Any breeder
who sells to pet stores is not an ethical breeder, since good breeders want to personally interview and educate prospective owners of their carefully bred puppies.
With the advent of the Internet, many commercial dog breeders
quit selling to pet stores and started selling directly to the consumer.
As a result of poor care, unhealthy puppies and kittens are sold directly to consumers through the Internet or classified ads or to brokers / dealers who
sell them to pet stores throughout the United States.
The USDA Class B license allowed Bauck to breed her own dogs as well as buy dogs or puppies from other breeders and
then sell to pet stores throughout the United States.
The distributor in
turn sells to the pet store for $ 500 or less per pup and the retailer, who has the overhead of rent and staff, jacks the price to as much as $ 2,000 or more.
They may
sell to pet stores for resale or they may sell directly to consumers from their kennels or through magazine, newspaper or Internet ads.
Pups sold to pet stores must also be microchipped by the breeder before sale, and the form supplied to the store, with the breeder's name on the form.
There are hundreds of USDA - licensed puppy mills in operation that have long lists of violations and problems associated with them and yet
regularly sell to pet stores.
Puppy and kitten mills (
which sell to pet stores) are in business to make a profit, so they churn out puppies and kittens as fast as they can.
We all pay the price, whether that is the retailers who take great care of the pets in their care or the suppliers who
sell to pet stores far and wide.
If the current bill in Sacramento becomes law, these operations would no longer be allowed to
sell to pet stores in California.
While their puppies are
often sold to pet stores or online, mother dogs like Brandy are left to suffer for years on end.
Dogs are bred to produce puppies which are in
turn sold to pet stores, online or wherever an uneducated buyer may be found.
While there are some breeders who will not
sell to pet stores, most will, especially to retailers with which they've cultivated a relationship.
«Show breeders simply did not
sell to pet stores,» he recounts.
Authorities say the dogs were being
sold to pet stores in the Miami - Dade area.
When I told her that breeders who have more than three breeding dogs and are
selling to pet stores are required to be USDA Licensed, the owner changed her story and stated her breeders only have two dogs.
Only commercial (mass producing) breeders are allowed to
sell to a pet store.
: I said reputable breeders belong to breed clubs and have a code of ethics that states they can not
sell to pet stores (wholesale).
Does every state require a license to
sell to pet stores?
The USDA's APHIS is supposed to license and inspect all breeders who
sell to pet stores.
Cutting off the ability to
sell to pet stores would make things a little harder for the millers, because they'd have to sell retail themselves, rather than wholesale their puppies and kittens.
If the number starts with a B, it was given to the puppy by the trucking company who bought FROM the puppy mill and
sold it to the pet store.
Commercial breeding facilities that
sell to pet stores must be licensed by the USDA.
Unfortunately, this doesn't mean anything more than that the breeders are licensed to
sell to pet stores and that they meet the USDA's minimal standards.
Breed clubs strongly discourage consumers from purchasing puppies from pet stores and their ethical guidelines often do not allow for breeders to
sell to pet stores.
If a breeding operation breeds for profit and
sells to pet stores or to consumers over the Internet, it is not a responsible breeding facility.