A woman who sold puppies when they were too young to leave their mother has been jailed.
Julie Ward sold the puppies from an addresses on Douglas Road and Windermere Road, in Leigh, Wigan.
The RSPCA launched an investigation into Ward, 37, after eight people complained they received sick puppies.
Customers said the animals soon became ill after they arrived home.
Four of the pets died suddenly or were so poorly vets decided to put them down to end their suffering.
Back in April 2015 Ward sold a puppy when it was too young to leave its mother.
She also failed to provide a malti-poo with treatment for an ear mite infestation in November 2015, while in February 2016 she failed to provide a black and white puppy with treatment for parovirus.
Inspector Pippa Boyd, who led the case, said: “We believe Ward, and two other people who were part of the operation and have been dealt with by the courts previously, were importing puppies and then selling them on from two addresses in Leigh.
“When we joined police to execute two warrants at the properties in February 2016 we found a number of dogs and other evidence.
“At one address - in Windermere Road - we found a number of phones labelled with different dog breeds.
"At the other - in Douglas Road - we found three dogs, one with an untreated broken pelvis, and the body of a dead Jack Russell terrier left in a kennel.”
Ward, formerly of Douglas Road, was found guilty of a series of causing unnecessary suffering to puppies following a hearing at court back in August 2016.
She failed to appear in court and a warrant was issued for her arrest.
Ward was found to be living at a new address on Slapton Road, Greenacres, in Leighton Buzzard.
She was brought to before Wigan and Leigh Magistrates' Court on February 26.
Ward was sentenced to 18 weeks in jail for six charges.
She has also been disqualified from keeping all animals for 10 years and ordered to pay a £150 victim surcharge.
