper isn't an approved method of advertising?
For those that say they only breed to "improve the breed", the fact remains you sell the excess/those puppies that don't serve your purpose...be it for breeding more or showing...thus if that's one's purpose how is the method of announcing you have something to sell become an issue? This is a serious question, not meant to get people all twisted...excess puppies from even the most dedicated breeders become a commodity and without getting the word out of their availability the respectable breeder would be overrun and near puppymill-status.
~KC