Dog Breeders

• Dispute between dog breeder, dog owner escalates to dognapping

  Calgary police are investigating and have charged one woman with robbery after a dog owner says she was swarmed and her pup was stolen right out of her arms.

  Crime

  Sep 28, 2023
  
• BC SPCA takes in 21 sick French bulldogs and pugs surrendered by breeder

  The dogs -- which range in age from six weeks to six years -- are all in need of costly medical attention.

  Jul 2, 2019
  
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• Edmonton Humane Society granted ownership of dogs seized from horrible conditions

  Over one year after 34 dogs were seized from a breeding operation, the Edmonton Humane Society (EHS) has been granted ownership of the dogs.

  Crime

  Jan 4, 2018
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• Edmonton dog breeders charged after puppies found ‘living in their own urine and feces’

  Two Edmonton dog breeders have been charged after several dogs were found living in what Animal Protection officers called "some of the worst conditions ever seen at a breeding operation."

  Crime

  Dec 5, 2016
• Dog and cat breeders in B.C. face new codes of practice

  British Columbia has adopted codes of practice for commercial breeders of dogs and cats, as the province moves towards regulating the unlicensed and controversial industry.

  Apr 24, 2016
• 41 ‘severely matted, infected’ dogs surrendered to Alberta SPCA

  Forty-one dogs, smelling heavily of urine and severely matted, have been surrendered by a “backyard breeder” to the Alberta SPCA from a rural property in southern Alberta just east of Calgary.

  Canada

  Nov 19, 2015