Sentences with phrase «scale breeders who»

If you decide to use a breeder, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) says to look for a small - scale breeder who never sells to dealers or pet shops.

Not exact matches

Some small and very specialized breeding operations bred saddle horses for hunter and jumper competitions — these tended to be small - scale operations owned by wealthy private breeders who kept one or two horses at stud.

This almost 70 page report contains information that those heavily involved in advocacy won't find surprising — it's what we've been trying to raise awareness about for years BUT... for those who have denied that dogs in large scale commercial breeding kennels ARE N'T neglected, aren't denied vet care and aren't suffering, we'll let's just say that we now have official confirmation that the facts, as we've presented them, are indeed true. This report reaffirms the dismal conditions the breeder dogs have now had to endure for DECADES.

If only the KC with its well - stocked bank account — all those litter registrations from breeders, large and small scale certainly amount to a hefty sum — were as efficient as a tiny, voluntary group of investigators who know exactly what the conditions some of the breeding dogs supplying Pixieland puppies are forced to live in, while the KC ponderously investigates.

Some of those may be very well kept large - scale kennels, but I'd suspect that most of the people who would make that statement would not consider a large scale breeder responsible (regardless of how well the animals are kept) or call responsible someone who does not see through the final outcomes for the dogs.

Certainly most small scale and hobby breeders would never sell through a pet store — but certainly a lot of the large - scale breeders likely do (or through brokers who then sell to pet stoes).

A hobby breeder is someone who wants to do this on a small scale, as a hobby.

With public awareness growing over the past decade, mass breeders have been exploiting a loophole in federal regulations: Those breeders who categorized themselves as retail pet stores, selling dogs directly to the public, were not required to be licensed in a way that would subject them to USDA inspections — unlike large - scale breeders selling puppies to pet stores.

The investigative work the team has done has already shown that Texas pet stores, in addition to buying directly from breeders with Animal Welfare Act violations and from brokers who work with puppy mills, are also buying dogs from this market here in Canton — and many large - scale breeders come to sell here.

Yet buyers who wind up with puppies from large - scale breeders also may wind up with large vet bills.

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.

Also, to those who would like to know more about how commercial - scale kennels operate, I would encourage you to go introduce yourselves — respectfully — to some commercial - scale breeders.

Nobody is arguing that dogs should be treated badly, kept in cages their entire lives, denied socialization with other dogs, or anything of the sort, but to suggest that there are no commercial - scale breeders doing a good job with their dogs is a comment that could only be made by somebody who has never taken the time to go out and spend time on the farms owned by all kinds of commercial - scale breeders.

As improvements for animals come & go, animals are added to and taken off endangered species lists, horse slaughter comes & goes... Those who profit from puppy mills are often at the lower end of the economic scale... They do not have powerful lobbies, as do traditional breeders...

The investigative work the team has done has already shown that Texas pet stores, in addition to buying directly from breeders with Animal Welfare Act violations and from brokers who work with puppy mills, are also buying dogs from this market in Canton — and many large - scale breeders come to sell here.

The AWA currently regulates large - scale commercial breeders who sell animals at wholesale or for research.

I take it YOU are a large scale breeder or a PUPPY MILL OWNER who abuses or neglects your animals or you would have NO OBJECTIONS to this very needed law.

The move comes as large - scale dog breeders who sell animals to pet stores were regulated, but breeders who sell directly to the public were not.