I'm not saying that I support
puppy mills because I do not.
So many pet store manager / owners do not realize they are dealing with
puppy mills because they only ever deal with a broker or several brokers.
AKC started the «Frequently Used Sire» program years ago, requiring all sires who have produced 7 or more litters to have an AKC DNA profile — that annoyed many of
the puppy millers because some of their «purebreds» are not always purebred — especially the little white dogs may be bichon / maltese / poodle in varying percentages.
She was discarded at
the puppy mill because she was born with only one eye.
Wendy is a Doberman abandoned in Turkey after being kept as mother in
a puppy mill because she had a large tumor on her face.
Not exact matches
That's
because the majority of pet stores that sell
puppies carry dogs from cruel and inhumane
puppy mills.
Because the «factories» where these «widgets» they sell are made are almost always
puppy mills.
«
Because of the sheer number of
puppy mills, the local Southern rescues simply don't have the room to accommodate the need,» she says.
The deep pockets behind SQ777 are not lobbying hard for the proposal
because their main interest is
puppy mills and cockfighting.
Still, dog
mills exist
because there is demand for
puppy trade — some disreputable pet stores get their supplies of young
puppies directly from them.
Because the language in SQ777 would allow
puppy mill and cockfighting breeders to define themselves as «farmers,» there is little state and local governments could do to enact safeguards against such practices, even though Oklahomans have been clear they don't want such operations in our state.
But sadly, each year rescue groups take in many of these charming little dogs — some
because they have been overbred in
puppy mills, some
because owners failed to do their homework or made an impulse purchase.
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.
This misconception is particularly harmful
because it not only prevents shelter animals from going into loving homes, but may drive potential adopters toward pet stores that almost always get their inventory from
puppy mills.
But even this is not as simple as it seems
because a lot of
puppy mills masquerade as dog breeders.
Animal rights activists say exposing
puppy mills is going to get even harder,
because the USDA recently pulled all inspection records of commercial dog breeders off their website, citing privacy concerns.
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.
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.
i know from the vet's office we go to, where the
puppy mill operator used to go to and I know the high incidence of deaths of both pups and adults
because of worms, bad nutrition, mange, internal parasites, many genetic defects, etc..
Many rescues are inundated
because of legislation making
puppy mills no longer a lucrative endeavor.
I recently asked how much are
puppies at the wildside pet stroe and they told me not to buy one from there
because they get the
puppies from
puppy mills.
Lovable Leo — so named
because of his affectionate, caring disposition — languished in a
puppy mill for years before finally being rescued by kind humans who transported him to Vail Doggie Day Spa and Lodging, Colorado.
Lots of them have to be put to sleep
because they are in such an unhealthy condition.I know of one smaller type
puppy mill not so far from where we live.
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Puppy mill puppies are so called
because they come from «
puppy mills&ra
puppy mills».
We have a specific intake person who only interacts with family surrender people
because they require more time and need to have their hands held through the process more than a shelter transfer, or a dog coming from another rescue person or
puppy mill.
It is so unnecessary that these poor sweet souls are being put to sleep
because of
puppy mills... backstreet breeders, irresponsible owners etc..
If the
puppies being sold are from
puppy mills, which often turn out sick animals, and the sellers are losing money
because of this, the
puppy mill faces losing the business, which means less profit, which makes selling
puppies less attractive, which makes everyone much happier!
This rides on the edge of automatic fail
because 999 times out of 1,000,
puppies who are sold on sites like nextdaypets, puppyfind, hoobly, or petcity come from someplace you don't want to know about (
puppy mills).
Unfortunately, we still have work ahead for us
because many more dogs just like these are still trapped in
puppy mills across Quebec and are waiting to be rescued.»
NMDR has rescued more than 7,700 dogs from
puppy mills over the past 6 years, and
because they rely solely on donations / grants, they can only rescue as many dogs as their funding will allow.
Puppy mills don't,
because they have something to hide.
Because WE need the full support of the «
puppy mills».
-- The mother dog in the
puppy mill somewhere in the Midwest, who will be bred again
because Hunt corp got a ton of orders for corgis or Labs or Shepherds or Poodles this month.
Harley lost an eye
because the subhuman beasts that ran the
puppy mill Harley was in, would on rare occasion power wash the cages without removing the dogs.
Cutting off the ability to sell to pet stores would make things a little harder for the
millers,
because they'd have to sell retail themselves, rather than wholesale their
puppies and kittens.
Because of the growth in online sales of animals, particularly dogs, many operators of inhumane commercial breeding facilities, or
puppy mills, transport dogs to pet stores and to new parents via airplanes.
Also, there is NO reason to buy from a
puppy mill just
because you want a specific breed of dog.
In addition, 48 different localities in the U.S. have now banned the sale of
puppies in pet stores
because of the well - documented link between pet stores and
puppy mills.
Both the Humane Society and ASPCA said they routinely get calls from people who unwittingly bought a
puppy mill dog from a foreign or U.S. breeder, only to have it die
because its illnesses was too severe to overcome.
Because you love animals enough to include them as part of your family we know that you want to help reduce the cycle of suffering that is involved both with
puppy mills.
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.
Because of The Oprah Winfrey Show
puppy -
mill episode, MainLineRescue.com and MLAR.org combined received more than 7 million hits.
Pennsylvania passed the «
puppy mill bill» in October, partly
because so many people were demanding it.
«The only reason to object to it now is
because they're doing the bidding of the
puppy mills themselves,» Lesniak said.
The suffering these animals face seems even more unjust,
because most of the identities of their breeders have been kept secret by the USDA — the very agency charged with protecting dogs in
puppy mills and keeping bad breeders in line.
You don't care that thousands of animals live horrific life in
puppy mills and that millions of pets euthanized every year
because no one wants them.
We think she aged faster than she should have, and much of that was
because of her early life being a
puppy mill Mom.
Most of the animals are there
because they've been abandoned by previous owners or are the victims of
puppy mills.
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Because at the end of the day, we believe we can have a great ordinance that can ensure that
puppy mills are put out of business but allow reputable companies like Petland to operate.»
To think some people would deny me the happiness of another Olive, purely
because they hate
puppy mills, seems wrong.