Sentences with phrase «mill designer dogs»

Not exact matches

And never buy your designer dog from a dog store — many pet stores buy hybrid dogs from puppy mills.

Puppy mills jumped on the designer dog bandwagon to create boatloads of interesting mixes they sell for high prices.

But problems like hip dysplasia and progressive retinal atrophy rarely show symptoms until the dog is into adulthood, so those raising designer dogs in puppy mills may not be checking the long - term health of the offspring, which means the recessive genes aren't necessarily getting weeded out.

The quest for designer pups also has led disreputable breeders to place dogs in unsafe conditions — frequently referred to as puppy mills — where they are bred repeatedly under abusive conditions that cause lasting damage to the dog.

Getting a puppy from these sources not only saves a life, the adopter will spend a fraction of the amount required to purchase a designer dog from a private breeder or puppy mill proprietor.

But there was a dark side to the designer dog craze: «ramped - up production at inhumane, large - scale «puppy mills,»» as the Times article noted.

Nine of the 32 dogs removed last week from the Wizard of Claws — a Pembroke Pines, Florida, store that was notorious for selling puppy - mill - born designer dogs — were put up for adoption over the weekend, and they all found homes.