What is wrong with a puppy mill? I bought a dog at one and my kids love it!! Screw you all mighty dog lovers

Answer 1

Do you mean puppy mill or back yard breeder.
Most puppy mills are not open to the public. They deal in volume of dogs breed and sell the dogs in lots. (Like socks or nails)
Back yard breeders general deal in smaller numbers of breeds and only breed once or twice a season. These dogs generally are pet quality and don't have health guarantee's but can make lovely family pets.

Most breeders that breed registered pure breed dogs do it for the love of a particular breed. They work hard to make sure the dogs are sound and meet the AKC standard for the breed. While you may feel they are arrogant or "high and mighty" most breeders I know work hard to improve the breed as well as are active in rescue for their breeds.
Don't need to throw stones.

Any pup with a good home is a good thing.

Answer 2

Yes, I am a dog lover and breeder for 14 yrs, Puppy MIlls are horid, I almost made the mistake and got one this week, not realizing it was a puppy mill till I started investigating the kennel in question........No one can be serious and just walk into a place like that, close your eyes to all the dogs in small crates and buy a puppy.....it you were cruel and heartless,,,its nice your kids love the puppy, but you have not a clue what it is to love dogs.....and your statement shows your mentality of a 1st grader at best......

also, I disagree that if puppies are not sold from reputable breeders they live a bad life also, this is not true, I have had a female, you know some people just dont want females, then all of a sudden they do, well anyway, when a female did not go by the time she was 5 mos once, a pet quality, I had spayed and donated her to a little girl of age 16 that her dog had died at 8 yrs old, she had it since was a puppy, one of my kennel club people was talking about her, she comes to all ouir local shows....she was so pleased to get that Schnauzer, today, she calls me all the time, the dog is now 3 yrs old,healthy and happy in a good home, I will not put down a puppy or crate cause it cant be sold, I would never do that..

Answer 3

This can't be a serious question. Screw us?? Real mature. But really, I think you are full of crap because you don't go to a "puppy mill" and just pick out a dog, they breed the dogs and then sell them to brokers or pet stores and that's where people buy them. But if you are serious, you are an awful person. No normal person would knowingly purchase a dog from a puppy mill. If for no other reason than the fact it would be a bad investment considering the poor quality of dogs. Among more obvious reasons. If you have any heart, you wouldn't buy a dog from a puppy mill. If you're serious I really feel sorry for your kids. Who knows the awful things you are teaching them. Way to go on preparing the next generation of selfish idiots.

Answer 4

You know, even though you feel really guilty, probaly 3 quarters of the world don't know they purchased puppies from puppy mills. Trust me on this, I bought a puppy (not from a puppy mill) and I showed her to my friend's dog. I asked where she got her dog from, she said Petland. Then a few weeks later, a email said that Petland supports puppy mills and that's where they were getting the puppies from. I sent my friend the email and she replied back to me and said she never knew about it and that she said she feels so bad buying from perland, supporting the puppy mill. (No lie!) But the positive thing is that you rescued her and brought love into her life. The only thing you can do now, is just sign pietitions, because the person where you bought your dog from, must have left you no clue where they are right now.

Answer 5

I'm guessing this is a troll but I'll bite.

The real question isn't what is wrong with a puppy mill. It's what's wrong with you? It's not a matter of whether your kids love their puppy or not. Everyone loves a puppy. It's about how the dogs that still live at the puppy mill are treated like money making machines and live in horrid conditions without even basic care or any affection. It's about how most of their pups are taken from mom at four weeks old and shipped off to a pet shop without any care about what will happen to them because they need to get them on the floor when they're still 'marketable'. It's about how most of these dogs end up with PREVENTABLE diseases that end up killing them because the parents didn't have health tests and the pups weren't raised in clean conditions. Does any of this seem wrong to you? If not, try a therapist.

Answer 6

So your kids love the dog, can your kids tell that the dog is free of sickness? The whole deal of puppy mill is dogs are bred regardless of health conditions. The breeding stocks are not genetically tested. As a result, the quality of puppies are terrible. In addition, the living conditions in puppy mills are filthy and dogs receive no proper vet care. If you like to support puppy mills, go ahead. You have no right to be rude about what other people think of puppy mills. As a parent, please act like an adult.

Answer 7

I am glad your kids love their puppy but puppy mills are a horrible place. The dogs rarely if ever get outside and are locked in cages and are only used for breeding. The dogs most likely never get bathed and are extremely sick. They also don't care about inbreeding which leads to many defects in the dog some that aren't always visible at birth. My neighbor had a dog that was rescued from a puppy mill that just died 2 mths ago from heart failure and he was only 7 yrs old!

Answer 8

The thing that is a proublem with puppy mills is they tend to breed for money and seldom pay attention to major helth issues and offten don't prouperly care for the animals. Most puppy mills cram to many dogs into tiny cages, they have to many and many( not just 6,7 or 10 but some have as many as 80 + dogs) of them become sick with parisites. they also often fail to keep good health records and don't do some inportant health screaning.In general you end up with sick dogs with poor temperment. Their is a plus and a minus to the fact that you bought from a puppy mill the minus is you gave money to someone that did not diserve to live much less own a dog the plus is you save a dog from a miserable life. Dogs in puppy mills diserve just as much in need of love and homes as any other dog but they got stuck in a bad situation.

Answer 9

I had one of the mothers from a puppy mill and she was treated SOOOOOO badly.
Not all puppy farms or mills do but alot treat the mothers badly.

My poor "Honey" was fleas ridden, worm infested, she had NEVER been out of her cage except to mate.
She had warn down her fron teeth from chewing herself and bars of the cage. She was totally deaf and both her ear drums where busted (perforated) as her ear infections where never treated. She also had ulcerated eyes.

250 females and 150 males where taken from this puppy mill by the prevention for cruelty - most where put to sleep as they were in such bad condition. Honey was the lucky one and I adopted her.

So that is whet is wrong with supporting people who mistreat the animals so that you can have a puppy!

Answer 10

So what do you do when you find out that the puppy has parasites because the puppy mill didn't bother to worm him? Or that the parents of your puppy were related, and you get a dog with hip problems, behavior problems, or other illnesses?

You may get lucky - you might get a great dog.

But the odds of that are better if you go to a reputable breeder.