Others come from puppy mills and some from pet owners who are unable or unwilling to care for their pets any longer.
Not exact matches
A word of caution — many pet store
puppies come from puppy mills and have genetic health defects, bad temperaments, and
other problems.
However, many pet store
puppies come from puppy mills and have genetic health defects, bad temperaments, or
other problems.
While many dogs
come in in good shape
from happy homes due to unfortunate circumstances, many
others arrive
from puppy mills or the streets in extremely poor health and emotional and mental condition.
Having
come from a
puppy mill, Olive is not fond of
other dogs her size.
We'll be hearing a lot
from the flacks at PIJAC and these
other groups in the
coming weeks as Naperville's city council looks further into the pet store and
puppy mill connection.
Cavaliers are a hot
puppy mill commodity right now, with dogs not only
coming from puppy mills in the States, but
from other countries as well.
In
other words, the stores can sell commercially bred dogs and cats as long as they
come from «good
puppy mills» and «good kitten
mills».
The HSUS» complaint contends that Laymon is violating the state's consumer protection law, also known as the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, by deceiving the public into believing that the dogs in her operation are rescued
from other facilities, when in fact many of the dogs may be
coming directly
from her
puppy mill.
A complaint
from The HSUS contends that Laymon is violating the state's consumer protection law, also known as the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, by deceiving the public into believing that the dogs in her operation are rescued
from other facilities, when in fact many of the dogs may be
coming directly
from her
puppy mill.
The measure is aimed at preventing the sale of animals who
come from puppy mills or
other similar breeding facilities.
i have had her a week now, a friend of mine had to get rid of her because of her
other dog, but she originally
came from a
Puppy mill in Lancaster, so im sure she does nt know any better but and she is yet to even go outside.
Puppies from mills often
come home with giardia, parvovirus, and
other diseases that would be addressed by a proper breeder.
The
other reason is that dogs
from pet stores have ambiguous sources for their
puppies, meaning some
puppies may have
come from puppy factories or
puppy mills which are horrendous and cruel.
I guess Wayne meant that no
other organization
comes close to HSUS in generating countless millions of dollars
from animal lovers off
puppy mill suffering.
Our goal is to rehabilitate and re-home bulldogs who
come to us
from animal shelters, families,
puppy mills, breeders and
other situations.
Some of the dogs we save are in danger of being euthanized in shelters,
others are released
from puppy mills,
come in as strays, have medical or behavior issues or are
from homes where their owners are not able to care for them anymore.
Because of this many
puppies that
come from puppy mills are emotionally numb and don't know how to play with toys,
other dogs or humans.
So, I'm not like Polly and Marcie and some of the
other labbies that
came to LRR, I didn't
come from a
puppy mill.
Pet store clerks and
other sellers will never admit their dogs
come from puppy mills.
When Daisy first
came into rescue in early January,
from a
puppy -
mill rescue had previously taken
other dogs, she was very pregnant, sick, grungy, dirty, vomiting up everything, and suffering extreme diarrhea.
In spite of assurances by the company that Petland «knows its breeders and deals only with those who have the highest standards of pet care», many
puppies came from Missouri and
other midwestern
puppy mills.
I turned to John Goodwin, the director of the
puppy -
mills campaign for HSUS, and asked him how many
puppies sold in this country — at Petland and Citipups and a thousand
other pet stores —
come from puppy mills as dire as this one.
On the
other side, I think it is wonderful that pets are finally getting some real time in the media — between
puppy mills, pet food, dogs
coming back
from the dead and now Target, I hope more people will start to take note, and hopefully we can arrive at a solution — or at least better systems.
Also, it is estimated more than 90 % of dogs sold in pet stores
come from puppy mills, and the Commission's plan is an acknowledgement that pet stores may often times be a front for unscrupulous breeders and distributors profiting
from breeding and selling
other animals as well.
I tried to rehome her, but in addition to the extreme aggression, she was hypothyroid (treating it did not help her aggression), and she was the worst case for rehoming as
others note here: she was also an extremely fearful dog (she had
come from a
puppy mill).
I adopted my very first foster Maya - she is now 12 she
came from a
puppy mill and no
other home was good enough for her!