Pete's got a good post today on his blog on the Daily Telegraph -- "If you can send a defective sofa back, why not a faulty dog":
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/p...d-a-defective-sofa-back-why-not-a-faulty-dog/
Read down through the comments as he does make note that any such legislation would also have to address that many people very likely won't want their money back but the problem addressed.
One suggestion has been that if a dog develops problems and it is shown that the breeder failed to to any testing at all then this would be a case for liability. If the breeder can show that proper testing did not show the problem at the time of breeding then that should be an adequate defense for the breeder.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/p...d-a-defective-sofa-back-why-not-a-faulty-dog/
"It’s rare for a one-off television programme to have as far reaching consequences as the “Pedigree Dogs Exposed” documentary that was broadcast by the BBC just over a year ago."
Read down through the comments as he does make note that any such legislation would also have to address that many people very likely won't want their money back but the problem addressed.
One suggestion has been that if a dog develops problems and it is shown that the breeder failed to to any testing at all then this would be a case for liability. If the breeder can show that proper testing did not show the problem at the time of breeding then that should be an adequate defense for the breeder.