Sentences with phrase «mills breed purebred»

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While the puppy mill industry has received and justifiably so much negative attention most people who breed any purebred dog or other animal do so out of love and the desire and pride of sharing this love with others.

Animal - rights activists argue that the desire for purebreds fuels puppy mills, forsakes mixed - breed dogs that need homes and sometimes propagates unhealthy traits.

Among purebred dogs, those from a reputable breeder that considers the health and vitality of the parent dogs before breeding tend to be far healthier overall than those that are bred by puppy mills or backyard breeders that don't consider the health of the parent dogs.

As defined by the Humane Society of the United States, «Puppy mills are breeding facilities that produce purebred puppies in large numbers.

Strader established National Mill Dog Rescue in 2007 after learning about a large - scale breeding operation, or «puppy mill,» in Missouri that was closing down and auctioning off its purebred population.

However, due to the indiscriminate breeding practices of puppy mills, the dog may not actually be a purebred puppy.

Second, you could very likely be buying a purebred puppy that was born in a puppy mill with almost no regard to the health problems endemic to the breed or providing healthy conditions for puppies to thrive.

Some animal - rights advocates say that encouraging interest in purebred dogs fuels puppy mills and fads while diverting attention from mixed - breed dogs that need adoption.

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While demand for purebred dogs from breeders and puppy mills still remains high, if we continue to gush about the amazing mutts available right now in shelters then we might just see the day when shelter dogs outnumber bred dogs in homes.