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and prices soarfor dogs, bbc wales investigates the hidden world of designer dog breeding. good boy, griff. you ve been such a good boy! so, these are what are known as micro bullies. they ve been bred to be really, really small. these were all seized from a breeder. there were reports of unlicensed breeding. hey, griff! that s a boy! meet griff, lined up to become a stud dog by his owner. he s actually got spinal deformity. he s dragging his hind legs, falls over probably every four or five steps. the vet report that we ve got from the specialist vet said he shouldn t be bred from. the whole purpose of the breed is to try and make them as small and stocky as possible. lots of muscle and bone into a very, very small frame. their legs are splayed out, they re so muscly. it s cruelty breeding, there s no other word for it. griff and the other pups are being looked after at this south wales rescue centre, casualties of a trade in designer dogs. the local authority actually seize
when they went in, they could obviously see that they d had their ears cropped as well. sadly, there is a demand for dogs with their ears mutilated. they actually cut the floppy bit of the ear off. this is what he should look like look should have lovely, lovely floppy ears like this. they are the ears that he would have had. it s purely an aesthetic to achieve a certain look that some people think is attractive. they go from anything from 3,000 up to 10,000, 15,000. phenomenal amounts of money. so you could have a litter that s literally worth about £60,000. it s illegal to cut a dog s ears like this in the uk. but at the moment, you can import one with its ears already cropped. tonight, we ll show what a huge demand for dogs has led to. there are laws in place to protect animals, but we found plenty of backyard breeders who are staying one step ahead of the authorities to make some serious cash. griff was owned by this man christopher mae from cardiff. he has a crimi