[capt_noonie]

Thank you all that have shared your stories. We all need to be more aware of the situation nowadays. I didn't know about brokers before YT and still don't know too much about them.

Who knows Uni could have been from one of those places as well. I got her from a small byb who I thought at the time was a hobby breeder. The mom was not on site, so who knows if she in fact even was the breeder. In fact, the pups were at this lady's place of work! (her company manufactures and imports dog stuff, strollers, beds, clothes, etc) I thought it was weird, but just saw cute puppies and forgot it all. She just showed us a pic of the mom who she said was at her home. Even BIL who was there with us laughed and said, that's just a pic from the internet. And to top it off, BIL knew about some breeders not releasing papers until the dogs were altered. Little did I know those are the good breeders. This particular person did not. But her papers are worthless anyway, I just didn't know it. Thank goodness that Uni does not have a long list of problems like many pups I have read about. So far the worst thing she has is LP, and I'm hoping that's it. Many times these dogs' genetic problems are just ticking timebombs waiting to go off, and the first few years in the clear does not mean all the rest is smooth sailing.