Sorry - haven't been on the forum for ages - are your Local Authority actually chipping and neutering at no charge ?? Is that just dogs or cats as well ?
If so, that is a real proactive step forward to getting away from unwanted litters - given that it is S. Wales though, it doesn't really address the problem of the puppy farms because they clearly don't care anyway (why are there so many in South Wales).
I got my first Cocker from what was most probably a puppy farm near Llanelli - we loved her to bits but she had sooo many problems, ranging from cataracts to cancers, which eventually took her at only just under 12 years old - that was over 16 years ago, when I knew no better, and I certainly didn't have COL to give me good advice ....
Please can you all think carefully before you either get a dog or re-home a dog from any of these places, since you are only putting money into their pockets and they are breeding rascals at best .........