The typical distemper suspect is a rescue or pet
store dog or puppy, usually with questionable vaccination history or an as yet incomplete vaccination series.
Not exact matches
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Pet
stores in New York state would be prohibited from buying
dogs or cats from
puppy mills and other large commercial breeding facilities under a legislative proposal announced Thursday.
Anyone who handles
dogs in pet
stores — whether they're working there, shopping for a potential pet,
or just getting a much - needed dose of
puppy love — should wash their hands with soap and water
or use an alcohol - based hand sanitizer immediately afterward, says Dr. Altier.
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.
Even though it is extremely tempting to rush to a pet
store or breeder to pick up a
puppy, you should first consider the possibility of getting an adult
or adolescent
dog instead.
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.
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.
You can not purchase high quality
dog or puppy food in a grocery
store or a big box
store.
As a general rule, pet
stores purchase
puppies from
dog breeders who are in the business to make a profit, not for the betterment of a breed
or line of
dogs.
Those three groups believed that consumers had adequate protection thanks to Illinois» so - called
Puppy Lemon Law, which entitles a financial remedy, among other things, to people who have bought a sick
dog or cat from a pet
store.
Prior to being able to attend class, they advised that
puppy owners not walk their pups in public parks
or around the neighborhood where stray / unvaccinated
dogs travel until after the 4th vaccine, but to meet the need for socialization by inviting lots of kind, gentle people of all ages to their home and carry the
puppy everywhere: the video
store to rent videos, the fringes of a summer soft ball game, the grocery
store to sit outside with the
puppy on your lap and watch people and carts and kids go by.
Choose a Food Most breeders, pet
stores or shelters will send you home with a short supply of the
puppy food your
dog was eating before going home with you, and you should use it at first.
Avoid Classified and Craigslist Ads: Some
dog flippers will pose as a rescue group
or state they «rescued» the
puppies from a breeder
or pet
store.
Who knows how the Shaggy
dog is really getting their
puppies or how they are being bred before arriving at the
store.
: Some
dog flippers will pose as a rescue group
or state they «rescued» the
puppies from a breeder
or pet
store.
Many
dogs sold in pet
stores or through online retailers come from
puppy mills.
If we can stop people from buying from pet
stores or classified ads
or other places where
dogs could potentially be supplied by
puppy mills, then there wouldn't be any demand for them.
A new campaign launched by media agency Rokkan and The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is hoping to educate society that most
puppies found at pet
stores,
or purchased online, are produced in so - called
puppy mills and that the reality of the conditions found at these breeding operations is far from
dog treats, sunshine and rainbows.
Unfortunately, the majority of pet
store puppies originate from
puppy mills,
or farms where the
dogs are bred in mass quantities with no regard for their health
or well - being.
It's highly recommended that you buy dry food (kibble) for your
dog (
or puppy) as it's easy to
store.
I am trying to find out how we can get laws changed to regulate the breeding (
puppy mills and
puppy stores), to make spaying and neutering cheaper
or free so it's available to everyone — so that there will be fewer
dogs going in to the kennels.
To get a healthy
dog, never buy a
puppy from a
puppy mill, a reckless breeder,
or pet
store.
The parents of pet
store puppies are forced to spend their entire lives locked in a filthy cage
or dog run.
In «Betrayal», Animal Rescue Corps leads the viewer behind the scenes of «that doggie in the window» into the
puppy mill industry, showing the real, but hidden cost of buying
dogs from
stores, online,
or through newspaper ads.
That means that 67 Chicago businesses — 12 of them pet
stores — are participating in the
puppy mill trade — and you may not even know it: «Again and again, salespeople denied that their
puppies came from
puppy mills, and most did not comply with a law passed in 2010 by the State requiring pet shops to post in a conspicuous place in writing on
or near the cage of any
dog or cat available for sale the information required by subsection (a) of this section.
The breeder does not supply
puppies or adult
dogs to pet
stores, commercial dealers, for raffles, giveaway prizes,
or other such projects.
Because of the growth in online sales of animals, particularly
dogs, many operators of inhumane commercial breeding facilities,
or puppy mills, transport
dogs to pet
stores and to new parents via airplanes.
Early in my career, I realized that rule number one must be to never purchase a
dog or puppy from a pet
store.
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.
While their
puppies are often sold to pet
stores or online, mother
dogs like Brandy are left to suffer for years on end.
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.
Your
puppy needs a balanced diet, which is found in many
store - bought
dog foods
or can be prepared at home with the advice of your vet.
Humane Canada condemns
puppy mills (see definition) and opposes the sale of cats and
dogs in markets
or pet
stores other than satellite adoption centres and also disapproves of large - scale commercial breeders and «backyard breeders».
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.»
You have probably seen them around town, in the grocery
store,
or at the park — the cute
puppies with the colored vests identifying them as guide
dogs - in - training and asking you not to pet them.
Due to concerns about
puppies coming from disreputable sources, many local jurisdictions have passed measures to ban
or restrict the sale of commercially - bred
dogs in pet
stores, including several Illinois jurisdictions.
Many people don't realize that when they buy a
dog from a pet
store or on the Internet, that
dog most likely came from a
puppy mill, a «factory farm» for
dogs.
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.
I think that adopting a shelter
or rescue
dog from a pet
store is an awesome idea and I hope that legal action to end
puppy mills, like the bill in California, will eventually become law in every state.
Inspired by his senior
dog, Penny, Eric wants to educate everyone about why they should consider adopting an older pooch from a shelter, and not buying a
puppy from
dog store (where they get their
puppies from a
puppy mill)
or a breeder.
If you are purchasing a pup at a pet
store or online you may be purchasing a
dog that is the offspring of a
puppy mill.
A Free Gift for Those Who Adopted: When pet parents adopt a kitten, cat,
dog or puppy, regardless of whether the pet was adopted from a PetSmart
store or a local animal welfare organization, PetSmart offers a free Adoption Kit * that provides important content to help integrate a new pet into the family.
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.
Pet First Aid: for your
dog, cat,
puppy or kitten: This is another great application you can find on the Apple App
Store that will run you $ 3.99.
A six - month search of public animal transport records in multiple states has revealed that more than 95 percent of the retail chain's
stores are supporting
puppy mills by purchasing their
dogs from large - scale
dog brokers and /
or directly from
puppy mill operations.
If you buy a
dog over the Internet, at a pet
store or through a newspaper ad, your new pooch may very well be from a
puppy mill — an abusive mass - production facility that churns out
puppies under inhumane conditions.
Dog breeders who breed
puppies to be sold as pets must be USDA - licensed if they have more than four breeding females and sell
puppies wholesale,
or sight unseen, to pet
stores, brokers and /
or online.