Registered Breeder

It is illegal to breed dogs in your suburban back yard in most States in Australia unless you are a registered Canine Council member and are show dogs. Only two dogs per household are allowed in suburban back yards in Australia.

These dogs are required to be registered with their local Council and microchipped and in some Shires, desexed. Most are household pets, but some are used for breeding to supplement incomes. The product of these matings is sold to the public with little or no information, no health guarantee and no legal obligation to the buyer to support the financial costs if the pup becomes ill or dies. Regardless of the experience of the backyard breeder, they ignore the fact that they are breaking the Law.

Buying a "cheap" pup does not mean you are saving money but rather taking a gamble that your money will not be lost on the chance the pup could have a fatal illness or grows up with temperament issue inherited by bad breeding forcing you to have it put down or worse, attacking someone. You won't be compensated or have any legal standing toward reimbursement.

The old saying "Buyer Beware" is very significant when it comes to backyard breeders.

Other people who have more than two dogs or up to 5 dogs are also considered backyard breeders whether they live in towns or out in the country, because they do not have to obtain a licence to have a breeding establishment if the number of dogs they have does not exceed five. You would still face the same dilemma with buying a pup from them without any safeguards. Even a verbal or written guarantee is not binding if the seller is not a registered business.

Back yard breeders are not as easy a target for radical animal welfare extremists as we are because they fly under the radar so to speak and have the idea that they know all about animal husbandry and can breed dogs in their back room or garage, go off to work for up to 10 hours a day leaving the mother of the pups home alone with the risk of illness or death during labour and not being able to recognise any problems in the puppies health wise, then hand it over to some poor person who wants a pet for their family without any information, no health guarantee, not vaccinated or declare any income to the Taxation department/Centerlink from the proceeds or have a legal business registration. These are the people you should be avoiding for the purchase of your next pet.
We've all heard of the horrific mauling and deaths of children and adults by dogs totally unsuitable for any urban environments and these people who breed and house them are exactly what our argument is when it comes to irresponsibility by backyard breeders, breeding dogs not supposed to be bred with and blatantly ignoring the Law.

There are web sites promoting backyard breeding by giving space for free advertising and are often patrolled and patronised by unscrupulous people wanting to sell inferior dogs and puppies that they advertise on a very regular basis so how many dogs and puppies are they breeding without a license or permit.? Because we are considered Volume breeders are banned from advertising on these sites. We don't think the moderators of these sites want to recognise the amount of backyard volume breeders it attracts. Newspapers also perpetuate the problem as well by advertising puppies bred in backyards.
At least Pet Shops operate as a registered business and under the same codes of practice as we do, and do compensate you if the pup becomes ill or dies under the guarantee's term, but people seem to have an aversion to going to them for a pup because the think they are going to be ripped off. The Pet shop may not try to rip you off, but the person who bred the pups in their backyard can lie and deceive the shop-owner about the breeding of the dog and its health. So why go to a backyard breeder who gives you nothing?


It is also wise to call the local council in the sellers area, speak to the animal regulators, these people generally love animals and are very aware of the uncompliant and illegal breeders in their control area. Having said this you really should report to the local council any animal owners, breeders, that you think are not caring for an animal, any animal.

We run a legitimate business here and are very strictly monitored by our Council and keep our dogs in very good health and living conditions and we are proud of our business and are appalled at the amount of Backyard puppy breeders there are in not only Victoria, but all the other States and by buying a pup from this medium, only encourages them to keep doing it. We are in the process of lobbying our Local Council and Government officials to tighten up their Laws on this practice. Both seem to be arguing between each other as to whose going to enforce it.

Those names like "Puppy Farmer" or "Puppy miller" are just names to us that denote some sort of contempt and are derogatory and come from people who are misinformed and ignorant to what and how our business is, and is run. All puppies are health guaranteed in writing and come with alot of information in a puppy pack to help owners with new pups settle in. We provide good after sales service and have a great repour with our clients with advice on an ongoing basis. Repeat clients are common and alot of our business is referral type purchases. We are a bit more expensive than backyard breeders and Pet shops, but look at the comparison for peace of mind as we all know how expensive Vets are and the heartache when things go bad.


So please consider using a legitimate breeder from which you will receive all the legal and moral obligations governed to you with your purchase of a puppy.

This advice does not include persons who breed dogs that are financial members of breed clubs or associations, but does warn against those who breed dogs without this qualification or permits to breed from their Local Council that come under the State Laws set out by the Department of Primary Industries of whom we are goverened by.

This business and our personal selves have been publically defamed and sent abusive emails by the purebreed dog breeders who find crossbred dogs repulsive and unattractive because of their purist, radical attitudes. We will however, continue to breed our "Lovely Oodles" for our many clients who decide they want a crossbreed as a pet, for many years to come.
We have no qualms about purebreed breeders breeding their favourite dogs, and only hope that they can see through their predjuice against peoples choices should they choose not to buy one.