It seems like this movement is finally picking up momentum, as many large cities are now banning pet stores from
selling puppies and dogs.
Kathy Bauck could continue
selling puppies and dogs through retail — such as through the Internet, from ads, or from her kennel, which she did.
Most breeders
sell their puppies and dogs with some type of written contract.
Not exact matches
Orland Park began considering the issue after the Chicago City Council
and the Cook County Board of Commissioners banned the sale of
dogs, cats
and rabbits from large - scale breeders earlier this year in an attempt to keep pet stores from
selling animals raised in
puppy mills.
We would also like to see stronger measures to protect the welfare of Greyhounds, an effective dialogue on the growing social problem of dangerous
and status
dogs,
and a total ban on the battery - farming
and selling of
puppies in pet shops.
She is aiming to crackdown on commercial
dog breeding facilities known as
puppy mills
and ensure that pet dealers are
selling healthy animals from safe sources.
That's because the majority of pet stores that
sell puppies carry
dogs from cruel
and inhumane...
That's because the majority of pet stores that
sell puppies carry
dogs from cruel
and inhumane
puppy mills.
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..
In fact, although a total of five states, Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas
and Iowa, produce over 65 % of the nation's mass produced
puppies, 26 states actually govern the care
and selling of producing
dogs.
By working with several city councils in our region, San Diego Humane Society recently helped pass legislation banning local pet stores
and other commercial businesses from
selling dogs,
puppies, cats, kittens,
and rabbits that are obtained from
puppy mill farms, commercial catteries,
and other large breeding establishments.
Referred to by the USDA as «
dog dealers,» the federal government licenses pet breeders that produce
puppies and kittens to
sell through brokers
and auctions.
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.
From strong humane standards in Colorado that ensure
dogs have cages that are double the length of the
dog, to the most basic standards that simply prevent cruelty in Kansas
and Missouri, all high volume
puppy producing states except Oklahoma have animal welfare standards covering those who transfer, breed
and sell large numbers of
dogs.
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.
Puppies that don't have a
sold pack structure grow up to become dominant
and obnoxious adult
dogs.
Though Franki thought she'd adopted the
puppy from a sweet couple who bred
dogs and sold them for extra money, she quickly found out that Vivica's health problems were signs the cute pooch was bred in a
puppy mill.
After being bred 9 times,
and having over 30
puppies, she was carted to Missouri
and sold in «as in» condition at a
dog auction.
But... if you're the breeder...
and you've done a quality breeding with exceptional bloodlines
and lineage... you can
sell the
puppies yourself for $ 800 to $ 1000 a
dog.
She lives in the U.S. with her 15 Shih Tzu
dogs and sells puppies from her Ohio home.
A New Hampshire breeder, who was arrested for cruelty to animals when dozens of
dogs and cats were found living in filth, was
selling puppies from Russia for as much as $ 1,900 each on the Internet.
Regardless of what the pet store owner tells you,
and regardless of the fact that the
dog they're
selling has AKC (American Kennel Club) papers...
dogs sold from pet stores ARE from
puppy mills
and NOT from quality breeders.
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Dr. Allen reports that some
puppy mills do not vaccinate the
dogs against diseases
and many are
sold before they are six weeks old, the federal age limit for interstate
puppy sales.
*** We breed ONLY when we are trying to add a future competition
dog to our own program
and NEVER simply to
sell puppies.
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.
Overbreeding, poor breeding, breeding
dogs that should not be bred
and breeding without genetic testing produces masses of
puppies which can then be
sold cheaper.
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.
I did not even know you were writing a blog, great information.We were interviewed by the breeder before they would
sell us a
puppy and then a questionnaire to go with our lifestyle (such as how much exercise our
dog would get).
Passed in 1966, the Animal Welfare Act states the following requirement, «Any breeder who has more than 3 breeding
dogs,
and sells puppies for commercial purposes, must have a license issued by the Department of Agriculture.»
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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.
Puppy millers, brokers
and dog flippers
sell thousands of
puppies each year through internet classified ads.
Import
Puppy Brokers will often times use photographs of well known
and top winning European
dogs on their websites, claiming that this
dog is the sire of the pup they are
selling you.
A purebred Chihuahua from an AKC - registered breeder
sells for anywhere between $ 400
and $ 600 for a pet - quality
puppy and from $ 800 to $ 1,500 for a show - quality
dog.
This month I've been thinking about how to create positive, lasting change for companion animals who are suffering at the hands of
puppy millers, backyard breeders,
and others who
sell dogs and cats for profit with complete disregard for their health, safety,
and well - being.
A pet store sued to challenge the Palm Beach ban on
selling puppies produced by American
dog breeders
and a local Judge threw out the lawsuit causing the pet store to go out of business overnight.
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Even if several years have passed, responsible breeders care about the
puppies they have
sold and will want to help you find a new home for your
Dog.
Posh
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Puppy was unable to refute to the facts that they
sold sick
dogs and that their
dogs were supplied by cruel
and inhumane
puppy mills, once it hit the Los Angeles Times KTLA, NBC and CBS
puppy mills, once it hit the Los Angeles Times KTLA, NBC
and CBS News.
We promote responsible
dog keeping
and seek to fight back against
puppy mills
and backyard breeders
selling underaged
dogs.
Without adequate laws to protect
dogs from
puppy factories, it is easy for this cruel facility
and others like it to operate
and sell animals through deceptive online ads.
To wit, I have contacted local breeders over the years as a professional trainer offering, as a volunteer, to assist them in assuring the long term behavioral health of their
puppies by helping to socialize them
and train them in necessary basic skills (loose leash walking, come when called, focus
and attention, e.g.) during that sensitive window in the socialization period
and before the
dogs are
sold and adopted.
There are those middlemen who get the best breeds there
and sell to other people, making the
puppies a little bit more expensive than other
dogs.
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.