It's really worrying, but that's the world we live in, folk who really will pay close to 1000 for a random x breed, where they know no history etc. Imagine a litter of say 8 pups, at 800 quid each - that's 6400 from that litter, and if you have a couple of bitches, having a couple of litters each year, even after costs, thats a bloody good income. It's only going to get worse!