Scott, Just to clarify a few things. There are many breeders in Lancaster County. Some of them are wonderful breeders, we have some excellent Berner breeders who are located there.
There are also a large number of backyard breeding operations, where profit may or may not be the prime motivation, but the breeder generally knows little or nothing about the health or temperament issues in the breed, dogs are sold to willing buyers with no efforts to track or support those dogs after they are sold. Then there are the many puppymills of Lancaster County, estimated to be about 200 of them. You won't see them from the road, but they deal in multiple breeds generally, and have the dogs maintained in crates or small pens. They sell to pet stores, they sell through the newspapers, and you'll sometimes see signs at the road that list the breeds they have available. Don't assume that just because someone lives in Lancaster and breeds dogs that they are a puppy miller! It's what makes life so very interesting sometimes. Pat Long (& Luther) Berwyn PA ________________________________________________________________________________ Check any e-mail over the Web for free at MailBreeze (http://www.mailbreeze.com)
