Puppy mill facts.?

Question

Ok I am just against puppymills as much as the rest of you, but there is something that bothers me......
You all say that you shouldn't buy a puppy from a pet store because he could have come from a puppymill, but don't you think that it would be better to buy dogs from a pet store than a breader because the dogs at a pet store will go BACK to a puppymill and be abused and dogs that aren't bought from breeders will just become their pet or something. i think it is stupid the buy from a breader because think about all of those helpless puppys going to puppymills to keep on having babies until they can no longer move and they die in their own pee and poo because they aren't let out of cages andit is always dark in the rooms. what you you think?

Answer 1

WOW, what a good way to start a big arguement! LOL

Answer 2

I so totally understand what you are saying, I see it from this point all the time. I got one of my babies from a small breed rescue not too long ago, I think the rescue is a cover-up or they juat saw sucker on my face because they didnt want me to take one of the dogs up for adoption. That place was horrible, filthy and dirty, I couldnt leave there without a dog because that was one less animal that was gonna suffer at their hands! Yet before I left they brought out 4 puppies they were trying to sell (which i'm sure came from the animals they had for adoption)! BYB all the way and running what they called a rescue(as their cover up, im sure) I left here that day paying an $80 adoption fee for a little poodle mix that had the saddest looking eyes, I couldnt leave him behind even though my husband insisted we go elsewhere! I think about those dogs there that day all the time, thrown in a gate, all with horrible hacking coughs and think Im glad I didnt give them $500 to help them keep doing this crap! Yes my baby is a Mutt, but I love him just the same and know that I gave him another chance at a decent life.

Answer 3

The only way to stop puppy mills is to stop people from buying from pet stores. However, statistics show that over 60% of the dogs euthanized every year come from 'backyard' or careless, irresponsible breeders.

People who want to buy a dog need to think with their heads, not their eyes and hearts when they see something cute. They need to be educated to the research that needs to be done before choosing a breeder. More care has to be taken that puppies available for sale are only purchased from those people who are dedicated to not only the looks of the breed, but its temperament and health as well.

The contract of sale is the most important tool a perspective buyer can use to determine if the breeder is a good one. Will he certify temperament and health? Will he let you inspect his property? Will he take the dog back, for any reason, at any time? Will he show you his records and the qualifications of the parents to reproduce?

These are only some of the differences between a good breeder and a bad one. Backyard money breeders are merely puppy mills on a smaller scale. It's only about money. This is not a good reason to create lives that end up unwanted when the novelty and the 'cuteness' wears off.

Answer 4

If people continue to buy puppies from pet stores it keeps the puppymills in business. If the pet stores can't push these sickly poorly bred pups, the demand decreases therefore hopefully less pups being produced by the greedy money grubbing puppymills.

Answer 5

What you're saying is true of course - the puppies in pet stores do need homes, although I think it's fairly unlikely the mills would accept them back if they weren't sold.

What needs to happen of course is for ALL people to stop buying from pet stores and other places supplied by mills - that way the mills would be forced out of business. This is highly unlikely to happen of course - about as likely as everyone in the world going vegetarian at once and thereby actually stopping the slaughter of farm animals.

Basically, when people ask you not to buy from pet stores they are asking you not to contribute to the puppy mill business. Just as most vegetarians know they're not directly stopping farm animals from dying, but they want to contribute to that one day being a reality.

Whether you buy from pet stores or not is up to the individual - personally if I knew of a store selling puppies or kittens, I would attempt to stop that store getting anything from mills, so the store itself was not contributing to the business.

One step at a time, you see.

Chalice

Answer 6

For the sake of the dogs in puppy mills already, and to downsize on all dog/cat/other animal breeding... just adopt. I know people want to have the full blooded dogs, and they are really nice... but its just not worth it knowing that you contributed to the pain of the puppy mill dogs, or knowing that the dog you are buying could have been a saved dog from a shelter. So, what I say is don't fool with pet shops or any other breeders. Just adopt. If you ever hear them cry in a gas chamber, you will be glad you adopted it before he could be thrown in there. I heard them one time, that was enough for me to never pay for an animal again.

Answer 7

You probably are not going to like my answers but here they are.

First: It is breeders not breaders.

Second: puppies that do not sell before they get too big/old in the pet shop often are dumped at shelters. The puppy mill will not take them back. Each time a puppy is purchased from the pet shops it makes more room for more puppy mill produced puppies. If people stopped buying puppies from pet shops altogether, it would put the mills out of business within a couple of weeks.

Answer 8

As long as people are buying dogs from pet stores - for WHATEVER reason - then the puppy mills will keep churning out more puppies.

The only way to end puppy mill supply is to end puppy mill demand. The best way to end puppy mill demand is to stop buying puppies from puppy mills, which means stop buying puppies from pet stores.

Yes, it sucks for those dogs who are already suffering. But it means that they can be among the last generations to do so, instead of just keeping the cycle going.

The pet stores and the puppy mills don't care WHY you're buying the dog from them. All they care about is that they're making money.

If they stop making money, then they'll stop making the dogs.

Answer 9

Buying from a pet store only helps perpetuate the cycle. You buy a dog from a pet store, the pet store has to get more puppies from the puppy mill to meet the demand, further lining the pockets of the evil puppy millers, and encouraging them to breed more dogs. More dogs suffer because there is more demand. Please don't patronize stores that sell pups. I won't even buy poop bags from them.

Answer 10

The ugly reality, is the more people buy from pet stores, the more dogs suffer in puppy mills to make more puppies to sell. The only real way to put them out of business is to not support their industry by buying them. $=more puppies bred.
The entire puppymill industry is COUNTING on you not being able to resist.

Answer 11

I somewhat agree, but you have to COMPLETLY boycott puppymills even if it means dogs get mistreated. Because 100 dogs now is a lot less than all of the future's dogs.
(I know there are a lot more than 100 dogs in puppymills and stuff but its just an example.)
Oh and that means not buying ANYTHING from that store that takes from puppymills. a lot of people just say "Oh I dont buy from puppymills. I just buy from places that support puppymills" (They dont say that exactly but you get my point)