Facebook labradoodle breeder banned from running business at her Perth home
The woman who runs Tassie Devil Labradoodles has been prohibited from breeding and selling puppies on Facebook from her Perth home. Find out why.
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The woman who owns Tassie Devil Labradoodles has been prohibited from breeding and selling dogs from her Perth home.
Lisa Bartlett is the daughter of well-known Epping Forest husband-and-wife team Liz and Paul Barrett, who run a separate, but prolific dog breeding company, Tasmanian Labradoodles.
The Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has upheld a complaint from four of Ms Bartlett’s neighbours that her Perth Mill Road home was in a low-density residential zone and could not be used as a commercial breeding kennel.
One of the neighbours specifically complained her 12 adult dogs – and numerous puppies – barked continuously with “incessant nuisance barking”.
In its newly-published decision, the tribunal said Ms Bartlett was granted a kennel licence in August last year to keep 12 dogs at her Perth home for “companionship”.
The tribunal noted the Northern Midlands Council told Ms Bartlett last November she didn’t require a permit for breeding provided she met the requirements for home-based businesses in her area.
But after a complaint by the neighbours was dismissed by the council, they launched civil enforcement proceedings, alleging Ms Bartlett was running a commercial breeding company in contravention of the council’s planning scheme.
One of her neighbours provided pictures from Facebook showing 41 Tassie Devil Labradoodles puppies for sale between November 2022 and April this year, with pictures of dogs in what appeared to be various living areas, and being washed in a sink and a shower, plus ads for her business on her car’s rear window.
The same neighbour provided photos of what she said were employees working at Ms Bartlett’s home to deal with the dogs’ cleaning, cages, bedding, feeding and excrement.
The tribunal found dog breeding was occurring at the site, and that it was not exempt from the planning scheme.
It noted Ms Bartlett had been led to believe by the council that her business did comply, and said a “reasonable period” should be allowed to rehouse her dogs.
Ms Bartlett was precluded from using her home for domestic animal breeding, from keeping pregnant dogs, and from offering puppies from sale.
However, the orders do not apply in respect of any female dogs currently pregnant until 12 weeks after whelping.
Separately, Liz and Paul Bartlett, who run one of the state’s largest dog breeding companies Tasmanian Labradoodles, have pleaded not guilty to 70 counts of overbreeding their female dogs.
The pair and their company, who are unrelated to the Tassie Devil licence case, have said there were no cruelty allegations against them, describing the charges as a “dispute over canine breeding cycles”.
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