According to Propellanet, Google searches relating to buying a puppy increased 120% in April last year, less than a month after the first lockdown was announced. ‘Adopt a puppy’ Google searches also increased by a whopping 133%.
The Pandemic Puppy Problem
It’s not often I would say that a puppy is a problem, but during lockdown there seemed to be a massive puppy boom which saw a surge in backyard breeders and puppy farms and ridiculous inflated prices. I fact just yesterday someone shared an advert they’d seen for malinois X cavapoo puppies selling for an eye watering £2500!!
Virus Survival with your dog! Pandemic Do’s and Don’ts!
What a f*cking week. Possibly the longest week in the history of weeks (for us in our lifetime anyway)
