Sentences with phrase «puppy at a flea market»

People shouldn't buy a puppy at a flea market either, because seeing a dog in isolation doesn't reveal the conditions in which she was raised.

Thanks to a loophole in the Animal Welfare Act exempting face - to - face sales, most of the breeders who peddle puppies at flea markets are not subject to even the most minimal regulations and inspections by the USDA.

Ask The National Flea Market Association to follow the lead of other huge flea market companies — including Barnyard Flea Markets, Traders Village Flea Markets, The Nashville Flea Market, Gibraltar Trade Center and The Big One — by banning the sale of puppies at all flea markets.

In addition, obviously, no reputable breeder would ever sell their puppies at a flea market.

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Impulse and convenience make it so easy to buy from that person with a box of puppies at a busy intersection, in a parking lot, or at a flea market.

The Amish also sell puppies via dog broker sites like nextdaypets.com and puppyfind.com to name a few, or through online classifieds such as EBay and Craigslist, as well as at local flea markets.

BTW I think rescue people need to understand a reputable breeder doesn't sell puppies in a parking lot or at a flea market or from a pet shop..

The puppies who are deemed attractive enough to be successfully marketed by their breeders typically end up being advertised and sold online, through print advertisements, at certain flea markets, and in pet stores, thus generating a profit for the puppy mill industry and allowing it to continue.

We have exposed the problem of puppy mills selling dogs at open - air flea markets in the sweltering heat.

The topical preventatives for fleas that are on the market today, are safe to use on puppies that are at least 8 weeks of age, but can not be used on pups that are younger than that.

At the Canton, Texas, flea market, puppies are often kept on dirty shavings in old rusted cages, conditions that may help spread illnesses such as parvo.

Still early in its research, the campaign already has reports of at least 80 flea markets selling puppies around the country.

In 2008 in Toronto, a border collie puppy sold at a flea market later died of rabies, compelling the public health department to launch a search for everyone who might have come in contact with the animal, and warn the public to only get animals from reputable sources.

Hidden conditions at a puppy mill that sold regularly at a Tupelo, Miss. flea market.

Think of that young mother at the Canton flea market, happily staying home with her kids thanks to sales of her bulldog puppies.

While customers may assume that the sellers at a flea market are local, at Canton alone, documents obtained by The HSUS showed 400 puppies shipped in from other states over the past 18 months, says Kathleen Summers, director of outreach and research for the Stop Puppy Mills Campaign.

On top of that, the bill also prohibits outdoor pet sales, such as at flea markets and in parking lots — very sketchy and unregulated places to purchase a pet, making them prime locations for puppy mill and backyard breeders.

Puppy mill puppies, often as young as eight weeks of age, are sold to pet shops or directly to the public over the Internet, through newspaper ads and at swap meets and flea markets.

No be clear no responsible breeder would EVER allow dogs or cats to be sold at pet stores or flea markets — they're greatly from puppy mills.

A puppy, purchased at a flea market, is deformed after being forced to live in a small crate which did not allow him to develop properly.

«The City of Toronto's decision to restrict sales of dogs and cats at pet stores eliminates a major distribution network for puppy and kitten mills», said Alanna Devine, director of Animal Advocacy for the Montreal SPCA «However, dogs and cats continue to be sold over the Internet and in locations that are not the breeding site, such as flea markets, allowing puppy and kitten mills to thrive.

What about the pet area at the local «flea market» that is the size of two football fields with every breed of puppy you can imagine all for sale to whoever has the money?

Puppies for sale at flea markets are red flags for puppy mills.

Puppy mill dogs are not only sold in pet stores, but also through the internet, at flea markets or advertised in local newspapers.

Every store denied doing so, but an eager young salesman at a pet outlet in one of the Traders Village flea markets went further to assuage our fears, telling us that puppy mills are hardly even a problem anymore because a national law passed in 2009 limits all breeders to only five female breeding dogs.

Dogs sold at pet stores and places like flea markets, are nearly always from puppy mills.

There has also been a trend to target another sales outlet for puppy millers and other criminal and irresponsible breeders and distributors: the sale of animals along roadsides, parks or at flea markets or swap meets.