I'D like to say: 'Well done!' on the advice in the Pets/Livestock section of your classified advertisements: "If you are considering buying a pedigree puppy, always make sure you see it with its mother."

Five years ago, I bought a puppy locally. Little did I know the dog had been bred on a farm.

She is a very nervous dog and has a lot of faults which let the breed down, but we love her.

However, you can't beat buying a puppy which has been reared for the first eight weeks with her mum in a family environment.

Keep up the good work.

S RILEY, Fern Avenue, Oswaldtwistle.

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