Sentences with phrase «scale breeders when»

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To hide their size, puppy mills are now selling puppies through multiple sites, creating the image of a small breeder selling only one or two breeds, when they're actually a large - scale operation.

And when I contacted the auction's owner to ask for an interview, he was welcoming and spent an entire day with me, talking openly about his personal history, his current business practices and even taking me to meet the types of breeders he respects — breeders whose dogs, when I got to their commercial - scale farms, were running and playing in spaces as big as many suburban backyards and even ballfields, dogs who came up to me to say hello and, in most cases, seemed just as happy and normal and healthy as my own two spoiled mutts at home.

Lively conversation then ensued, about real issues: about whether there are any meaningful regulations at all for small - scale breeders and rescuers; about whether there is any real way for consumers to figure out whether they're doing business with a responsible breeder or rescuer; about whether and when it is necessary for public safety to euthanize some dogs in our shelters.