why are so many people agaienst puppy mills?

Answer 1

jeez ... where to start! they breed without caring that the parents are the best , they keep them in cramped cages,without social contact,many of them turn out to have hereditary illnesses / defects...and its all about the money to these breeders they don't care about breeding a good dog or caring for any of the dogs..

Answer 2

There have been some great (and long) answers so far, but to be concise, here are the main reasons:

1. Puppy mills do not provide proper care for the dogs. This includes improper diet, improper housing, overbreeding females, and lack of socialization and exercise.
2. Since there are already more dogs than homes, millions of dogs are euthanized every year. Puppy mills add to those numbers.
3. Puppy mills produce animals of unsound health and temperament. Not only is this cruel to the animal, it is unfair and sometimes dangerous to the consumer.

Answer 3

Go find a video of a puppy mill and then ask that question again. These places are horrible and is no life at all. Many are kept in very small concrete "kennels" with no room to do anything. The conditions are less than humane and the sole purpose in their lives is to reproduce. They are disgusting, horrible, sad places where dogs are not loved or cared for or given the lives they deserve & many times when you purchase a puppy from a petstore you are perpetuating the cycle. Try a pound or a local owner first.

Answer 4

There are way too many dogs born every day. That is why there are millions killed in shelters every year. Puppy mill contribute greatly to this problem. Not to mention the way the keep the dogs! According to the Buddy Foundation (a rescue group in Arlington Heights), more than 70,000 puppies and kittens are born daily versus 10,000 people. So there are a surprising 15 dogs and a whopping 45 cats born for every single person born daily. What's going to become of all those animals? There simply aren't enough people to go around for the new ones born much less the millions of existing unwanted dogs and cats.

The Buddy Foundation further points out that a female cat can produce 3-4 litters per year with 4-6 kittens in an average litter. Kittens can first produce a litter from age 4-10 months. A female dog can produce 2-3 litters per year with 6-12 puppies per litter for medium-large breeds and 4-8 puppies per litter in smaller breeds. Female dogs can have their first litter as young as 7-9 months old.

At this continued rate of reproduction, the number of unwanted pets and hence euthanization of them will skyrocket beyond the already horrendous numbers today.

Spay or neuter your dog. THINK BEFORE you become a dog or cat owner.

Answer 5

because usually the people who own the puppy mills do not love the dogs they are breeding- they are all about making profits. Therefore they usually have more dogs than they can handle and the dogs live in dirty, cramped conditions. Often they have matted fur, fleas, eye and ear infections, etc. Their cages are small, and they often don't have very good ventilation. Also, it is not good for dogs to have litter after litter, which is what dogs are required to do in puppy mills. It puts a huge physical strain on them. This is no way for a dog to live.
Can you imagine being locked in tight, smelly, cage and being told to have baby after baby every time it was possible for you to conceive?
There are so many great dogs out there in shelters who need homes (many of them rescued from puppy mills). Do the world a favor and stay away from pet shops that are supplied by puppy mills. Adopt from your local shelter.

Answer 6

Haven't you ever seen any of the undercover documentary films made about most of these places?

Whatever you do, DON'T go to a pet shop, a flea market or buy one sight-unseen off the Internet!!!! You'll pay top dollar for what is usually a poor quality puppy mill dog. And you'll be supporting one of the cruelest industries in the country. Many times, these pups are not even purebred, although they may come with fraudulent AKC papers. The breeding animals are often kept in deplorable conditions - spending their entire lives in small wire-bottomed cages with flies swarming all over them and the feces piled underneath. They probably haven't been vaccinated against contagious diseases or tested for any health or temperament problems or genetic diseases - that costs money and cuts into their profits. A female is often bred every time she comes into heat. When her poor little body can't take it any more, she is often clubbed in the head and tossed into a dumpster or an open ditch. Most puppy mills ship their pups to pet stores at wholesale prices and many pups die before they even get there.

These so-called "breeders" have now figured out that they can use the internet to ship a dog directly to the customer and thus make more money by cutting out the middleman. If you buy a dog from out of state, good luck getting your money back if there's something wrong with the pup. These people count on you becoming instantly attached to the poor little guy and being willing to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars at the vet to treat whatever is wrong with him.

The goal of a salesman at a pet store is to get your money - not to sell you the right dog for your family. I have overheard them say that an Old English Sheepdog pup wouldn't get too big and wouldn't need any grooming. Jack Russell Terriers are sold everyday as "perfect family dogs" - they conveniently forget to tell you that they're hard to train and very hyper! A good breeder will spend more time telling you why you SHOULDN'T own his puppies than trying to get you to buy one. Every breed has challenges. If you're a runner who works at home, you will love a Doberman; if you're never home and don't have time to exercise one, the poor lonely dog will destroy your house.

Answer 7

1. They are in business to make money, not to provide, healthy, sound, well-bred dogs

2. They make their females have litters more often than is natural or healthy

3. The puppies are not family-raised, they are mass produced and stored so they often have temperament problems.

4. There are way too many dogs out there anyway, and puppy mills don't care about that, or where their own puppies end up, they just want to sell sell sell.

5. They often put the females down once they are beyond breeding age, even if she's healthy.

Answer 8

For one, that cute little puppy most likely came from a large-scale, substandard commercial breeding operation, commonly known as a puppy mill. Puppy mills usually house dogs in overcrowded and often unsanitary conditions, without adequate veterinary care, food, water and socialization. The breeding stocks at puppy mills (possibly your new puppy’s mom and dad) are bred as often as possible in order to increase profits. Unlike your lucky puppy, the mom and dad will probably never make it out of the mill.

Among many other reasons

Answer 9

My dog was rescued from a puppy mill. She was kept in a cage and used only for breading. She was never properly socialized and you talk about a messed up dog! Poor girl, she has come a long way since I first got her but originally she wouldn't even look at me. She doesn't bark, she doesn't really know how to play and she hates going on walks during the day when people might see her.

Answer 10

Puppy mills are not regulated, and often the puppies are not healthy in many ways.
Go to a reputable breeder for a purebred dog, or to a humane shelter to adopt.

Answer 11

Puppy mills are cruel and inhumane. The dogs are kept in small unclean cages and are bred over and over again. The dogs are not well taken care of, are shown no affection by humans, and are usually sickly. If you are looking for a dog, I suggest going to a shelter or animal control.