Sentences with phrase «backyard breeders selling»

We promote responsible dog keeping and seek to fight back against puppy mills and backyard breeders selling underaged dogs.

This is why puppy mills and backyard breeders sell online, because that way, nobody sees the adult dogs who are living in squalor or being confined to tiny cages for their entire lives.

Backyard breeders sell their puppies when they're as young as eight weeks old because that's when they're the cutest.

Not exact matches

Often, «backyard breeders» have decided that selling «living property» is a good way to make money, so they have may have purchased or acquired a male and one or two females and then they let nature take its course as early in the dog's life and as often as possible.

I do not sell to pet shops, brokers or «backyard» breeders.

This month I've been thinking about how to create positive, lasting change for companion animals who are suffering at the hands of puppy millers, backyard breeders, and others who sell dogs and cats for profit with complete disregard for their health, safety, and well - being.

Operators of puppy factories and commercially motivated «backyard breeders» regularly sell through pet shops or online ads.

More animal activists need to rally for their cities to vote for similar bans, as the breeding and selling of animals is often inhumane if done by backyard breeders and puppy mills.

They count on impulse buys from the public and, of course, by selling along the roads or on public land, these backyard commercial breeders can keep the overhead low.

Roadside sales are an easy way for backyard breeders to sell animals.

In a petition on Care2, The Humane Society of the United States is requesting everyone to make the pledge to never buy an animal from a backyard breeder or pet shop that sells animals from puppy mills.

Backyard bunny breeders are ramping up and it's estimated that thousands of baby bunnies will be sold around Easter time.

Avoid: pet shop or dealer puppies, who are poorly bred and raised and treated as merchandise; «backyard breeders», who own a dog but often are not knowledgeable and typically think it will be «fun» or «profitable» to have puppies; a breeder who lets you handle a very young puppy, as there is a real risk of transmitting disease before they are vaccinated; signs of neglect such as lack of water, pans of uneaten food and dirty conditions; a breeder who will sell a puppy under seven weeks of age, as early separation from the dam and littermates can be very detrimental both psychologically and physically.

Legitimate breeders know their breeds and can refer buyers to other satisfied customers, while backyard breeders will sell to whomever is willing to pay.

In order to turn a profit, backyard breeders frequently sell puppies at too young an age, without all of their shots and unaltered.

Bans on the sale of animals in public places are important because backyard breeders often use public venues to sell animals who are underage, unhealthy, not vaccinated and not spayed or neutered.

Several sources for pets that only encourage tragedy are pet stores (that sell dogs and cats,) the Internet, flea markets, roadside sales, and «backyard breeders.»

You stated, «The law, unfortunately, does not make provisions for dealing with backyard breeders or hobby breeders that are selling puppies out of their home.»

Backyard breeders are notorious for selling puppies that are far too young so that they do not have to pay for food once the pups have been weaned.

A pet store sells puppies that come from puppy mills or backyard breeders.

Backyard breeders will sell the vast majority of their puppies by placing ads in the classified sections of local newspapers.

Now, just about any backyard breeder can look and see that «hey, these people are selling their Rotties for upwards of $ 2,500, so that must be what the breed goes for in general.»

Elvin sure is happy with that plan; after all, he started life as a «throw - away» puppy from a backyard breeder who figured he couldn't make money selling an «imperfect» dog.

A backyard breeder and a pet store sell these inferior dogs for a lot more money than you'd spend going to a reputable breeder.

Torn away from his mother at the young age of only three weeks, Ozzy was sold to an unsuspecting young couple by a backyard breeder.

«We have people who are looking to do the right thing and adopt, and we want to support them in that, not drive them to backyard breeders or pet shops,» says King, noting that there are still pet stores in the state that sell puppies from breeding mills.

The original source of rescue dogs is usually commercial breeders who sell direct via the internet or through pet stores and inexperienced backyard breeders.

«It is a market term used by backyard breeders and commercial breeders so they can breed the smallest dogs that shouldn't be bred and sell them for a whole lot of money.

Many chihuahuas are the result of backyard breeders, who somehow didn't get the memo that there are plenty of tiny dogs in need of homes — and mistakenly believe they can make a profit selling their unhealthy, poorly bred puppies.

I have to admit that I wonder about those pets sold by reputable breeders; do their offspring get rehomed to people who become backyard breeders?

Backyard breeders make a profit from selling pets that are often unhealthy or have been neglected and are often bred in inhumane environments.

This new rule does not affect «backyard» breeders who sell puppies out of their homes or other bricks and sticks locations, but affects any breeder who has more than 4 females bred to sell over the internet or by other electronic means.

These animals are either «surplus» from roadside zoos; captured from their native habitats; sold at auctions, pet stores, or over the Internet; or come from backyard breeders or the black market.

Some breeders blame disreputable or backyard «commercial» breeders for the unhealthy dogs that are being sold.19, 20 However, genetic differences were not observed between pet English bulldogs seen at the UC Davis Veterinary Clinical Services and presumably healthy breeding dogs being genetically tested for certain traits.

It is estimated more than 90 % of puppies sold in pet stores come from such puppy mills and backyard breeders.

The puppies who come from puppy mills and backyard breeders are then shipped to pet stores or sold online, often without the purchaser knowing the conditions the puppy was raised in or whether the parents are healthy.

The backyard breeder typically purchases a female from a pet shop, with the proprietor's assurance that, in a year, he can breed her, sell the puppies, and «make back» his purchase price.