It turns out this is not that easy of a question to answer. When I was a child, the answer for many was the classified ads in the newspaper. The answer was also, go to the pound, or a pet store in the mall, a neighbor had a litter, word of mouth, or find a dog show and go meet people (how do you do find a dog show?). Today the answer is, see an in-person adoption rescue event, word of mouth, and Google. Both then and now there are undoubtedly other answers as well, but these may be the top Family Feud answers if you ever get on the show and are asked this question.
Google is most likely where most people start who want to put some thought into a dog. I have an ad on AKC Marketplace https://marketplace.akc.org/ and hope that people looking for a purebred dog will look there. I am pleased the answer to that is yes. I googled AKC marketplace and AKC marketplace was not the top choice in my list, a place called puppystop was listed first, and that was with me specifically using the name of the site itself!
Some people look for the parent club, in our case, the American Shetland Sheepdog Association https://www.americanshetlandsheepdogassociation.org/ to find breeders of a specific breed. Occasionally people email me saying that is where they got my information.
My blog is not monetized and I have never attempted to make it a marketing tool. I am thankful to those who find it and read it and I am very thankful to you 82 followers, but I don't expect it is how a random person will find out we have puppies available. Puppies bred intentionally, by people who care about family lines are becoming less common because of the big business of "rescue". I could write all day about the many ways that "rescue" is a farce- but I will spare you in this post (may that will be a topic for another post).
Thankfully, people who do find us are the BEST! I have been so fortunate over the years to have wonderful people find me and join the "Acadia family". I have written many times about how much I value our puppy buyers. However it was you found us, whether it was to purchase a puppy or just to read the blog, we apricate you.
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