Don’t blame pet shops for puppy farm problems, says leading industry figure Traditional pet shops have been wrongly tarnished during the debate on puppy farming, and any ban on the sale of puppies would only make matters worse. That’s the view of Nigel Baker, chief executive of the Pet Industry Federation, who told Pet Trade Xtra: “The only way to stop the ‘puppy farm’ and ‘imports’ from Central Europe and Ireland is for the UK to have large scale, properly regulated, puppy breeders...

PIF leads the way and collars the market

The Pet Industry Federation successfully delivered its first professional dog walking course, the ‘Level 2 City & Guilds Certificate of Technical Competence in Dog Walking’ last week at its Bedford office...