Nick, I'm worried about being "backed into a corner and loving it" but if it just refers to being put into a position where I am forced to say something or take some action, or otherwise "perish", then my usual reaction is to "find someone else to blame". Would you mind if I blamed you on this occasion, "Nick made me do it". However, if that is not an option, yes, I think there is at the least, a special circumstance relating to the sale of those 5 pups e.g. they have been sold to family members and/or have exchanged hands for a sum of much less than $3000 per pup. Now I really don't want to be pedantic, no hold on, maybe I do want to be pendantic in commenting that a "white lie", I think, is when one misrepresents the truth for the good of another or others. It is a good lie, one with good intent or at least is said for the purpose of diplomacy. In this case, if the truth has been misrepresented, it is not for the good of others and I don't think diplomacy comes into it. Maybe my self determined definition of "white lie" is not correct, I have been known to be wrong.