Sentences with phrase «sold as a young puppy»

Spay / neuter is required if the dog is sold as a young puppy, or already done if it is an adult.

Not exact matches

Members breeding and raising puppies shall provide all necessary health care, nutrition, immunity protocol (vaccinations or nosodes), training and socialization necessary to their proper development and when evaluating young stock for placement should bear in mind that no puppy should be sold under the pretense as a show / breeding potential prior to the age of 12 weeks.

Automatic fail: A breeder who sells puppies as young as 5 - 6 weeks, and / or without a good reason for sending a pup home early (and there usually isn't).

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.

Puppy mill puppies, often as young as eight weeks of age, are sold to pet shops or directly to the public over the Internet, through newspaper ads and at swap meets and flea markets.

Some puppy mill puppies are sold to pet shops — usually through a broker, or middleman — and marketed as young as eight weeks of age.

In order to make more money, puppy mill sellers churn out pets as quickly as they can, and that means selling them when they're too young.

Backyard breeders sell their puppies when they're as young as eight weeks old because that's when they're the cutest.