why puppy mills are bad? and where did they get different dog breeds?

Question

i have heard a lot of things about this puppy mills, i am very curious as to why they reproduce more puppies compared to other kennels?
is it a force dog mating done by the dog owners? is that a puppy mill?

thank you people for your answers.

Answer 1

Puppy mills are terrible because they keep the dogs penned up in small usually cramped, dirty kennels, with no proper health care or nutrition. The mothers are bred every heat regardless of health of the mom and puppies are born that are not healthy and can have multiple health and behavior issues for life from their poor conditions they were raised in and the lack of proper socialization. You can't force a dog to mate, they mate when they are in heat and fertile but mating a female every heat is extremely hard on her body and overall health, she never gets a chance to recoup from the first litter and puppy mill dogs are usually very unhealthy to begin with from their poor living condtions. That is how they reproduce more puppies, they breed the female every heat till she is worn out and no longer a source of money to the greedy owner, then usually they dispose of the poor worn out dog in a inhumane way or just leave them somewhere to die on their own a sad death. The only reason they overbreed their dogs is to make more puppies on a regular basis with no time off for mom, to make more money. Honest good breeders have their dogs in healthy living conditions, proper vet care, and only breed when the breeding is going to improve the breed and not every heat...usually only once a year per a female sometimes even longer. They do not breed soley for the profit they do it for the love of the breed.

Answer 2

Mixed breeds often have health problems, and you don't know how they're going to act. They could be the best of both breeds... or the worst. People that are breeding their dog for extra cash or as a hobby is unexceptable. Dogs are not hobbies, they're a living creature that needs to be taken care of. Breeds need special training and years of practice to properly breed a dog, to the standard. This family would be more responsible if they got they're dog spayed. Pregnancy is hard on a dog, and being pregnant every year is a lot for a dog, a dog isn't a puppy machine. They need time to ... be a dog. Adopting dogs reduces backyard breaders, because no one is buying their pupies. You don't have to adopt, but there are millions of dogs across North America that need a home, some purebred & perfectly healthy. I have a purebred golden retriever, only a year old, so I missed that puppy stage (house breaking, commands) and he's been the best thing in my life. There is nothing wrong with getting a puppy from a GOOD breeder, a breeder that is knowledgable, treats her dogs with care and puppies are healthy and blood lines can be traced. I just want to keep dogs out of shelters, and you can do this by stopping puppy mills.

Answer 3

Puppy mills consider dogs and puppies as disposable, not a treasured and appreciated pet/ animal. They are bred under terrible conditions with very little care or concern for their welfare and they are bred until they are unable to breed any more or die while giving birth. The most important thing is the money these people make from selling these puppies. They are not fed well, they are kept in cages or poorly kept facilities, they rarely visit a vet, and if they have any health issues they are either overlooked or put down, most of the time shot to death. Puppy mill puppies are a commodity not a valued member of a family. Do your research before even buying from a local breeder. There are many people into this for just the money and nothing more.

Answer 4

They get different breeds through their own breeding, other puppymills, backyard breeders, and quite possibly pet stores.

They produce more puppies for a reason-to put MORE money in their wallets!

Breeding is about bettering a breed, not making money. Puppymills typically keep dogs in horrid conditions, breed continuously for profit, and will sell a dog to anyone who is ready to hand over money. They have no regard for the health, or temperment, of their puppies. They do not stand by their dogs, and could care less where they end up.

Responsible breeders will take back a 2 year old, spayed dog, when the owners have some reason they need to give the dog up. Puppymills won't dare take back a dog they bred, when it's already been spayed, because they can't make any money off such a dog. Responsible breeders offer a health guarantee, and stand by every puppy they sell. Responsible breeders show their breeding stock to have them evaluated, and can tell you what faults their dogs have. Responsible breeders usually have long waiting lists, and applications/home checks with each potential owner.

Answer 5

do the math - kennel A shows the dogs, trials the dogs breeds for the first time at 3 yr the second time at 4 1/2 then spays the female. doesn't breed if she doesn't prove out in the show ring or field or flunks health testing so if they have 10 b1tches in 10 years they have perhaps 15 litters more likley 10 or 12
Kennel B (mill) breeds every female at 6 months and every heat (6 month interval) thereafter till she dies in welping at 7 or 8 that makes 140 litters from 10 females.....

Answer 6

Puppy mills breed dogs for ONE reason...MONEY. They do everything to keep cost down including housing too many dogs in one pen, breeding anything that comes in heat, have way too many dogs to know what is what (some have up to 1200 dogs). Usually these facilities are filled with feces 2 ft deep, dogs in poor health etc. I know of one breeder with about 700 dogs who tried to cut vet costs by performing his own C-section on a female with no anesthetic. There are so many horror stories related to puppy mills, they will make you sick. Never buy a puppy from a puppy mill or a pet store. A dog should only be bred to better the breed, to extend your AKC show quality puppies. Puppy mills breed a female every time they come in heat and usually start with their first heat. A female shouldn't be bred until 1 1/2 to 2 yrs old. They also have so many dogs they don't know if they are breeding brother/sister, mother/ son etc.

Answer 7

Puppy mills are cheap facilities in which the dogs are provided with little care and concern for profit. They are fed poor quality food and I have seen ones that even feed road kill or dead dogs that died of heat stress and hypothermia. the females are kept pregnant almost all year long and are confined to small cages that often contain many animals. They are not socialized, exercised, or given proper veterinary care. Most puppies are sold to pet stores for $50 and the pet stores resell them at abou $300-$600. Search the internet for puppy mills and you will see some horrible things.

Answer 8

http://www.stoppuppymills.org/
Because a puppy mill is a business, the facility is designed purely for profit, not for the well-being of dogs. Laws are on the books to provide minimum-care standards for puppy-mill animals, but enforcement has historically been spotty at best. The U.S. Department of Agriculture licenses and inspects "commercial breeding facilities for violations of the Animal Welfare Act; likewise, a handful of states have laws that provide oversight of some breeding operations as well. But puppy mills can successfully navigate around these laws, either by selling directly to consumers (thereby avoiding USDA licensing requirements) or by simply avoiding the reach of law enforcement (with so few USDA inspectors and minor fines, it's easy to stay in business).

Answer 9

different dog breeds developed over time by breeding for certain dominant characteristics.

puppy mills are bad because:
1/ puppy mills breed for quantity = $$$$ ...NOT quality, in other words, they do not value continuing improvement or long-term health of the animal, only the money

2/ they keep their puppies & breeding stock in less then clean conditions w/ little socialization

3/ you normally don't need to "force" dogs to mate, they are usually happy to mate on their own given proper conditions. also, artificial insemination can be used

4/ some breeds, such as irish setters & collies you hardly see anymore because so many bad breedings made the types have extreme health & attitude issues. you see many german shepards w/ hip displaysia.

5/ the primary organization that deals w/ akitas requires the paperwork of purebreds to have checkups of the puppy's parents to GUARANTEE no sign of hip displaysia to cut down on this health issue for the breed

Answer 10

A puppy mill doesnt care about the health or lineage of the puppy. Usually interbreeding mother to son and blahblah. Its breed as much and as many as you can most times in filthy conditions.

Different breeds actually all come from one type of dog bred to different dogs for specific qualities.