Don't shop at pet stores that sell puppies and don't purchase dog treats from pet stores that don't
sell dogs or puppies.
Not
sell a dog or puppy to a commercial wholesaler, pet shop or dealer.
We reserve the right to refuse to
sell any dog or puppy.
Not exact matches
Dog owners who have mated their
dogs produce litters of
puppies and then try to
sell them away by advertising in online
or print classifieds,
or post notices on online forums
or notice boards at supermarkets
or condomium clubhouses, etc..
The paper reviews the findings of multiple studies involving
dogs born in high - volume commercial breeding establishments — commonly known as
puppy mills — and
sold to the consumer directly via the Internet,
or indirectly through retail pet stores.
Retailers should be prepared to tell customers where the chews they
sell are made and sourced, how long they are expected to last and which chews are suitable for
puppies and senior
dogs or dogs with allergies.
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.
The
puppies will be registered in one
or both, depending on the purpose of the babies
sold for future show
dogs, future breeder
or as pet / companion only.
But when you drive by a family - filled pet store
selling dogs as if they were toasters,
or learn about horrific
puppy mills still profiting from cruelty, you begin to realize the adoption message is still not getting out strongly
or widely enough.
Not only is this untrue, but the conditions of many breeding facilities
or puppy mills (which supply pet stores that
sell dogs) are nothing short of horrific.
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The Amish also
sell puppies via
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or through online classifieds such as EBay and Craigslist, as well as at local flea markets.
Puppy mills create a surplus of popular
dogs and then either
sell them for testing
or euthanize them when they are too old to adopt out unless they can serve as a breeding
dog in which case they will live in a cage with little human contact and never know the feel of grass under their feet.
A breeder that will
sell their
dogs without papers is often a back yard breeder
or commercial breeder who does not do any genetic testing and for a lower cost you could end up with a
puppy that has luxating patella's, leg perthies disease, cataracts
or perhaps something worse like a liver shunt
or heart defect.
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Puppy «millers» usually can not answer questions about the
dogs they
sell, have no idea what proper
dog care is about and do not have any med certificates (to them it's cost)
or health guarantees and have no
or very little history of breeding a particular breed.
Therefore, I will only
sell Wynnie's
puppies to families that plan on raising their new
puppy inside their home and as part of their family, plan on doing a
dog sport
or therapy work with their
puppy and will sign a contract stating that Wynnie's
puppy will be trained with force free / positive training methods.
We
sell dogs that are already trained
or, of course, you can pick your own
puppy and wea ll train it for you
or we can also order a
puppy in for you and train it.
Many
dogs sold in pet stores
or through online retailers come from
puppy mills.
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Some of these
puppies go on to organizations that train other sorts of service
dogs —
dogs that help people in wheelchairs, for example — and the rest are
sold as pets (with an agreement that the
dog will be spayed
or neutered, in order to help control the pet population).
The owner of the
dog,
or person representing the owner must make a signed statement that, the dam of the
puppies to be docked is of a type which can be certified as set out below, the date on which the
puppies were born and that it is intended that they will be used,
or sold, for one of the working purposes set out in the regulations.
This is not exactly what the
dog trainer wants to hear, and I wonder why the breeder who
sold them the
puppies two years ago didn't hear it;
or, if they did hear it, they just didn't care.
The obvious remedy to shutting down
puppy mills is to push our respective state lawmakers to pass legislation making it illegal to
sell dogs or cats through retailers.
Perhaps she takes
puppies she plans to
sell for the required shots, but she fails to treat most of the
dogs for fleas
or heartworm.
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Occasionally, however, a breeder may have a
puppy from a bitch that he
or she has bred and
sold or one from a stud
dog he / she owns, in which case the mother may not be present.
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Go here for information about a scathing audit by the Office of Inspector General of APHIS lax and ineffective regulation of
dog breeding facilities and the agency's plan to remedy its failures; and for information about the
Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act, the PUPS Act, pending federal legislation that would mandate APHIS regulate all
dog breeders that
sell directly to the public whether through the internet, newspaper ads
or otherwise, and not only those that
sell through brokers
or dealers
or that maintain show rooms where buyers can observe
dogs for sale.
And I think that you should be warned that many of the so - called «force free» / «leash free»
dog trainers out there are going to try and
sell you on the use of an electric collar for your
puppy or adult
dog.
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It also shows, despite the way some organizations and individuals think, the solution to pet overpopulation is not rooted solely in stopping
puppy mills
or preventing pet stores from
selling dogs and cats
or even in making all pet owners spay and neuter... The solution needs to be a balanced approach in which breeders, pet stores, shelters, rescues, humane organizations, veterinarians, and pet loving individuals come together and help find the «homeless» pets their forever home.
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Avoid: pet shop
or dealer
puppies, who are poorly bred and raised and treated as merchandise; «backyard breeders», who own a
dog but often are not knowledgeable and typically think it will be «fun»
or «profitable» to have
puppies; a breeder who lets you handle a very young
puppy, as there is a real risk of transmitting disease before they are vaccinated; signs of neglect such as lack of water, pans of uneaten food and dirty conditions; a breeder who will
sell a
puppy under seven weeks of age, as early separation from the dam and littermates can be very detrimental both psychologically and physically.
While their
puppies are often
sold to pet stores
or online, mother
dogs like Brandy are left to suffer for years on end.
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.
All of those pet shops should be for closed and shut down
or at the very least be made to
sell rescue
dogs not
puppy mill
dogs.
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The proposed ordinance, which Richardson said is meant to prohibit the sale of
dogs and cats from large scale breeders
or «
puppy mills» in pet shops in Aurora, would limit where pet shops
or dealers could purchase a cat
or dog to
sell in Aurora.
Dogs from
puppy mills are
sold in pet stores, online and directly to consumers with little to no regard for the
dog's health, genetic history
or future welfare.
WEST PALM BEACH - «New pet stores in Palm Beach County will no longer be able to
sell dogs or cats as part of an effort to crack down on substandard breeders known as
puppy mills.»
Carla recalled the cages where the 40
or so
puppies were being
sold looked really cramped for the
dogs, but the store was large, with a lot of customers and nice merchandise on the shelves.
The term
Puppy Mill generally refers to a high - volume, sub-standard
dog breeding operation, which
sells purebred
or mixed breed
dogs, directly
or indirectly, to unsuspecting buyers.
Never allow my stud
dog to be bred to any bitch whose owner is known at the time to be directly
or indirectly involved with any
puppy broker,
puppy mill, pet shop
selling dogs, litter lot sales,
or any other wholesale distributor whose business is involved in like activities.
If you want a specific breed of
dog, you can find nearly any breed at a breed - specific rescue,
or find a responsible breeder that specializes in that particular breed (and will not
sell a
puppy to you without meeting you first).
Many
puppies sold in pet stores come from
puppy mills, which are horrible breeding operations where
dogs are kept in cramped, filthy cages their whole lives, deprived of adequate food, attention and veterinary care, and forced to give birth to litter after litter of
puppies until they are too old, ill
or injured to continue.
The central core of these documents is the promise that each member will not
sell puppies or adult
dogs to pet stores and /
or in littler lots.
The majority of pet stores that
sell puppies are getting those
dogs from
puppy mills, which are
dog - making factories where mother
dogs spend their entire lives in cramped cages
or kennels with little
or no personal attention.
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