In a series of scientific studies undertaken by Best Friends in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, we have made great headway in advancing our knowledge about former puppy -
mill breeding dogs.
Puppy
mill breeding dogs are often given hormones and steroids to try and increase the number of puppies they produce.
Puppy
mill breeding dogs spend their entire lives in cages.
Relying solely on donations and grants for funding, they rescue discarded puppy
mill breeding dogs from all over the county, and transport them to their home base kennel, «Lily's Haven», near Colorado Springs.
I have two former puppy
mill breeding dogs, and it has taken time and patience to get them to understand what is expected.
Puppy
mill breeding dogs are considered «livestock» and thus cruelty laws differ for them as oppose to our companion cats and dogs.
Muppet and I are both former puppy
mill breeding dogs.
The life of adult
mill breeding dogs is one of intense suffering - treated like property, not living beings.
Puppy
mills breed dogs and put profit over the well being of the animals in their care.
Some of this is because, mostly women, see these poor creatures in the windows of pet stores (puppy
mill bred dogs) and they rescue them.
Regina is an English bulldog, former puppy
mill breeding dog and now, beloved pet.
That is what life is like for a puppy
mill breeding dog.
Not exact matches
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Pet stores in New York state would be prohibited from buying
dogs or cats from puppy
mills and other large commercial
breeding facilities under a legislative proposal announced Thursday.
She is aiming to crackdown on commercial
dog breeding facilities known as puppy
mills and ensure that pet dealers are selling healthy animals from safe sources.
Previously pet stores and so - called «puppy
mills,» where
dogs are
bred for commercial sale, were regulated by the State Department of Agriculture and Markets.
Many of these people operate «'' puppy
mills»» or other undesirable
breeding situations, unsanitary and often inhumane, and if your new
dog or puppy becomes ill, the «bargain» price you paid will seem like anything but.
By working with several city councils in our region, San Diego Humane Society recently helped pass legislation banning local pet stores and other commercial businesses from selling
dogs, puppies, cats, kittens, and rabbits that are obtained from puppy
mill farms, commercial catteries, and other large
breeding establishments.
The paper reviews the findings of multiple studies involving
dogs born in high - volume commercial
breeding establishments — commonly known as puppy
mills — and sold to the consumer directly via the Internet, or indirectly through retail pet stores.
Chows can be good with children but are not usually recommended, as they were once considered one of the most dangerous
dog breeds, mostly due to bad breeders, puppy
mills and the isolation they experienced as puppies.
In puppy
mills dogs are
bred for quantity, not quality.
Because of how
dogs sold through pet stores and / or born in puppy
mills are
bred, housed, handled, shipped, homed, and raised, there are many possible reasons underlying the problems they show as adults.
Puppy
mills are large - scale
breeding facilities where hundreds of
dogs are kept in deplorable conditions for the sole purpose of churning out puppies.
Unlike puppy
mills, where profits are placed over the well - being of the animals, a responsible breeder
breeds only a few types of
dogs and is knowledgeable about the
breed and its special requirements.
Answer by Reality Check written in crayon Unless he neglecting or mistreating his
dogs,
breeding crap is not against the law... or puppy
mills and bybs would not exist...
Puppy
mills are large commercial
breeding facilities that can hold up to a thousand
dogs at a time — usually in highly stressful and unhygienic conditions.
The bills would also place an upper limit on the number of intact
breeding dogs that may be housed in
breeding facilities, to prevent our state from becoming a haven for inhumane puppy
mills.
Breeding dogs in these
mills are typically kept in small wire cages that leave them with very little space to move or turn around.
It may sadden you to know that your new canine companion more than likely comes from a puppy
mill, which the ASPCA defines as «a large - scale commercial
dog breeding operation that places profit over the well - being of its
dogs — who are often severely neglected — and acts without regard to responsible
breeding practices».
Puppy
mills tend to produce puppies quickly and efficiently to satisfy the demand for this
dog breed.
Puppy
mills are large scale
breeding facilities where
dogs are treated like
breeding machines.
Not only is this untrue, but the conditions of many
breeding facilities or puppy
mills (which supply pet stores that sell
dogs) are nothing short of horrific.
Puppy
mill operators may fail to remove sick
dogs from their
breeding pools.
There are also ads on here for NextDayPets with over «300
Dog Breed Profiles» How do unsuspecting readers know this is not a puppy
mill?
The ASPCA is on the ground assisting in the removal, transport, sheltering and medical treatment of more than 130
dogs from a large, substandard
breeding facility — frequently referred to as a puppy
mill — in Needham, Alabama.
HSUS defines a puppy
mill as «a
dog breeding operation, which offers
dogs for monetary compensation or remuneration, in which the physical, psychological and / or behavioral needs of the
dogs are not being fulfilled due to inadequate housing, shelter, staffing, nutrition, socialization, sanitation, exercise, veterinary care and / or inappropriate
breeding.»
Though Franki thought she'd adopted the puppy from a sweet couple who
bred dogs and sold them for extra money, she quickly found out that Vivica's health problems were signs the cute pooch was
bred in a puppy
mill.
Those animals certainly have their issues, however it's the
breeding dogs who finally get rescued after years in the
mills that motivate her stance.
Because many puppy
mills do not take the proper precautions when
breeding dogs, genetic diseases that could be identified during professional medical screenings are often missed and passed down to future generations.
Nearly nine out of every 10 puppies sold in pet stores come from puppy
mills,
breeding kennels that raise
dogs in cramped, crude, filthy conditions.
Puppy
mills are
dog breeding operations which provide substandard care at best.
Puppy
mills are
dog breeding...
These poor
breeding practices are what fuels puppy
mills that potentially generates substantial income for unscrupulous
dog breeders.
Puppy
mills create a surplus of popular
dogs and then either sell them for testing or euthanize them when they are too old to adopt out unless they can serve as a
breeding dog in which case they will live in a cage with little human contact and never know the feel of grass under their feet.
Here's what my research says, «A puppy
mill is a commercial facility destined for
breeding dogs that sets priority of making money over the well - being of animals.»
HFC Rescue also focuses on
breed information, responsible
dog ownership, including spay / neutering, training and humane care of Havanese and other pets as well as education of the public regarding puppy
mills and pet stores.
The idea came to me when I started trying to find ways to better utilize my resources to get the word out about animal rescue and problems with the
dog breeding industry (puppy
mills, etc.).
Puppy «
millers» usually can not answer questions about the
dogs they sell, have no idea what proper
dog care is about and do not have any med certificates (to them it's cost) or health guarantees and have no or very little history of
breeding a particular
breed.
The overpopulation of pets is an unfortunate consequence of large scale
breeding practices (puppy
mills, etc.), consumer demand for particular
dog and cat
breeds, and less than responsible pet ownership (backyard
breeding, refusal to spay / neuter, impulse acquisition, etc.).
But the inbreeding programs by puppy
breeding mills continue to flush the market with such incredulous mix
breeds of
dogs.
A large
breeding facility or a puppy
mill will often have problems with parvo and other diseases because so many
dogs are kept in cages next to each other.