The dog rescue and shelter places in Barbados seem to be full. So many dogs are being abandoned and rescued but still breeders keep on breeding puppies without finding homes for them before they breed.
Not all breeders are like that. There are responsible breeders who have a waiting list for their puppies and who do vet the potential homes before the sales.
On a list in social media today is this ad. Yes, the puppies look cute but then again, don’t all puppies look cute.
Why advertise puppies as guard dogs? Most of us should know they are not and they might never grow into guard dog personalities either.
An example of false advertising in Barbados
People who do not know dog breeds and dogs might actually be fooled by this misleading ad and buy one of these cute puppies expecting it to turn into a “great guard dog” and when it does not, it could end up at the Animal Control Centre or a shelter or even worse.
It is time people become more responsible with their marketing of puppies and dogs in Barbados.
I would prefer to see an ad where it states that the puppies’ sire and dam are great family pets and the puppies could have the potential to be great family pets also and maybe great guard dogs. In the event that the puppies never turn into great “guard dogs” as least then they were never marketed to be such!
